Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 3, 2010

In fact, a great way to increase productivity in a workplace is to cross-train employees across departments. Bill Gates is the master of staying ahead of the pack in the business world. Some may need specific instructions and constant follow up, whereas others are able to work independently and take initiative.

Management 150

Management Stage-Gate Ethics Marketing 150

Lead on Purpose

MAY 12, 2009

Even the most basic items did not exist before someone (or ones) came up with an impression of a product or service that would be useful in some way. When you stop and think about it, the number of incredible products and services available today is truly amazing. This is the primary responsibility of product managers.

Strategy 100

Strategy Stage-Gate Products Productivity 100

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.

Health Care 14

Health Care Innovation Mayo Stage-Gate 14

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Special guest blog post by Don Esch, President of Bettcher Industries of his story at BW-Center For Innovation & Growth 's Innovation Summit. In meat plants, tens of thousands of operators are “whizzing” meat products everyday in over sixty countries around the world.

Succession 70

Succession Industry Stage-Gate CFO 70

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.

Critical Success Factor 15

Critical Success Factor Innovation Stage-Gate Succession 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2018

That fear drives their companies to invest millions into coming up with breakthrough innovations. If innovation projects are going to succeed, they’ll need to survive a handoff from an innovation team to an execution team. One major Asian electronics company built a design lab to develop new hardware product ideas.

Project 8

Project Innovation Team Stage-Gate 8

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.

Innovation 10

Innovation Organization Stage-Gate Products 10

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.

Metrics 8

Metrics Innovation Company Stage-Gate 8

CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

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.” They’re less productive, take more “unhealthy” days off of work, and cost your company money. greater revenue growth 34.7%

Mission Statement 78

Mission Statement Leadership Organization Core Competence 78

CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

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.” They’re less productive, take more “unhealthy” days off of work, and cost your company money. . greater revenue growth.

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Mission Statement Leadership Organization Core Competence 78

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2018

If everyone followed that logic, however, there’d be little innovation to walk out the door or to acquire! If an employee comes up with a great new product or a technical discovery during R&D, aren’t they likely to leave the company, either to found a startup or to join a competitor? Small Firms Are Not More Innovative.

Long-term 14

Long-term Innovation Technology Stage-Gate 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2011

The rest would be made up by new products and services (24%); entry into new geographies (17%); and appealing to new customer segments (14%). 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. Where did things start to get ugly?

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Stage-Gate Report Project Uncertainty 22

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

I'm a product of a market like this. Our grocery stores have very different products than the ones on the mainland. It allows consumers to deconstruct benefits they like from products, borrow benefits from adjacent categories and then reassemble in ways they like better. Whites make up 26% of the population.)

Marketing 17

Marketing Stage-Gate Industry Follow-up 17

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2013

I think it's more a case of their being dissatisfied with their own lives and expecting that Apple's next product will fix everything. The constant refrain is that Apple has not introduced a disruptive product since Steve Jobs passed away. Bad quality control: MobileMe, antenna-gate. Bad product reviews: One word: Ping.

Marketing 15

Marketing Stage-Gate Advertising Price 15

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. Recent analysis by Bain and SAP found that only 7% of bank credit products could be handled digitally from end to end. Other sectors of retail lending have not fared much better.

Banking 15

Banking Stage-Gate Credit Scoring Competitive Advantage 15

In the CEO Afterlife

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The conversation in the 2011 branding world is well beyond product and service brand discussion by marketers and ad agencies. Wouldn’t you expect more innovation? That’s when it is prudent to increase media spending; at this stage, today’s customers will be ready to listen. The CEO as Chief Brand Custodian. Search My Site.

Brand 168

Brand CEO Stage-Gate SWOT 168

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?

Entrepreneur 10

Entrepreneur Proposal Stage-Gate Disruptive Innovation 10

Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

Or perhaps someone who can spend some days behind their desk and other days in the field, equally productive in both environments. If you enjoy your work, you'll be more productive, more motivated and a better team player. See above plus a caring attitude about contributing to making it both a warm and productive atmosphere.

Career 74

Career Advice Succession Learning-by-Doing 74

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 28, 2014

cycle of their organization, its service offerings and products, and the approach to the marketplace. Leadership must remain on one accord through a high level of trust, accountability and commitment in order to win the front and back gates of their desired outcomes (perspective). Remember the Alamo. By reforming his world?view,

CEO 393

CEO Succession Tips How To 393

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.

Stage-Gate 9

Stage-Gate Innovation Execution Management 9

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.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8

Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

What I do in that time sets the stage for the day I will have. When you’re pouring every spare minute into growing your business, taking a break to visit the gym often feels counter-productive. Setting goals daily has allowed me to feel more in control of my life while boosting my productivity. Dan Miller of 48 Days. Brian Dodd.

Succession 316

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

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.

Company 10

Company Stage-Gate Innovation Bureaucracy 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2011

Truly effective video game designers know how to create a sense of progress for players within all stages of a game. Not coincidentally, O'Reilly was also the only company, of the seven we studied, to achieve a truly innovative breakthrough during the months we studied them.) Truly effective managers do the same for their subordinates.

Video 15

Video Stage-Gate Motivation Project 15

Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Most customers are interested in your content first (how much you know about their pain points) before purchasing your products or services. Siege Media stands out from the rest by innovating the way they create their content. You (Inhouse) Sometimes the best content comes from those who know your product or service best, you.

Marketing 105

Marketing Content Audience Brand 105

Rajesh Setty

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Through the Entrepreneur Journeys project, I have come to conclude that the most vulnerable phase in an entrepreneur’s life is the pre-$1 million revenue stage. In my roundtables, the vast majority of entrepreneurs I work with are in this rather vulnerable pre $1 million revenue stage. This is where numerous ventures fail.

Entrepreneur 54

Entrepreneur Stage-Gate Finance Incubator 54

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Billed as a set of tools for innovation, design thinking has been enthusiastically and, to some extent, uncritically adopted by firms and universities alike as an approach for the development of innovative solutions to complex problems. When it comes to design thinking, the bloom is off the rose. A New Name for an Old Method.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Proposal Politics Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2013

Congress has been the piñata in every poll lately, but recently presented bipartisan legislation — the Start-up Innovation Credit Act of 2013 (SICA) introduced by Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) — is proof that Capitol Hill has its share of good ideas. payroll), towards the R&D tax credit.

Stage-Gate 17

Stage-Gate Committee Entrepreneur Innovation 17

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2013

Congress has been the piñata in every poll lately, but recently presented bipartisan legislation — the Start-up Innovation Credit Act of 2013 (SICA) introduced by Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) — is proof that Capitol Hill has its share of good ideas. payroll), towards the R&D tax credit.

Stage-Gate 10

Stage-Gate Committee Entrepreneur Innovation 10