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Social media can connect you to innovators of all stripes. That creates a truly powerful resource of creativity on which to draw for your innovation strategy. Here’s how, and when, to use social media as part of your innovation strategy. If you do these things, these communities can be a powerful source of innovation. Want to learn more about social media and innovation strategy? The post Is Social Media Part of Your Product Innovation Strategy? MORE
Most people operate markets where outcomes are unpredictable and new competitors can disrupt your entire business. Find out what on Ericsson exec had to say MORE
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. I am really frustrated by the legacy we have in our processes, systems and the ways we approach innovation, and its development lifecycle. A truly open innovation platform. Aras PLM Product Innovation Platform. MORE
Innovation is often presented as a mighty struggle between a lone inventor and a seemingly intractable problem. While this does occasionally happen, more often than not any great innovation is the result of people drawing from those around them for ideas and inspiration. Here are a few examples of companies that set the “lone inventor on a hill” myth aside in favor of real innovation with the help of IdeaScale. The lone innovator can sometimes be useful. MORE
How Different CPG Companies Are Leveraging Big Data & Analytics for Marketing and Product Innovation Compared to businesses in other industries, the ones in the Consumer Goods (CG) industry spend a colossal amount of money on marketing and advertising. The post How Different CPG Companies Are Leveraging Big Data & Analytics for Marketing and Product Innovation appeared first on Acuvate. MORE
The process of developing a new product - whether it is a tangible, physical good or intangible, like a service, experience or belief - requires a systematic method to launch and commercialise it. The post The 7 stages of NPD and how to effectively manage product innovation appeared first on Exago. Blog Insights business transformation collective intelligence idea management software innovation management innovation-journey innovation-priority new product development MORE
Product concepts are the lifeblood of your company. Flowing through your company’s system, like blood through the veins of a human body, new product concepts are the future of your company’s health and the source of its growth. Unfortunately, many companies lack a strategic planning process for innovation, or they manage it poorly. Innovation Management Product Innovation R&D Product Portfolio Management product strategy Product vision MORE
collaboration culture Customers Design Innovation Management Product Innovation R&D agile Cross Functional Alignment Cross Platforms Development TeamsScenario: A technology company is creating a consumer electronics solution that involves hardware, software and web components. Three separate teams, located in different parts of the company’s facility, create three platforms. Each platform has its own development team, its own Program Manager and its own Project Manager. MORE
Nevertheless, this downtick should not distract from the reality that Amazon has emerged as the new model of innovation effectiveness. Business Models Creativity Data Growth Innovation Innovation Perspectives Innovation Teaching Story Leadership Product Innovation Technology Amazon business modelWith Amazon edging towards becoming the world’s first trillion-dollar company, fresh attention is being paid to the factors that could derail its growth. MORE
Governance Innovation Product Innovation Strategy Business Results Governance Models Governance Team Medical Device PLM PLM product innovation Product Lifecycle ManagementIn this blog series, I provide insights as to why PLM has true potential to be so transformational for life sciences companies, but many aren’t getting there. We have come a long way – we have developed a defensible strategy, picked technology, and developed a change campaign. MORE
Design Experience Innovation Innovation Product Innovation jobs-to-be-done product innovation“I want a pair of flippers for my birthday,” my 7-year-old announced today. “But, I am not actually into flippers.” ” This baffling statement came after a day at a friend’s backyard swimming pool where my daughter had her first-ever encounter with a pair of flippers. MORE
In this article, Product Innovation Manager Alex Igor Sanghikian discusses the Adjacent Possibilities framework for product management. By exclusively focusing on your persona’s one main need and trying hard to fulfill that need with your product, you can build the next feature with a more focused vision. Enabling Factors Strategies adjacent possibilities brainstorm design thinking hidden needs personas product development prototyping unmet needs voice of customer MORE
Love your customers, and your customers will love you back I like to work with customers who are willing to do the personal and professional transformation to become innovative and agile. Customers Design Innovation marketing Product Innovation agile business innovation designIf I look at my customer set, they’re usually between 32 and 55 years old. They already have work experience, but they either want. MORE
