Jeffrey Phillips

DECEMBER 3, 2019

For quite some time we've been hearing about how important it is to do things quickly, with many new adjectives placed in front of the word "innovation". Innovation itself is not necessarily a slow activity, it is often slowed by factors beyond the control of the innovation team. When can you move fast?

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 12, 2022

We used AI to identify the most frequently asked questions about design thinking. What is the difference between design thinking and Lean UX? How can design thinking help with product development? This helps to ensure that the team is working on solving the right problem. What are the principles of design thinking?

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Moves the Needle

AUGUST 2, 2018

You can use Lean Innovation techniques -- Empathy, Experiments, and Evidence to ensure the driving force is sustained through the integration. Lean Innovation empathy work is a great way to understand the human side of acquisitions and again, this is from both sides of the table, acquirer and acquiree.

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Planview

MARCH 18, 2022

As a result, we will gain insights on how her teams collaborate, the Planview culture, and career advice for those seeking employment in the Product Development (PD) automation field. Here is what Geetika had to say: Explain your role as a Software Development Engineer Test Manager and a few of your responsibilities.

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The BMI Lab Blog

AUGUST 17, 2021

As his passion for this media format starts to spread among our team, we decided to list our 7 favorite podcast shows or episodes about innovation and entrepreneurial mindset to listen to this summer. If you want to find out more about our lean startup approach, check out our Launchpad. Why do we recommend this episode?

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Leanstack

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

We’re already at the 10 year anniversary of the Lean Startup. Yes, it was a little over 10 years ago that Eric Ries started sharing a series of blog posts and giving talks on a new way of building products?—?ideas ideas that went on to spark the global Lean Startup movement. often part of a mandated checklist imposed upon teams.

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Moves the Needle

JANUARY 8, 2019

How The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards Used Lean Innovation to Create New Value for Their Customers Take this Case Study with you! The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards ( NCARB ), a national non-profit organization, develops standards for licensure and credentialing of architects.

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Leanstack

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

We’re already at the 10 year anniversary of the Lean Startup. Yes, it was a little over 10 years ago that Eric Ries started sharing a series of blog posts and giving talks on a new way of building products?—?ideas ideas that went on to spark the global Lean Startup movement. often part of a mandated checklist imposed upon teams.

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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. Digital Transformation is not so much about technology.

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Moves the Needle

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Download this case study to save for your records or to show to your leadership team here: Download Case Study. This disconnect leads organizations down the wrong path toward producing products and services that no one really wants , because they aren’t using evidence (data + insights) to guide their product development.

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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. Since we receive a lot of questions from CEOs about “MVPs”, I’ve put together a quick overview for you. Understanding MVP Development .

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Jeffrey Phillips

APRIL 24, 2018

Much of the last 30 years of management thought has been consumed with improving exploitation skill - Six Sigma, Lean, Outsourcing and right-sizing are all efforts to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the exploiting portion of your business. Product development cycle times are now longer than shelf lives.

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Boxes and Arrows

AUGUST 13, 2013

As sometime director of Design at Infragistics, I personally have had first hand experience trying to integrate UX into an existing, established Agile engineering process with large-ish teams. He used the term “developer” as if it were an epithet, and unsurprisingly, a lot of the audience cheered him on. Enter the book.

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Planview

AUGUST 12, 2022

And so is the mindset around productivity and team structure. But greater emphasis is being placed on moving from project to product, which focuses on enabling teams to become end-to-end experts. A 2018 Gartner survey found that 85% of companies prefer a product-centric model. Stage 3: Expansion.

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Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Their executives and management teams recognize the importance of innovation, and even include innovation as top three priorities or as a component of the annual strategy. The first team wants to sustain existing products and profits and not ruffle feathers.

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ImagineNation

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

These authors attempt to divide the company’s business into buckets with one devoted to the current business that is all about operational efficiency and incremental change, and another that is about delivering organic growth through breakthrough innovations.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 27, 2018

I have written a fair amount about the new innovation era, offering a view on its future design. There are significant shifts underway towards digital innovation in R&D and new-product development. We so often hear about a transformational mindset, but we do need one. They are all becoming digital endeavors.

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Cris Beswick

APRIL 16, 2024

I’ll unpack the core principles of ‘Leading FOR Innovation’ and share approaches to help overcome the organisational antibodies that often stifle innovation, empowering teams to unleash bold ideas that can reshape your industry’s future. How would you pursue things then? Is there a better way?’

