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The cost of delaying innovation

Jeffrey Phillips

Since innovation almost always pays off only in the longer run, and cost management can be controlled in the short run, the dilemma is obvious. The question management teams are asking and answering is: how can we manage our near term costs to keep the investors happy in the short run?

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The Future of Design Thinking: Integrating Artificial Intelligence for Success

Leapfrogging

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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Unique Ways Successful Startups are Changing the Corporate Innovation Landscape

Idea to Value

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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Why I have a problem with the Global Innovation Index

Idea to Value

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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An Open Letter to Project Managers

Boxes and Arrows

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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A Beginner’s Guide to Web Site Optimization—Part 2

Boxes and Arrows

In the previous article we talked about why site optimization is important and presented a few important goals and philosophies to impart on your team. We created the following minimum completion criteria for my past team at DIRECTV Latin America. I’d like to switch gears now and talk about more tactical stuff, namely, process.

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Don’t Start With an MVP

Leanstack

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. That, I definitely agree with. deployment day.”