The product innovations that generate the most excitement and public interest are the disruptive innovations. However, these innovations aren’t that common. The most successful, innovative companies strike a balance between core, adjacent, and transformational initiatives. To illustrate how this can happen, it’s helpful to look at innovations that evolved over time. Some product innovations aren’t created by the company at all. MORE
Innovation and change destroy complacent, unchanging business structures and models. Product life cycles are collapsing - I was recently in a conference where a camera manufacturer estimated the average shelf life for a new camera was between 3 and 6 months, or less than half the product development cycle time! Instead they offer single solutions or products that are equal to or better than what the banks offer, in areas that are more profitable. MORE
Consumer Innovation Creativity Innovation Product Innovation Strategy Consumer Insight innovation trends product innovation RitualsWhy does knocking on the table before eating a baby carrot make it taste better? MORE
Innovative cross-functional teams in technology companies often depend on individuals with highly technical, specialized skills. collaboration Creativity Innovation Leadership Management Product Innovation R&DThey’re on the edge, extending their disciplines where they haven’t been before. Teams like this require upper management support that enables their success. It does not need micromanagement – or its opposite, chaotic management that is no better than neglect. MORE
If you want to know how to leverage content marketing to position your product in your customer’s mind, a great person to ask is Jerod Morris, VP of Marketing at Rainmaker Digital. Continue reading → Innovation Product Innovation marketing content marketing Product ManagementPreviously CopyBlogger, Rainmaker Digital is the most authoritative source I know for content marketing. MORE
Every innovative product begins as a concept in the mind of someone or some group of people. How do companies manage this asset, the portfolio of product concepts, even before they enter the pipeline? In our experience, product. Innovation Processes & Tools Product Innovation R&D Lean Product Development New Product Development (NPD) Product Development MORE
As retailers strive to reinvent their customer experience and drive loyalty, many are opening innovation labs or centers that are focused exclusively on digital efforts or product innovation. Innovation Product Innovation Strategy Product Development product innovation retail Retail Innovation Retailers MORE
Real world product and service design brings together form and function in ways that emphasise product/service features so that they convert to real and perceived customer benefits. Creativity Innovation Product Innovation Fender StratocasterThere is often a great deal of redundancy in the design process. For example, one of the key weaknesses of early electric guitars was the fact that the. MORE
They founded Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, Corporation and their first product was an automatic rice cooker which failed to sell well. At that time Japanese companies had a reputation for producing cheap, low-quality products which were often copies of Western merchandise. Morita and his partner wanted to break away from this approach and offer high-quality innovative electronic goods. Morita came up with an innovative marketing idea. Insights for Innovators. MORE
One of the most common myths when leading idea management in medium enterprises is that you should strongly focus efforts on product innovation, as the ultimate goal is to have the next big thing. The post How to look beyond product innovation in medium enterprises appeared first on Exago. Blog Insights initiative-success innovation management medium enterprises product innovation MORE
The post Four Ways to Innovate Right Now appeared first on InnovationManagement. Strategies Business Model Innovation decision making long term innovation paradigm innovation position innovation process innovation product Product Development product innovation thought leadership value creationWhile the pandemic has been difficult for all us economically, as business owners, we never run out of opportunities. MORE
I'm going to stipulate that the business cycle and innovation are at a tipping point. For close to 20 years (dating approximately from when Jobs returned to Apple) we've been living in the product innovation era. Several converging forces There are several reasons why we'll see at least a slow decline in product innovation, if not a collapse. Innovation hasn't delivered on its promises in many cases. Most companies don't innovate entirely new products. MORE
Apple is an iconic brand noted for disruptive innovation. In the heat of the digital revolution that it helped spark, Apple’s products became a portfolio of increasingly complex and diverse offerings. At a crucial point in its growth, the company had to reign in its exuberance and created a disciplined, cross-company product development process. Apple Disruption Innovation Management Product Innovation R&D MORE
