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BD Named 2015 Outstanding Corporate Innovator Winner by Product Development and Management Association

Innovation in Practice

The Product Development and Management Association (PDMA), the premier global advocate for product development and management professionals, announced today that it has awarded the 2015 Outstanding Corporate Innovator (OCI) Award to BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX). 7-11 in Anaheim, Calif.

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PLM Re-Birth at McDonald’s: How to Maximize Value in a Decentralized Organization

Innovation Excellence

[note these videos are from 2015]. McDonald’s, the world’s largest fast food restaurant chain, began its product lifecycle management (PLM) journey in 2005. Rather than a top-down structure, they prefer that most decisions are made as close to the market as possible. McDonald’s is a decentralized organization.

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Welcome to the Mid Zone of Innovation

Legacy Innovation Group

Sept 27, 2015 | Anthony Mills. In 1991, Don Reinertsen and Preston Smith introduced the world to the "Fuzzy Front End" of product development. In both cases, the work being described was work that preceded the formal product development process. Welcome to the Mid Zone of Innovation.

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Dow and DuPont – Nobody wins when transactions replace leadership

Adam Hartung

From humble beginnings, DuPont became well known as a leader in Research & Development, a consistent leader in patent applications, and the inventor of products that proliferate in our lives from nylon to Teflon pans plastic bottles to Kevlar vests. And it is too bad the leadership wasn’t in place to save it.

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Part 1: Accelerating the impact of Innovation Campaigns

Values Centered Innovation

From the Conference Board’s CEO Challenge 2015 (with data from over 900 global executives), KPMG’s Global CEO Report 2016 (with 1,300 global executives), and Gartner’ 2016 CEO and Senior Business Executive Survey (400 global executives), these are the top challenges that CEOs say they face today: Accelerate and sustain business growth.

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Nothing new under the innovation sun

Jeffrey Phillips

I rise today to praise Innovation Leader and Innosight on their publication of the 2015 Innovation Benchmarking Report. From what I can see of this report it is an excellent synopsis of the state of play of innovation in 2015. The only real head scratcher, from my perspective, is what we are supposed to take away from the research.

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The Case for Dual Innovation

Tim Kastelle

Two-thirds of all breakthrough innovators stated that all innovation and product development is controlled and driven by a centralized organization, at least in its initial stages. Accenture: 2015 US Innovation Survey. In our experience, a dedicated environment is required to promote this kind of approach.