Mills Scofield

DECEMBER 5, 2014

In the case of the former, they typically would want to know why and how could they innovate their current product to regain their position as number one. While it may have mitigated the clients'' losses some of the time, the innovation was inevitably reactive, unscientific, and not robust nor holistic. Fast forward to today.

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Innovation Excellence

APRIL 7, 2016

The TRIZ approach and best practices such as the Stage-Gate Process can greatly benefit each other. These approaches are not rivals, but rather can be used to amplify each other’s successes. Continue reading →

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In the CEO Afterlife

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

Leadership. by John • February 5, 2011 • Branding , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 1 Comment. The role has been relegated to middle managers who are brand custodians, not leaders in innovation. Companies need the direct and passionate involvement of senior management in product and brand innovation.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Bill Gates is the master of staying ahead of the pack in the business world. Filed under: Leadership Tagged: | competition , goals , John Durfee , success « Three practices of successful product managers Leadership and Product Management » Like Be the first to like this post.

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Innovation Excellence

MARCH 1, 2023

Drum roll please… At the beginning of each month, we will profile the ten articles from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Human-Centered Change & Innovation. Did your favorite make the cut?

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 12, 2009

Filed under: Leadership , Knowledge , Market-driven , Innovation , Product Management / Marketing Tagged: | strategy , customer focus , products , services , Carol Bartz , Yahoo! In Bartz’s case, there is a queue of TPSE to work through before they stage gate the emerging ideas against strategy alignment.

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Innovation Excellence

MARCH 29, 2016

It’s like innovation in large companies, where the sheer size and complexity can inhibit the smooth flow of new offerings. Drive around almost any big city in the world and you’re likely to hit traffic jams sooner or later. Continue reading →

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Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 27, 2020

When I left Leadership Network late last year I didn’t see entering into another pastorate this quickly or if ever. But there are tremendous opportunities being created and desperation is leading to innovation. Grieving has stages. But God has made promises for His church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

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CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

The founder who started the company might still be involved, and their presence and leadership help the purpose remain clear. Recent research has shown that “high purpose” companies — those who have a point of view on social issues, innovate with purpose, and have a commitment to society — outperform “low purpose companies.”

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CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

The founder who started the company might still be involved, and their presence and leadership help the purpose remain clear. Recent research has shown that “high purpose” companies — those who have a point of view on social issues, innovate with purpose, and have a commitment to society — outperform “low purpose companies.”

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2011

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining educational innovation and technology, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. The challenges of urban K-12 education in the United States, and indeed globally, are at a crisis stage. presidential administrations.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

We are often asked whether the best way to structure for innovation is top-down or bottom-up. Bottom-up approaches work well for incremental (keeps you in the game) innovations. Breakthrough (changes the game) innovations, contrary to popular belief, need a top-down approach. The answer is both, but it depends.

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Process Stage-Gate Innovation Net Present Value 16

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2011

a Boston-based innovation management collaborative. Your organization won't innovate productively unless some underlying factors are in good shape. A compelling case for innovation. Unless people understand why innovation is necessary, it always loses to core business or the performance engine in the battle for resources.

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Critical Success Factor Innovation Stage-Gate Succession 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2011

I had just begun to get to know the company, and it seemed to me to be brimming with innovation energy, particularly among young employees who would regularly throw out creative "What if's" during casual conversations. Maybe even to one or two members of leadership. "People bring us ideas. But they just don't have any. And screened.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2011

Likewise, most of the respondents said that scaling innovation was crucial, but nearly half rated themselves as either low or below average in this area. Finally, the firms were asked about the leadership practices that we know are associated with effective management of growth. The capability gap manifested itself again and again.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Improving innovation is one of the key competencies that companies often look for when replacing a CEO. Yet committees responsible for recommending candidates often grapple with finding the right person for the job when an innovation emperor like Steve Jobs isn’t available. And that’s false when you look at the facts. Find the truth.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2013

It shouldn’t happen, but it does: You realize much too late that your innovation project is in deep trouble. In a recent analysis of a massive, expensive innovation failure, Kim van Oorschot of BI Norwegian Business School, Henk Akkermans of the University of Tilburg in the Netherlands, and Kishore Sengupta and Luk N.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2015

The fear of getting Netflix-ed or Uber-ized is spurring big companies to dial up their investment in innovation. But as investment increases, many companies are struggling with a challenging question: how do you know whether your chosen innovation strategy is actually bearing fruit? Number of projects in the innovation pipeline.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Innovation is one those evergreen themes: it is a rare CEO who doesn't list innovation as one her top four or five priorities. But innovation is an elusive beast. We can look to companies renowned for innovation — like Apple and Google — and try to learn from them. So what to do? But that's a flawed approach.

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Company Stage-Gate Innovation Bureaucracy 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2013

Bad quality control: MobileMe, antenna-gate. No advertising innovation: The "I'm a Mac/"I'm a PC" campaign ran for three and a half years without a refresh. Yes, Steve Jobs actually unveiled a leather iPod pouch on stage. Volatile stock: In 2008, under Jobs, the stock price dropped by more than 50%.

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Marketing Stage-Gate Advertising Price 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

Can you think of any business topic that’s been hotter for longer than innovation? In a McKinsey poll , 94% of the managers surveyed said they were dissatisfied with their company’s innovation performance. And yet when it comes to innovation, the gap between aspiration and accomplishment seems as big as ever.

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Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8

Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

When your work requires you to use your genius it’s not only more fun but you’ll naturally be motivated to deliver great work, you’ll naturally continue to evolve and grow and innovate, and you’’ll naturally be of service and find others are seeking you out for greater opportunities. Self-assuredness.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

China leads the world in population, and probably in sheer numbers of entrepreneurs as well, but does it lead the world in innovative dreams? Dreams power innovation, and innovation is key to all of our futures, but who’s dreaming on China’s behalf? So, where are those innovation dreams coming from, and what are they like?

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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. An alternative emerging at healthcare institutions worldwide is human-centered design and co-creation, a set of approaches that can accelerate and humanize healthcare innovation.

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