Materials can elevate a product, to be sure, but using them incorrectly or ineffectively has the opposite effect. And because it's hard to know how a finished product will actually look and feel in the hands of consumers, it's easy to make mistakes in development. Here are some time-tested strategies for creating products that are better, not just different. Innovation MORE
Consumer Innovation Disruption Entrepreneurship Experience Innovation Innovation Innovation Perspectives Intellectual Property Product Innovation change management Ecommerce ideas thought commerce“Thought.” Thought is epically powerful and hugely important. Tony Robbins, Bob Proctor, and before them, Napoleon Hill – all motivational rock stars – consistently drill into their audiences that NOTHING becomes a reality until or after it’s first a thought. MORE
Innovation Product Innovation new product launches NPD product positioning sleep categoryThe sleep category is growing rapidly. Sleep, or more pertinently, the lack thereof, is increasingly an issue for more and more people. Levels of anxiety, stress and insomnia are on the rise. Consumers are looking for solutions, and willing to spend money on them. 30% of the UK and US population report symptoms of. MORE
Through our hands-on work with clients, we have developed a lean product development process. However, we have incorporated selected practices from the agile toolkit to enhance innovation and speed products to market. Innovation Management Product Innovation R&D Lean Product DevelopmentIt is a methodology that depicts key milestones, but supersedes specific engineering models such as waterfall or Agile. MORE
Innovation Product Innovation Science Sustainability #plastic #environment #sustainabilityWhy should brands care? Plastics is one of the biggest challenges the world is facing right now. Thanks to David Attenborough’s Blue Planet, consumers are suddenly aware of the thousands of tonnes of plastic filling the ocean. As plastic is so prolifically used, especially in packaging, brands are going to need to act quick to. MORE
I love hearing how companies are creating successful products that provide customers value, which is the topic of this episode. Gordon Stannis, the Director of Design and Strategy at Twisthink shares their approach to developing innovative solutions for their Fortune 500 clients. Gordon started his work as an industrial designer and then moved into product. Case Study Design Digital Innovation Design Thinking innovation process Product Management product managers MORE
What I didn’t expect was the reflective advice it would provide on leadership and management, Innovation Interviews Leadership Management Product Innovation R&D Conflict Management Innovation Management Innovation Teams Interview ip New Product Development (NPD) PodcastI enjoyed watching Pixar’s “A Bug’s Life” when it was released in 1998 and have more recently re-watched it with my kids. MORE
Change Cognition Consumer Innovation Creativity Disruption Entertainment Product Innovation Technology gaming Oculus product innovation technology Virtual_Reality vrSo now I finally have my own VR setup at home. I’ve spent many hours in VR. I visited the Himalaya. I went to Pluto. I’ve had front row seats (and better) in concerts and I’ve been inside games like never before. But I’ve learned more. MORE
One of the many problems with the “lone genius in the garage” view of innovation is that too often, the C-suite is stylized as the people who say “no” to a brilliant idea, only to regret it later. There’s even a small cottage industry of articles about the series Shark Tank, sometimes analyzing and sometimes mocking how business geniuses didn’t get in on the ground floor of hit products like Ring or Chef Big Shake. Best Practice product innovation MORE
Customers are integral to the product innovation process.?. Product innovation is all about new ideas from both your employees and your customers. Trying to develop a new product without input from your customers is akin to shooting arrows in the dark. All those factors figure prominently in determining why, when, and how to innovate. Not to be overlooked, however, is the value of the input you receive from your employees regarding product innovation. MORE
The effectiveness of social media for outbound marketing activities, i.e. getting the news out about new products offerings, and interacting with customers, is well known. collaboration Innovation Open Innovation Product Innovation R&D Social Innovation Social Media Product Development product innovation social innovation MORE
The post 3 Ways to Align with Ethical Values and Accelerate Your Brand appeared first on Board of Innovation. All Consumer products Innovation strategyHand-curated takeaways to prove your worth in ethical consumption, utility, and sustainability. MORE
At the heart, product roadmaps show the major milestones of a project’s lifecycle. Maintaining Product Roadmaps is a useful discipline in just about any organization that has more than one product. But aside from capturing product timelines, what good are they? Innovation Management Product Innovation R&D Strategy Product Development Product Roadmap product strategy MORE