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Gregg Fraley

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Talking to customers about their innovation efforts I’m hearing regrets in December. How about four projects, one per quarter, next year? Here’s a model simple plan: Set up a team with an empowered leader. It can be an ad hoc team. So, sit down with the team and plot out your simple plan.

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Moves the Needle

AUGUST 19, 2019

Learn more about what you can do right now to improve product portfolios and create a balance of near-term and long-term investment in new sources of growth. I enjoy the domain of innovation and product development and I think you can apply these practices across industries. Who are you? What do you do?

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Idea Champions

AUGUST 21, 2020

The best of these will guide AT&T's development for years to come." - Robert Rubin, Product Development, AT&T. Participants continue to leave your course excited about their new implementable ideas and innovations re: new and existing products and services." - Jim Schultz, Managing Director, NYNEX.

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Jeffrey Phillips

MARCH 20, 2015

I'm about to leave for a well-deserved vacation, but I wanted to leave you, gentle readers, with a parting shot to contemplate before I go. And of course time for the product development process. People who are unwilling to change or explore will simply recreate products and services that already exist.

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ImagineNation

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

These authors attempt to divide the company’s business into buckets with one devoted to the current business that is all about operational efficiency and incremental change, and another that is about delivering organic growth through breakthrough innovations.

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mjvinnovation

JULY 27, 2020

It also ensures that the vision, user needs, and technical resources are aligned, keeping the team’s resources in check. Please keep reading to understand the importance of having a UX strategy, what benefits it can offer you, and tips on developing one! .” Align different teams around the same vision.

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IM Insights

MARCH 17, 2022

About the Episode. Elijah Eilert speaks to Paul Orlando about his book Growth Units to discover how to best calculate Customer Acquisition Cost and Lifetime Value. 15:00) CAC over LTV is fundamental to understanding product performance and analysing specific customer segments. 43:00) A perspective on Product/Market-Fit (PMF).

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Moves the Needle

AUGUST 14, 2018

But now, it’s time to talk about something more specific.lean innovation. Lean Innovation Definition At Moves The Needle, we define lean innovation as “reducing waste in the discovery, creation, and delivering of new value to customers." In this way, lean innovation and design thinking go hand in hand.

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Moves the Needle

APRIL 8, 2021

The purpose for the model was to help businesses think about their need to develop new revenue sources over time. But at the same time, you must consider products or markets that are in decline and how you might replace that revenue. It’s simply about “ incremental improvement ”. What Happened to the Horizon Model?

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Leanstack

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

But it’s about way more than just getting their attention. In my book, Running Lean , I advocate using customer problem interviews and observation techniques for this, but I have recently been experimenting with another approach called jobs-to-be-done. The basic premise is that people hire products to get a job done.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 11, 2015

.) – and the costs to deliver the product/service and have well defined product development and product management tools that emphasize the linear nature of shipping products to existing customers. for new product development that emphasize immediate returns. Lessons Learned.

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InnovationTraining.org

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Rather than leaning on agencies for ideas and new ways of marketing devised through layered assumptions, clever theories and cliché discussions around “what millennials want”, lean on your customers instead. Cut out the middle man and start co-creating. Plus, it provides a fresh perspective when generating ideas.

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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. Steve learns about Minimum Viable Products Steve gets to the restaurant a few minutes before noon and grabs a quiet table in the back. Rome, after all, wasn’t built in a day.

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Boxes and Arrows

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

Many UX professionals seem stymied by the challenge of effectively integrating UX within an Agile development framework –but there are others in our field who have encountered the same problems yet are finding effective solutions. Opinions on what’s working.

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The Inovo Group

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Sorting the Wheat from the Chaff when Uncertainty is High Making decisions about a future concept that does not yet exist is fraught with uncertainty. It is a way to discover how people think about alternatives. They decide to take an additional step to understand how the rest of the company feels about these options.

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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). Stop focusing on products and start focusing on problems Problems are goldmines. Let’s not let the stigma of “failure” get in the way of that.

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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. On the other hand, Larry has a growing customer base, revenue, and team. Steve felt proud to have been part of the core team. And he works alone.

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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). Stop focusing on products and start focusing on problems. Problems are goldmines. Let’s not let the stigma of “failure” get in the way of that.

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Idea Champions

JUNE 26, 2019

Here's what Idea Champions' clients have to say about the value they've received from engaging our brainstorm facilitation services. The best of these will guide AT&T's development for years to come." - Robert Rubin, CCS Product Development, AT&T. "As Thank you!" -- Candida G.

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