Leapfrogging

MARCH 11, 2025

Facilitates agility and adaptability Enables organizations to adjust strategies based on real-time data. Encourages Agile Strategy Adjustments Adapts plans based on real-time market insights. For example, Apple refines its OGSM approach by : Adjusting product development strategies based on consumer trends.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 11, 2025

Facilitates agility and adaptation Encourages ongoing refinement of strategy based on results. For example, Boeing applied Hoshin Planning to enhance product development efficiency , ensuring cross-functional collaboration and reducing production delays. Refine goals based on market changes and internal performance.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

It is particularly useful for product development, market expansion, pricing strategies, and overall business positioning. Differentiate from competitors Develop unique selling points (USPs) to stand out. Anticipate market shifts Stay ahead of industry changes and competitor moves. Lead Successful Strategy Projects!

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Monitor and Adapt Over Time Core competencies evolve over time due to market changes, technological advancements, and competitive shifts. Regularly review and adapt by: Tracking competitor developments Ensuring core competencies remain unique. Failure to Evolve with Market Changes – Core competencies must adapt to new trends.

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Analysis Strategy Strategy Technical Review 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 10, 2025

Developed by Rita McGrath and Ian MacMillan , Discovery-Driven Planning is ideal for: New product development. It is particularly useful for businesses operating in fast-changing industries where experimentation is key to success. Agile Development Adapts product evolution based on customer insights.

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Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

In a world where change is like a pesky neighbor who always shows up unannounced, planning ahead is your best friend. The business vibe these days is a whirlwind—tech is always one step ahead, folks are changing their minds faster than a kid in a candy store, and the market’s mood swings like a pendulum. That’s agility.

Artificial Inteligence 113

Artificial Inteligence Innovation Internet of things Strategy 113

Boxes and Arrows

JANUARY 31, 2010

Unfortunately, the enthusiasm I had for my new job waned after six months when an executive was appointed Head of Product Development—who insisted he knew SCRUM 1 better than anybody. As the Creative Director, I deferred authority to him to develop the product as he saw fit. Where did Agile come from?

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Boxes and Arrows

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

The adoption of Agile software development approaches are on the rise across our industry, which means UX professionals are more likely than ever to support Agile projects. I first encountered Agile Development in 2005, when a team I supported was chosen to help pilot Scrum development methodology at Yahoo!

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Jeffrey Phillips

APRIL 30, 2018

You've heard it before - the pace of change is accelerating. I can present all of the technology adoption charts , the fascinating nuggets of data that tell you how quickly different products or technologies were acquired by millions of customers. Change is real, and change is accelerating. And so on and so on.

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Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Innovation isn’t just a shiny new product; it’s about jazzing up your services, tweaking those internal gears, and shaking up your business playbook. That’s how you keep moving forward and stay in the ring as things shift and change around you. Let your team dream big and bring fresh notions to the table.

Strategy 113

Strategy Strategy Innovation Artificial Inteligence 113

Destination Innovation

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Large organisations tend to treat major new product developments as serious projects which require serious resources. However, despite all of the management science the large majority of new products fail – certainly in the fast moving consumer goods sector. Openness to change. What does it do? Removal of ego.

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Software Innovation Agile Project 228

Planview

JANUARY 22, 2024

The trends outlined in this blog offer a glimpse into the future of product development and some exciting opportunities for product-driven companies to achieve real ROI regarding cost savings, efficiency, productivity, digital transformation benefits, and employee satisfaction.

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Product Development Innovation Management Management Trends 69

Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 27, 2018

We are in the middle of it, some of you may not have noticed its impact and change but it is significant on the understanding of innovation, in it’s future design. Often this era of change is not as well-recognized or being faced up to, as you would expect. It will fundamentally change the type of resources innovation requires.

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Innovation Radical Innovation Big Data Design 185

Moves the Needle

JANUARY 3, 2019

But how can an enterprise organization re-invent product commercialization? Lean Innovation doesn’t begin and end with product development. It does not include product development. Most companies have a product development process that is completely separate from their go to market strategy.

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Product Development LEAN Underperforming Technical Team Innovation 75

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2024

Collaboration, Idealization and the enabling of innovation I have have been looking back at innovation and how it has changed over the last twenty-five years. Hopefully, this change has enabled better value creation and learning how to innovate. Ideation From closed to open: The way ideas are generated is changing.

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Collaboration Artificial Inteligence Agile Ideation 147

Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

The Age of AI and Business Strategy Understanding AI-Driven Rapid Change In the current landscape, AI-driven technologies are reshaping industries at an unprecedented pace. Artificial Intelligence is not just a tool but a revolutionary force, catalyzing fundamental changes in how businesses operate, compete, and deliver value.

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Strategy Strategy Artificial Inteligence Change 100

ImagineNation

OCTOBER 8, 2024

As a highly credentialed coach to many global Agile and SCRUM leaders in major international and local organisations, I enrolled in an agile coach certification program and enthusiastically attended all daily sessions. How do they go about humanising agility?

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Boxes and Arrows

MARCH 30, 2010

To develop a completely new site requires several teams to collaborate and this can be difficult. This case study shows how the ComputerWeekly user experience team integrated with an agile development group. At this point the development team maintained the site with an agile process.