The two most common product development metrics are R&D spending as a percent of sales and revenues from new products over time. There’s no linear relationship between R&D spending and new product success. Innovation Management Processes & Tools Product Innovation R&D Product development MetricsThese metrics, although necessary to track, do not predict a result. MORE
According to AcuPoll more than 95-percent of new products fail each year. This harrowing statistic should sound an alarm, one that says the way we approach the conceptualization and launch of new products does not work. Every year, billions of dollars shrivel down to zero. Careers and jobs lost. So much talent and energy gets. MORE
Innovation marketing Product Innovation Social Innovation Strategy Sustainability Trends product innovation social innovation sustainabilityLike it or lump it, the “eco” market is not going anywhere. 66% of global consumers say they are willing to pay more for sustainable brands (Bain & Company). Despite global economic instability, last year the luxury market grew by 5% to an estimated €1.2 trillion globally (Bain). MORE
Scenario: a product development team at a medical device company had a testing phase that ran far longer than expected. collaboration Design Innovation Management Product Innovation R&D root cause analysis Root causesThis delay rippled throughout the project and had serious implications downstream. After the project was complete, the team leader wanted to go back and figure out why the test phase had not gone as planned. MORE
Product Innovation Related Topics Exago
OCTOBER 26, 2018
One of the most common myths when leading idea management in medium enterprises is that you should strongly focus efforts on product innovation, as the ultimate goal is to have the next big thing. The post How to look beyond product innovation in medium enterprises appeared first on Exago. Blog Insights initiative-success innovation management medium enterprises product innovation
IdeaScale
JANUARY 31, 2017
The product innovations that generate the most excitement and public interest are the disruptive innovations. However, these innovations aren’t that common. The most successful, innovative companies strike a balance between core, adjacent, and transformational initiatives. To illustrate how this can happen, it’s helpful to look at innovations that evolved over time. Some product innovations aren’t created by the company at all.
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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. I am really frustrated by the legacy we have in our processes, systems and the ways we approach innovation, and its development lifecycle. A truly open innovation platform. Aras PLM Product Innovation Platform.
Jeffrey Phillips
AUGUST 7, 2019
I'm going to stipulate that the business cycle and innovation are at a tipping point. For close to 20 years (dating approximately from when Jobs returned to Apple) we've been living in the product innovation era. Several converging forces There are several reasons why we'll see at least a slow decline in product innovation, if not a collapse. Innovation hasn't delivered on its promises in many cases. Most companies don't innovate entirely new products.
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IdeaScale
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
Customers are integral to the product innovation process.?. Product innovation is all about new ideas from both your employees and your customers. Trying to develop a new product without input from your customers is akin to shooting arrows in the dark. All those factors figure prominently in determining why, when, and how to innovate. Not to be overlooked, however, is the value of the input you receive from your employees regarding product innovation.
Innovation Excellence
FEBRUARY 5, 2019
The effectiveness of social media for outbound marketing activities, i.e. getting the news out about new products offerings, and interacting with customers, is well known. collaboration Innovation Open Innovation Product Innovation R&D Social Innovation Social Media Product Development product innovation social innovation
Innovation Excellence
OCTOBER 2, 2016
What I didn’t expect was the reflective advice it would provide on leadership and management, Innovation Interviews Leadership Management Product Innovation R&D Conflict Management Innovation Management Innovation Teams Interview ip New Product Development (NPD) PodcastI enjoyed watching Pixar’s “A Bug’s Life” when it was released in 1998 and have more recently re-watched it with my kids.
IdeaScale
JANUARY 23, 2019
Innovation is often presented as a mighty struggle between a lone inventor and a seemingly intractable problem. While this does occasionally happen, more often than not any great innovation is the result of people drawing from those around them for ideas and inspiration. Here are a few examples of companies that set the “lone inventor on a hill” myth aside in favor of real innovation with the help of IdeaScale. The lone innovator can sometimes be useful.
