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Dark Innovation: Why Stealth is the Way to Go

Phil McKinney

By "going dark" — keeping a project or initiative under wraps (in stealth mode) — a team can progress without the risk of interference. Personal Example of a Dark Innovation Project Over my career, I've created several dark innovation projects leading to commercial products and services.

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Use a Strategy Uncertainty Map to Find Clarity in Disruptive Times

Leapfrogging

A Strategy Uncertainty Map is a visual representation of your top opportunities, which can include products, services, projects, or business strategies. For example, when you assess your projects on the basis of your uncertainty in these two areas, you get a relative view of which projects carry the most risk so you can invest more wisely.

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How to use the 70-20-10 Rule to drive innovation within your business

Leapfrogging

The basic idea behind the rule is that 70% of stakeholder time and organizational resources for innovation projects should be spent on core business, 20% on related projects to the core business and 10% of the time to projects unrelated to the core business but that can drive the organization forward. . . Leapfrogging ?and?

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Innovation Funnel Management System: The Secret Tool to Drive Innovative Product Development in Your Business

Leapfrogging

The Innovation Funnel Management Process helps narrow down ideas from an innovation process or project into a realistic plan of action and next steps. . Magazine , a globally recognized? What is the Innovation Funnel Management Process, and what are best practices, tools and online templates for teams and organizations?

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Use Leading and Lagging Indicators to Drive Your Business Forward

Leapfrogging

I’ve seen a lot of organizations create strategies, programs, and projects focused on optimizing operations, streamlining processes, and driving innovation. For example, if you’re looking to increase sales, you might measure the number of emails you send or sales calls you make. Lagging Indicators Tell You How You Did.

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How law firms can take governance seriously in today’s changing work environment

Anaqua

Briefing Magazine spoke with Dan Anderson, Vice President and General Manager at SeeUnity , an Anaqua Company, about how law firms can take governance seriously in today’s changing work environment by investing in content automation to keep their systems secure. View the original article on Briefing Magazine.

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You can't burn data

Jeffrey Phillips

This comparison was strong enough to lead Wired magazine to define data as the new oil in a magazine article some years ago. Some countries - Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and others - have lots of oil, while others - Japan for example - have little or no oil reserves. After all, both are abundant commodities that can create value.

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