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Planview

JULY 15, 2022

In this post, you will find questions and answers from an incredibly timely and informative webinar that provided crucial new product development best practices based on lessons learned from the pandemic. Addressing Agile-Stage-Gate PPM Implementation Challenges Resource Allocation, Capacity, Planning Best Practices.

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Planview

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Successfully navigating this landscape requires a precise balance between maintaining a clear focus on overarching visions and executing meticulously throughout the product development lifecycle. Leveraging the right tools and frameworks becomes a paramount necessity to bridge this critical gap between vision and execution.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

By carefully analyzing and refining workflows, businesses can eliminate inefficiencies, optimize performance, and stay competitive in a rapidly changing market. Beyond internal gains, process improvement also allows organizations to respond more effectively to customer needs and market changes, giving them an edge over less agile competitors.

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Examples Strategy Strategy LEAN 59

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 3, 2020

We are facing such an unprecedented change and technology is re-writing the rule book in everything we are going to do. Technology and digital are changing business dimensions significantly. Agility, adaptability & innovation. Change Management. Next state, evolving, “adaptive change”. Enterprise Architecture.

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Learning System Agile Technology 162

Jeffrey Phillips

MAY 9, 2018

When a company that has both succeeded at innovation and failed utterly at new product development and launch (remember New Coke?) Panayioutou says that Coke needs people who can spot trends, help Coke analyze what customers want and create more agility and speed. talks innovation publicly, it's worth listening to.

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Agile Innovation Disruption Competition 125

etventure

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

In this article, etventure’s Head of Product Gregor Ilg will take a closer look at the buzzword “Agile” – and de-mystify Agile in a business context. We love Agile at etventure – but we also understand it can create stress and confusion. What is Agile? Before Agile. The Agile Ethos.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

For example, the shift from film to digital photography was a disruptive change that transformed the way you capture and share memories. It’s about being proactive rather than reactive to the changes in the market. Digital Wallets The emergence of digital wallets has altered the landscape of financial transactions.

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Disruption Examples Product Development LEAN 100

Idea to Value

MARCH 7, 2022

What simple thing can a company do to change their conversation / perspective about innovation? That could be a new product, of course, which is what people usually think of. What simple thing can a company do to change their conversation / perspective about innovation? I asked them all: What is your definition of “innovation”?

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Innovation Technical Review Creativity Leadership 263

IdeaScale

JUNE 5, 2018

In fact, an argument could be made that the more radical the change, the greater the potential benefits… However, when it comes to managing change at your healthcare organization, how can we all stay on our toes and make the most of these accelerating changes? Be more agile. Transform and deliver faster.

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Idea Management Management Disruption Industry 133

Planview

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Get the Guide: Banking on Transformation: How to Accelerate Software Delivery in Financial Services Modernized Operating Models Achieving a state where innovation is empowered and ever-changing customer needs are satisfied demands a fundamental reimagining of an organizations operations.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 13, 2025

Since then, crowdsourcing has evolved into a widely used business strategy, enabling companies to engage employees, customers, and the public in problem-solving, product development, and market research. This ensures new products align with market demand while strengthening brand loyalty.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 3, 2023

Organizations need balance, and innovation tends to constantly push to upset this need; that’s its nature as it seeks to change. This needs radically changing if we genuinely believe that innovation is the organisation’s lifeblood and a proper growth mindset exists. We are all operating in a different era.

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Innovation Design System Software 189

Jeffrey Phillips

JULY 21, 2021

If companies choose to manage costs and stay the course with existing products or at best minor improvements to existing products, they can manage costs effectively but will see little change in their revenue and profit outlook. What do companies that fail to invest in innovation miss?

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Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Product Development Marketing 135

Jeffrey Phillips

DECEMBER 3, 2019

These words include adjectives such as "lean", "agile" and "rapid", to make the point that innovation should be stripped to its bare components, move as fast as possible and create minimum viable solutions. Risk avoidance and current revenue are often more important than potential profitable products and services.

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LEAN Product Development Innovation Agile 113

Planview

JULY 29, 2024

Having an effective solution that enables your organization to adapt to your unique, changing industry demands means you’re better equipped to deliver tangible business outcomes. How do you evolve alongside an ever-changing business ecosystem? As a result, the company minimized costs thanks to reduced waste and greater efficiency.

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Competition Project Data Collaboration 59

Huub Rutten

APRIL 6, 2021

Andrew is a senior Director System Engineering in a big manufacturing company: “You should understand Huub, Agile gives a lot of freedom to the development teams. The company is moving completely towards Agile and management wants all of us to work in an Agile way. Authority does not fit the Agile philosophy, you know”.

Agile 52

Agile System Software Change 52

Huub Rutten

APRIL 6, 2021

Andrew is a senior Director System Engineering in a big manufacturing company: “You should understand Huub, Agile gives a lot of freedom to the development teams. The company is moving completely towards Agile and management wants all of us to work in an Agile way. Authority does not fit the Agile philosophy, you know”.

Agile 52

Agile System Software Change 52

Huub Rutten

APRIL 6, 2021

Andrew is a senior Director System Engineering in a big manufacturing company: “You should understand Huub, Agile gives a lot of freedom to the development teams. The company is moving completely towards Agile and management wants all of us to work in an Agile way. Authority does not fit the Agile philosophy, you know”.

Agile 52

Agile System Software Change 52