Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Recently I was exploring the world of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and read an excellent Whitepaper from Aras Corp , one of the leading PLM solution providers. I have argued we do need to change the way we undertake innovation and its development. Some claim that they do this already but seriously they do not.

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Huub Rutten

MARCH 9, 2021

Business people: I mean the Sales teams and their leaders. Christine is the VP Commercials in a large country of a global consumer goods company. The most important point is “when” the new products can be in their shops, at which exact date. It takes years to recover from a bad launch in my business. I ask “Why is that?”

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Huub Rutten

MARCH 9, 2021

Business people: I mean the Sales teams and their leaders. Christine is the VP Commercials in a large country of a global consumer goods company. The most important point is “when” the new products can be in their shops, at which exact date. It takes years to recover from a bad launch in my business. I ask “Why is that?”

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Huub Rutten

MARCH 9, 2021

Business people: I mean the Sales teams and their leaders. Christine is the VP Commercials in a large country of a global consumer goods company. The most important point is “when” the new products can be in their shops, at which exact date. It takes years to recover from a bad launch in my business. I ask “Why is that?”

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This process is widely adopted by managers, executives, and consultants to drive new product development, service innovation, and business model refinement. 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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Idea to Value

MARCH 25, 2019

The word ‘corporate innovation’ is becoming an increasingly popular buzzword, but for the most forward-thinking companies, it represents the future of the business and a significant spend on research and development. This will allow the corporate to more rapidly apply the benefits of the collaboration and develop the business.

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hackerearth

MARCH 5, 2018

The most common aspect of some of the innovative companies is that they are also high-performing organizations. In innovative companies, innovation is not sporadic. In innovative companies, innovation is not sporadic. Over 79 percent successful, innovative companies encourage innovative behavior throughout the organization.

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Jeffrey Phillips

MAY 26, 2015

We teach trend spotting and scenario planning to our customers to help them understand the importance of recognizing emerging needs and emerging segments, because the great ideas they generate won't become products or services very quickly. And then I ask them to tell me their firm's average product development process timeframe.

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Taivara

AUGUST 29, 2018

Building an Innovative Company Culture. Executives love talking about “disruption” nowadays, but very few companies can achieve truly disruptive results. The reason: before you can disrupt an industry, you need to disrupt your own company culture first. Taivara Blog Post by Michael Shuchter. Contact Us.

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Boxes and Arrows

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Dear Project Managers, It has been a very enjoyable experience working with everyone over the last couple of months and sharing our ideas on UX design. Finally, we need to test and validate these assumptions so we can correct any misconceptions and continue to improve the product. What could have gone right?

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Adam Hartung

MARCH 30, 2016

It is not shy about seeking action at the Board level to change the direction of a company – by changing the CEO, seeking downsizings and reogranizations, changing dividend policy, seeking share buybacks, recommending asset sales, or changing other resource allocations. This made Icahn billions, but ended up killing the company.

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Idea to Value

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

I spent 8 years as a management consultant, and a number of my projects were referred to as “Strategy Consulting” Here, we would be asked to make predictions for a specific topic, such as the likely growth rates for an industry segment based on trends. Innovation Leader, Achievers and Underperformers, GII 2016.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

I was the “interviewee” for an “Inside the Executive Suite” article from Armada Corporate Intelligence about how to plan team building exercises that create impact for work teams. As described in the article, I’ve been on the good and bad side of various team building exercises during my career.

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Innovation in Practice

MAY 23, 2016

For most companies, the top marketer, usually called the chief marketing officer, is part of the senior leadership team and sits on the executive committee or management board. If you let things slip in terms of your team’s skills and effectiveness, you’re going to lose that seat. Product development goes to R&D.

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Innovation Excellence

MAY 4, 2020

Will this move make me a Manager? Would that be so bad? Why change our people management rituals? Whatever your company size, if you are not fast enough, someone else will beat you. Successful companies, especially when they are small, start from the greatest gift that life can give them: lack of resources.

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Be-novative

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

To uncover the techniques that connect individuals, teams and organisations with a sense of purpose we involved best practices from our partner organisations. Many companies conduct surveys among their employees about their engagement and motivation. TEAMS CAN GEAR UP THE ORGANIZATION TO DELIVER ON THE IDEAS.

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Faisal Hoque

DECEMBER 10, 2020

There’s even talk of how companies are working toward “lights out” facilities where robots basically work around the clock, in the dark. Similar problems apply at the leadership level, too, where often everyone from the manager to the senior level fails to understand the impact of these fundamental human skills. BY FAISAL HOQUE.

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Faisal Hoque

DECEMBER 10, 2020

There’s even talk of how companies are working toward “lights out” facilities where robots basically work around the clock, in the dark. Similar problems apply at the leadership level, too, where often everyone from the manager to the senior level fails to understand the impact of these fundamental human skills. BY FAISAL HOQUE.