Innovation Excellence
JUNE 9, 2016
If you want to know how to leverage content marketing to position your product in your customer’s mind, a great person to ask is Jerod Morris, VP of Marketing at Rainmaker Digital. Continue reading → Innovation Product Innovation marketing content marketing Product ManagementPreviously CopyBlogger, Rainmaker Digital is the most authoritative source I know for content marketing.
Jeffrey Phillips
OCTOBER 7, 2015
Innovation and change destroy complacent, unchanging business structures and models. Product life cycles are collapsing - I was recently in a conference where a camera manufacturer estimated the average shelf life for a new camera was between 3 and 6 months, or less than half the product development cycle time! Instead they offer single solutions or products that are equal to or better than what the banks offer, in areas that are more profitable.
Exago
MAY 15, 2019
The process of developing a new product - whether it is a tangible, physical good or intangible, like a service, experience or belief - requires a systematic method to launch and commercialise it. The post The 7 stages of NPD and how to effectively manage product innovation appeared first on Exago. Blog Insights business transformation collective intelligence idea management software innovation management innovation-journey innovation-priority new product development
IdeaScale
OCTOBER 30, 2019
Social media can connect you to innovators of all stripes. That creates a truly powerful resource of creativity on which to draw for your innovation strategy. Here’s how, and when, to use social media as part of your innovation strategy. If you do these things, these communities can be a powerful source of innovation. Want to learn more about social media and innovation strategy? The post Is Social Media Part of Your Product Innovation Strategy?
Innovation Excellence
AUGUST 3, 2018
Materials can elevate a product, to be sure, but using them incorrectly or ineffectively has the opposite effect. And because it's hard to know how a finished product will actually look and feel in the hands of consumers, it's easy to make mistakes in development. Here are some time-tested strategies for creating products that are better, not just different. Innovation
Innovation Excellence
AUGUST 3, 2017
I love hearing how companies are creating successful products that provide customers value, which is the topic of this episode. Gordon Stannis, the Director of Design and Strategy at Twisthink shares their approach to developing innovative solutions for their Fortune 500 clients. Gordon started his work as an industrial designer and then moved into product. Case Study Design Digital Innovation Design Thinking innovation process Product Management product managers
Acuvate
APRIL 10, 2020
How Different CPG Companies Are Leveraging Big Data & Analytics for Marketing and Product Innovation Compared to businesses in other industries, the ones in the Consumer Goods (CG) industry spend a colossal amount of money on marketing and advertising. The post How Different CPG Companies Are Leveraging Big Data & Analytics for Marketing and Product Innovation appeared first on Acuvate.
InnovationManagement
JANUARY 5, 2017
In this article, Product Innovation Manager Alex Igor Sanghikian discusses the Adjacent Possibilities framework for product management. By exclusively focusing on your persona’s one main need and trying hard to fulfill that need with your product, you can build the next feature with a more focused vision. Enabling Factors Strategies adjacent possibilities brainstorm design thinking hidden needs personas product development prototyping unmet needs voice of customer
Board of Innovation
JANUARY 21, 2021
The post 3 Ways to Align with Ethical Values and Accelerate Your Brand appeared first on Board of Innovation. All Consumer products Innovation strategyHand-curated takeaways to prove your worth in ethical consumption, utility, and sustainability.
Innovation Leader
MARCH 15, 2017
Most people operate markets where outcomes are unpredictable and new competitors can disrupt your entire business. Find out what on Ericsson exec had to say
InnovationManagement
JULY 2, 2020
The post Four Ways to Innovate Right Now appeared first on InnovationManagement. Strategies Business Model Innovation decision making long term innovation paradigm innovation position innovation process innovation product Product Development product innovation thought leadership value creationWhile the pandemic has been difficult for all us economically, as business owners, we never run out of opportunities.
Innovation Excellence
DECEMBER 12, 2018
Design Experience Innovation Innovation Product Innovation jobs-to-be-done product innovation“I want a pair of flippers for my birthday,” my 7-year-old announced today. “But, I am not actually into flippers.” ” This baffling statement came after a day at a friend’s backyard swimming pool where my daughter had her first-ever encounter with a pair of flippers.
