Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

You should be placing a strong emphasis on customer satisfaction no matter what stage your business is in, but it’s especially important to make sure you’re not getting distracted by scalability. Some of the most successful businessmen in recent history have developed on the advice of a mentor. Keep Your Customers Happy.

Short-term 63

Short-term Long-term Stage-Gate Mentor 63

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

It tends to be short-term, uses familiar (traditional) metrics and development systems like Stage Gate. Almost every company has a Stage Gate process because they work well for incremental innovation. Breakthrough (changes the game) innovations, contrary to popular belief, need a top-down approach.

Process 15

Process Innovation Stage-Gate Net Present Value 15

Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

What I do in that time sets the stage for the day I will have. The healthy habits that I attribute to my success as a leader are practice what I preach, set healthy boundaries, practice mindfulness, exercise, work hard and invest in my ongoing learning and personal development. Dan Miller of 48 Days. What is that!?” I could breathe.

Succession 316

Succession Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Follow-up 316

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Modeling scientist: Direct improvements in the product or business from the code developed and shipped. In larger and more sophisticated data operations, more fine-grained roles are necessary. Here are five key areas that contribute to data science operations. In larger operations, each may be a team unto itself.

Engineering 13

Engineering Software Metrics Stage-Gate 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2018

Truth is, you can have the right portfolio of investments, the right metrics and governance, the right stage-gate development process, and the right talent on the right teams — but if you don’t design the right handoffs between your teams, all of that planning falls apart.

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Project Innovation Team Stage-Gate 8

Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

” The bottom line is that most people don’t want to be “sold” by an ad anymore; they want to develop a relationship where a business earns their purchase by offering invaluable content. They offer strategies like content development, email marketing, creative and branding, and more.

Marketing 105

Marketing Content Audience Brand 105

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2018

Drawing on our findings, we have developed a framework that breaks the Corporate Innovation Unit’s (CIU) role into seven distinct tasks. At Samsung, the other aspects of the innovation process are relatively well managed at the operating level. following a traditional stage-gate process).

Innovation 10

Innovation Incubator Stage-Gate Idea Generation 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2017

It’s been more than 25 years since Bill Gates dismissed retail banks as “dinosaurs,” but the statement may be as true today as it was then. Gates’ original quote contended that the dinosaurs can be ”bypassed.” The glacial pace at which banks have moved SME lending online has left them vulnerable.

Banking 12

Banking Stage-Gate Credit Scoring Competitive Advantage 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2011

That's exactly what Portuguese airport operator ANA Aeroportos de Portugal did in its quest to attract more major airlines and connecting routes. These included wanting more control across the various stages of their journeys, and feeling an increased sense of Portuguese culture throughout the airport environment.

B2B 15

B2B Airlines Travel Stage-Gate 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Even more difficult is to build a business that requires capital out of the gate. However, if you need capital to validate, you are operating in a zone that will be full of very dark hours. But if you need funding in the seed stages, before validation, there is very little capital in the system.

Incubator 8

Incubator Stage-Gate Venture Capitalist How To 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

While political operatives have their own lessons to learn from the 2012 electoral results, marketers need to utilize some of the same strategies Obama used to win a second term — particularly in his appeal to minorities. Start with the majority-minority markets and juxtapose them with local markets with high category development.

Marketing 15

Marketing Stage-Gate Industry Follow-up 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2018

While we don’t know all the reasons this is important, founders have stronger strategies (which is why they became successful) and better intuition about how all the pieces work and fit together (because they’ve managed the company from the seed stage). Both of these lead to better management and higher RQ.

Long-term 10

Long-term Innovation Technology Stage-Gate 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2013

This is about engaging project sponsors, system users, architects, and development teams in a clear understanding of the actual value received and how that relates to the business case originally used to justify the project. One financial services company we know reviews the viability of the business case at every major stage gate.

CIO 8

CIO Stage-Gate Project Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

What makes it useful, though, is the understanding that has developed over time as these criteria have been used to determine which ideas are truly innovative and which aren’t. Balance: the mix of different types of innova­tion (product, service, pricing, distribution, operations, etc.);

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Build trustworthy networks , because developing trust in government will require collaboration across sectors. They highlight the success of Operation Warp Speed—a notable public-private collaboration that yielded tangible and significant results, with the development and distribution of vaccines.

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Stage-Gate Innovation Project Learning-by-Doing 113

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2018

The healthcare industry has long relied on traditional, linear models of innovation – basic and applied research followed by development and commercialization. Patients are co-designers, co-developers, and increasingly more responsible for their own and collective health outcomes. Bogdan Dreava/EyeEm/Getty Images. Challenges.

Health Care 11

Health Care Innovation Mayo Stage-Gate 11