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IdeaSpies

JULY 21, 2019

Take Bell Labs, for example, an industrial research and development (R&D) company, now owned by Nokia but originally founded by Alexander Graham Bell in the late-1800s. In some cases, the TTO might ‘spin-out’ the technology into its own company. By Alex Stockham, Communications Manager at IN-PART.

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The Inovo Group

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

It is what will drive an enterprise’s creative engine that is the source of long-term, future growth Most of today’s large corporate enterprises treat strategy, R&D, and innovation as separate and distinct functions – worthy of specialized teams, segmented funding, reporting structures and operational charters. This is starting to change.

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Idea to Value

JULY 21, 2017

Every company says that innovation is important, and that they value the ideas of their people. In fact, creativity is becoming a core skill which companies know they need in the future. In fact, according to some estimates by Doblin , 96% of all new innovations which established companies attempt fail to make a return on investment.

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Planview

APRIL 4, 2018

With over 120,000 employees and billions of dollars in revenue, Johnson & Johnson is one of the top consumer packaged goods companies on the planet. How, though, does a company of this size approach innovation? Linda: Know the community and environment that is going to be implementing the program.

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Adam Hartung

DECEMBER 13, 2015

duPont as a gunpowder manufacturer for the revolutionary war, the company has long been one of America’s leading business institutions. And it is too bad the leadership wasn’t in place to save it. From dynamic roots, the company had become quite stodgy and unexciting. Founded by e.i. Sounds so good on paper.

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IdeaSpies

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Between 1996-2001, Jim Collins’ team researched and wrote a bestselling book called Good to Great. They described 11 out of 1,435 companies that had shown the highest level of success over the decades. However, the majority of these great 20th century companies failed to sustain their level of greatness in the Open-Source era.

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IdeaSpies

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Between 1996-2001, Jim Collins’ team researched and wrote a bestselling book called Good to Great. They described 11 out of 1,435 companies that had shown the highest level of success over the decades. However, the majority of these great 20th century companies failed to sustain their level of greatness in the Open-Source era.

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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 also know from cognitive behavioral therapy that one of the best ways to change a bad habit is to replace it with a good habit.

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Innovation 360 Group

JUNE 9, 2020

We can embrace this opportunity by combining 21 st tools with industry expertise to deliver products and services that exceed our customers’ expectations. “Companies that master the delicate balance between cutting costs to survive today and investing to grow tomorrow do well after a <downturn>” HBR 2010.

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IdeaSpies

AUGUST 31, 2018

Between 1996-2001, Jim Collins’ team researched and wrote a bestselling book called Good to Great. They described 11 out of 1,435 companies that had shown the highest level of success over the decades. However, the majority of these great 20th century companies failed to sustain their level of greatness in the Open-Source era.

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Be-novative

MAY 13, 2021

Or even more, what if you are part of the minority group as a consultant or as team lead? Having built her international business up and leading an international team, she often finds herself in a situation where her being a female leaves her feeling taken less seriously. INVOLVE YOUR TEAM THAT SUPPORTS YOU.

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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 also know from cognitive behavioral therapy that one of the best ways to change a bad habit is to replace it with a good habit. Problems are goldmines.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

This impact is evident across various facets of business, from operational efficiency and customer experience to product development and market analysis. A SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis can provide an initial framework for this evaluation.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

For guidance on developing strategic thinking within your leadership team, you may find value in 10 ways to get your leadership team thinking strategically and building the best business strategies. To foster innovation: Implement systems for employees to submit and develop new ideas.

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Boxes and Arrows

JANUARY 7, 2013

Project Management for Stakeholder Interviews. Note that it’s as important for in-house teams to ask most of these questions as it is for consultants; you may know one answer, but do you know this particular stakeholder’s answer? What’s your role with respect to this product? What is this product or service supposed to be?

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Boxes and Arrows

JANUARY 31, 2010

I built a team with a dedicated user researcher; information architect; interaction and visual designers and we even made a guerilla usability lab and had regular test sessions. As the Creative Director, I deferred authority to him to develop the product as he saw fit. This is an extreme example of where SCRUM went bad.

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CorporateIntel

APRIL 1, 2012

Information compounds on our desktops, the team with analysis paralysis most often loses to the nimble risk takers—but all this means is that in product development , the role of Quality Assurance (QA) has never been more critical. You want an industry defining product, show us the money or don’t ask for a date.

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Leanstack

MARCH 29, 2018

Even though, his savings ran out 6 months ago, he has hit a comfortable groove using freelance consulting to keep his product development going. Maybe now he can get the support of his developer friends who failed to see his vision earlier? Hire 3 developers. But for that I need more developers. deployment day.”

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Leanstack

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

He has no product revenue and relies on part-time freelancing work to fund his product development. On the other hand, Larry has a growing customer base, revenue, and team. 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.

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