Innov8rs

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Thousands of grassroots innovators are continuously developing ideas in line with those goals, confident in their next steps. And at the organizational level, leadership has a clear roadmap for achieving ideal outcomes even faster. How do you move from idea generation to rigorous idea development the right way?

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

With AI’s predictive analytics, machine learning algorithms, and natural language processing, leaders and innovators are unlocking new potentials in understanding user needs and market trends. At the core of design thinking lies a commitment to putting users’ experiences and feedback at the forefront of product and service design.

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etventure

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

In our beginner’s guide to MVPs our Head of Product, Gregor Ilg, explains what a minimum viable product is, how it is developed and how it can help companies to enhance innovation. MVP” is an acronym for “minimum viable product”. Understanding MVP Development . Introduction. The MVP Process. Conclusion.

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Moves the Needle

MARCH 1, 2023

It was their job to ensure all aspects of the product development process were aligned and working together. Program management was steeped in technical processes, but also considered how product decisions would impact the product’s end users. Product Management reflected both of these facts.

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Be-novative

MARCH 17, 2021

Best practices from our Be-novative Partner Hub The all-time most successful entrepreneurs and company leaders all have a unique ability to empower people to co-create and foster a culture that promotes group-dynamics instead of building silos. In this blogpost we uncover some of the best practices that help companies on this journey.

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Be-novative

MARCH 17, 2021

Best practices from our Be-novative Partner Hub The all-time most successful entrepreneurs and company leaders all have a unique ability to empower people to co-create and foster a culture that promotes group-dynamics instead of building silos. In this blogpost we uncover some of the best practices that help companies on this journey.

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Planview

APRIL 28, 2019

Premera Blue Cross provides insurance products and wellness consulting services to more than 2.2 million members from companies like Amazon, Microsoft, and Starbucks. The 86-year-old company, with $10 billion in revenue, operates with 3,200 employees whose primary goal is to make healthcare work better for their customers.

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Qmarkets

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Some because they simply want to learn and take it back home; others to become part of something they think is special. Consider the recent successes of companies like Airbnb, Netflix and Uber, to mention just a few. Leaders and students from around the world are arriving daily in ever increasing numbers. Is it Magic?

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ITONICS

JANUARY 4, 2018

Having a good instinct for new trends can be worth a fortune for companies. Durst: We continue to be the sole provider who covers innovation management with an integrated, end-to-end approach: from environmental scanning to trend and technology management all the way to innovation portfolios and roadmaps. Durst: (Laughing) Yes and no.

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New Markets Advisors

MAY 29, 2019

Moreover, companies have gotten better at competing asymmetrically, blurring the definitions of who a company is even competing against. This is especially true in industries with long product development timelines. Companies rarely have trouble finding opportunities in which they can invest.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

Some because they simply want to learn and take it back home; others to become part of something they think is special. Consider the recent successes of companies like Airbnb, Netflix and Uber, to mention just a few. Leaders and students from around the world are arriving daily in ever increasing numbers. Is it Magic?

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

Some because they simply want to learn and take it back home; others to become part of something they think is special. Consider the recent successes of companies like Airbnb, Netflix and Uber, to mention just a few. Leaders and students from around the world are arriving daily in ever increasing numbers. Is it Magic?

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Technical Review Innovation Disruption Leadership 40

Moves the Needle

JUNE 3, 2016

*This post originally appeared on Mind the Product. The average lifespan of an S&P 500 company has decreased from 67 years (1950’s) to about 15 years (today). We can change how we think of failure by thinking of it as required learning. Except in today’s age, the corporate chorus says, “Innovate, or Die!”

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New Markets Advisors

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Companies often mistake inertia for loyalty. They assume that the customers who are buying their products today will continue to buy from them as long as they do a reasonable job keeping up with the competition. Just because you build a great new product, it doesn’t mean that customers will come. Leverage existing behavior.

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Moves the Needle

JUNE 3, 2016

*This post originally appeared on Mind the Product. The average lifespan of an S&P 500 company has decreased from 67 years (1950’s) to about 15 years (today). We can change how we think of failure by thinking of it as required learning. Except in today’s age, the corporate chorus says, “Innovate, or Die!”

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The Inovo Group

MAY 14, 2018

Highlights: Companies make continuous bets on their future. Effective futuring that includes the ability to gain insights into long-term futures with inevitable disruptions and discontinuities needs to be a key component of a company’s strategy and innovation efforts. Bill Gates. But it was already too late.

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hackerearth

OCTOBER 16, 2017

What besets today’s companies? Innovation management programs for different companies will vary significantly. For instance, an emerging business is likely to be focusing on one main product, unlike a mature organization that is looking to fortify its position in the market or find new, disruptive innovations.

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hackerearth

OCTOBER 16, 2017

What besets today’s companies? Innovation management programs for different companies will vary significantly. For instance, an emerging business is likely to be focusing on one main product, unlike a mature organization that is looking to fortify its position in the market or find new, disruptive innovations.

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Planview

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Today, that data set constitutes over two million users across 4,500 customers’ planning, project, and product management solutions, along with all the team tools connected via the Flow Fabric , a technology that extends our connectivity to all leading Agile and DevOps and team tools.

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Leanstack

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

A year later, Steve is still building his product. He has no product revenue and relies on part-time freelancing work to fund his product development. Earlier that day, his manager told him that their parent company (from a recent acquisition) would shut down their offices in a couple of months. And he works alone.

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Planview

AUGUST 3, 2023

As the world becomes more interconnected, the impacts of disruptions to product development are now felt more widely, which means product-driven organizations need to be more responsive and adaptive in how they manage their portfolios. Incremental : Is it innovation to enhance what we have today in an incremental way?

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Boxes and Arrows

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

When I left the company three years later, more than 150 teams at that company were using Scrum for developing both infrastructure and product features. In 2009, I moved on to Salesforce.com, where Agile methods (including Scrum) were implemented across their entire research and development organization.

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Boxes and Arrows

JANUARY 31, 2010

Unfortunately, the enthusiasm I had for my new job waned after six months when an executive was appointed Head of Product Development—who insisted he knew SCRUM 1 better than anybody. As the Creative Director, I deferred authority to him to develop the product as he saw fit. brand) is tarnished.

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Be-novative

APRIL 21, 2021

Purpose answers an all-important question, “ Why does a company exist? ”?—?and Companies that were already purpose-driven have been pivoting and expanding to include new areas and specialties. They are also healthier, more resilient, and more likely to stay at the company.

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New Markets Advisors

APRIL 20, 2018

Executives are constantly lamenting that new ideas only come out of “the labs” or “Product” when, in fact, the company is made up of thousands of people with great ideas. While the idea of a Eureka moment may be inspiring, companies can’t survive off them. They take away a single learning?—?the

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CorporateIntel

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Yet too many solicit the feedback and then bat it away, a check mark on their roadmap to convince themselves they are not building in isolation. Failure is okay if it’s part of the path of learning, but a cynical promise is never okay. If I allow a gap to remain between dreaming and doing, the dream becomes cynical.

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