Destination Innovation
NOVEMBER 7, 2018
They founded Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, Corporation and their first product was an automatic rice cooker which failed to sell well. At that time Japanese companies had a reputation for producing cheap, low-quality products which were often copies of Western merchandise. Morita and his partner wanted to break away from this approach and offer high-quality innovative electronic goods. Morita came up with an innovative marketing idea. Insights for Innovators.
Innovation Excellence
OCTOBER 20, 2017
Consumer Innovation Creativity Innovation Product Innovation Strategy Consumer Insight innovation trends product innovation RitualsWhy does knocking on the table before eating a baby carrot make it taste better?
Innovation Excellence
JANUARY 27, 2019
Every innovative product begins as a concept in the mind of someone or some group of people. How do companies manage this asset, the portfolio of product concepts, even before they enter the pipeline? In our experience, product. Innovation Processes & Tools Product Innovation R&D Lean Product Development New Product Development (NPD) Product Development
Innovation Excellence
MARCH 31, 2018
Innovation marketing Product Innovation Social Innovation Strategy Sustainability Trends product innovation social innovation sustainabilityLike it or lump it, the “eco” market is not going anywhere. 66% of global consumers say they are willing to pay more for sustainable brands (Bain & Company). Despite global economic instability, last year the luxury market grew by 5% to an estimated €1.2 trillion globally (Bain).
Innovation Excellence
OCTOBER 8, 2019
Product concepts are the lifeblood of your company. Flowing through your company’s system, like blood through the veins of a human body, new product concepts are the future of your company’s health and the source of its growth. Unfortunately, many companies lack a strategic planning process for innovation, or they manage it poorly. Innovation Management Product Innovation R&D Product Portfolio Management product strategy Product vision
Innovation Excellence
JULY 29, 2019
At the heart, product roadmaps show the major milestones of a project’s lifecycle. Maintaining Product Roadmaps is a useful discipline in just about any organization that has more than one product. But aside from capturing product timelines, what good are they? Innovation Management Product Innovation R&D Strategy Product Development Product Roadmap product strategy
Innovation Excellence
FEBRUARY 6, 2017
According to AcuPoll more than 95-percent of new products fail each year. This harrowing statistic should sound an alarm, one that says the way we approach the conceptualization and launch of new products does not work. Every year, billions of dollars shrivel down to zero. Careers and jobs lost. So much talent and energy gets.
Innovation Excellence
JANUARY 29, 2017
As retailers strive to reinvent their customer experience and drive loyalty, many are opening innovation labs or centers that are focused exclusively on digital efforts or product innovation. Innovation Product Innovation Strategy Product Development product innovation retail Retail Innovation Retailers
Innovation Excellence
APRIL 21, 2019
Innovation Product Innovation new product launches NPD product positioning sleep categoryThe sleep category is growing rapidly. Sleep, or more pertinently, the lack thereof, is increasingly an issue for more and more people. Levels of anxiety, stress and insomnia are on the rise. Consumers are looking for solutions, and willing to spend money on them. 30% of the UK and US population report symptoms of.
Innovation Excellence
MARCH 13, 2019
Real world product and service design brings together form and function in ways that emphasise product/service features so that they convert to real and perceived customer benefits. Creativity Innovation Product Innovation Fender StratocasterThere is often a great deal of redundancy in the design process. For example, one of the key weaknesses of early electric guitars was the fact that the.
Innovation Excellence
JANUARY 12, 2020
Through our hands-on work with clients, we have developed a lean product development process. However, we have incorporated selected practices from the agile toolkit to enhance innovation and speed products to market. Innovation Management Product Innovation R&D Lean Product DevelopmentIt is a methodology that depicts key milestones, but supersedes specific engineering models such as waterfall or Agile.
Innovation Excellence
JULY 2, 2018
Innovation Product Innovation Science Sustainability #plastic #environment #sustainabilityWhy should brands care? Plastics is one of the biggest challenges the world is facing right now. Thanks to David Attenborough’s Blue Planet, consumers are suddenly aware of the thousands of tonnes of plastic filling the ocean. As plastic is so prolifically used, especially in packaging, brands are going to need to act quick to.
