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

Leapfrogging

There were over 200 different concepts for new products and services written on multi-colored post-its and stuck on every conceivable surface across the conference room in my client’s office. Enter the Innovation Funnel Management Process, one of my favorite tools to help manage business process innovation. Here’s a?

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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. Here’s an example of what this could look like if you have a product portfolio and want to evaluate your options for taking the best products forward.

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

Leapfrogging

Generally, the rule helps organizational stakeholders determine if they should make high risk/high reward innovations or improve upon existing products or services. . . Because these actions, products or services deviate from the norm, they are a riskier innovation with more potential to drive the company forward.

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25 Podcasts for Managers (with Episode Recommendations)

CMOE

25 Podcasts for Managers. Manager Tools. We’ve entered the age of podcasts, and everyone can benefit from the distillation of the experiences of experts, including leaders and managers. Productivity principles for yourself and your employees. Any leader can benefit from at least one of these podcasts for managers.

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Time for Innovation 2.0

Jeffrey Phillips

During most of that time, I've had the good fortune to lead innovation projects for clients as well. The work I get to do, and the material I see online and read in (yes, I still read paper magazines) has provided a lot of fodder for this blog over the years. I've been writing about innovation for close to 20 years.

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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. Most companies focus on lagging indicators, like how much revenue they made in the last quarter, how many products they sold, or how many new customers they acquired.

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