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Method Mondays: Never stop learning

Boxes and Arrows

At the SAP Design & Co-Innovation Center (DCC), we frequently organize the so-called “Method Mondays,” a regular one-hour meeting series in which the team members share, practice, and test different methods. Once it is complete, analyze the results in a team and think of ways how to apply them to your service or product.

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Great to Good

IdeaSpies

Between 1996-2001, Jim Collins’ team researched and wrote a bestselling book called Good to Great. Most of them were organizations that ‘make and sell’ products (Abbott Laboratories, Kimberly-Clark, Philip Morris, and Gillette Company). They were inventors of the 20th Century; many of which gave rise to the said products.

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Great to Good Innovation

IdeaSpies

Between 1996-2001, Jim Collins’ team researched and wrote a bestselling book called Good to Great. Most of them were organizations that ‘make and sell’ products (Abbott Laboratories, Kimberly-Clark, Philip Morris, and Gillette Company). They were inventors of the 20th Century; many of which gave rise to the said products.

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Great to Good Innovation

IdeaSpies

Between 1996-2001, Jim Collins’ team researched and wrote a bestselling book called Good to Great. Most of them were organizations that ‘make and sell’ products (Abbott Laboratories, Kimberly-Clark, Philip Morris, and Gillette Company). They were inventors of the 20th Century; many of which gave rise to the said products.

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Get Real About Your Company’s Future

The Inovo Group

When Apple introduced the iPhone in 2007, Research in Motion (RIM) was a major player in a worldwide market that sold about one billion cell phones annually (the term “smartphone” was new). Would it have a new product development or innovation process? Would that company invest in R&D? Conduct market research?

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A Simple Way to Test Your Company’s Strategic Alignment

Harvard Business Review

As if that weren’t tough enough, another challenge for corporate leaders is how to make sense of strategic alignment at both the team / business unit level (or division or department, however it is classified) and at the enterprise level. There are few barriers to spontaneous collaboration among technical teams.

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The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM HBS EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

Harvard Business Review

It’s worth noting that the companies and business units in my study were tracked between 2001 and 2007. Clearly, these firms have found something that allows them to be resilient in both good times and bad. Q: What are some of the institutional barriers to developing an outside-in orientation?