Innovation Excellence
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
The two most common product development metrics are R&D spending as a percent of sales and revenues from new products over time. There’s no linear relationship between R&D spending and new product success. Innovation Management Processes & Tools Product Innovation R&D Product development MetricsThese metrics, although necessary to track, do not predict a result.
Innovation Excellence
FEBRUARY 24, 2019
Innovative cross-functional teams in technology companies often depend on individuals with highly technical, specialized skills. collaboration Creativity Innovation Leadership Management Product Innovation R&DThey’re on the edge, extending their disciplines where they haven’t been before. Teams like this require upper management support that enables their success. It does not need micromanagement – or its opposite, chaotic management that is no better than neglect.
Innovation Excellence
NOVEMBER 16, 2018
Nevertheless, this downtick should not distract from the reality that Amazon has emerged as the new model of innovation effectiveness. Business Models Creativity Data Growth Innovation Innovation Perspectives Innovation Teaching Story Leadership Product Innovation Technology Amazon business modelWith Amazon edging towards becoming the world’s first trillion-dollar company, fresh attention is being paid to the factors that could derail its growth.
Innovation Excellence
APRIL 1, 2019
Scenario: a product development team at a medical device company had a testing phase that ran far longer than expected. collaboration Design Innovation Management Product Innovation R&D root cause analysis Root causesThis delay rippled throughout the project and had serious implications downstream. After the project was complete, the team leader wanted to go back and figure out why the test phase had not gone as planned.
Innovation Excellence
FEBRUARY 9, 2019
Love your customers, and your customers will love you back I like to work with customers who are willing to do the personal and professional transformation to become innovative and agile. Customers Design Innovation marketing Product Innovation agile business innovation designIf I look at my customer set, they’re usually between 32 and 55 years old. They already have work experience, but they either want.
Innovation Excellence
OCTOBER 28, 2018
Consumer Innovation Disruption Entrepreneurship Experience Innovation Innovation Innovation Perspectives Intellectual Property Product Innovation change management Ecommerce ideas thought commerce“Thought.” Thought is epically powerful and hugely important. Tony Robbins, Bob Proctor, and before them, Napoleon Hill – all motivational rock stars – consistently drill into their audiences that NOTHING becomes a reality until or after it’s first a thought.
Innovation Excellence
SEPTEMBER 8, 2016
Change Cognition Consumer Innovation Creativity Disruption Entertainment Product Innovation Technology gaming Oculus product innovation technology Virtual_Reality vrSo now I finally have my own VR setup at home. I’ve spent many hours in VR. I visited the Himalaya. I went to Pluto. I’ve had front row seats (and better) in concerts and I’ve been inside games like never before. But I’ve learned more.
Innovation Excellence
FEBRUARY 24, 2017
Governance Innovation Product Innovation Strategy Business Results Governance Models Governance Team Medical Device PLM PLM product innovation Product Lifecycle ManagementIn this blog series, I provide insights as to why PLM has true potential to be so transformational for life sciences companies, but many aren’t getting there. We have come a long way – we have developed a defensible strategy, picked technology, and developed a change campaign.
Innovation Excellence
NOVEMBER 14, 2018
Apple is an iconic brand noted for disruptive innovation. In the heat of the digital revolution that it helped spark, Apple’s products became a portfolio of increasingly complex and diverse offerings. At a crucial point in its growth, the company had to reign in its exuberance and created a disciplined, cross-company product development process. Apple Disruption Innovation Management Product Innovation R&D
Innovation Excellence
FEBRUARY 18, 2019
collaboration culture Customers Design Innovation Management Product Innovation R&D agile Cross Functional Alignment Cross Platforms Development TeamsScenario: A technology company is creating a consumer electronics solution that involves hardware, software and web components. Three separate teams, located in different parts of the company’s facility, create three platforms. Each platform has its own development team, its own Program Manager and its own Project Manager.
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