Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

To delve further into the developmental aspects of organizational culture and how it can be shaped, explore our article on develop executive leadership to drive organizational culture change. Conversely, a weak or negative culture can hinder business performance, stifle growth, and lead to organizational dysfunction.

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Planview

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

It’s common to encounter blind spots when you’re navigating an Agile transformation. They can show up as Agile practices that are meant to improve business agility but are applied so extremely that they end up making organizations less agile. Hyper Focusing on Agile Teams. Breaking Down all the Silos.

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Idea to Value

JULY 21, 2017

What it is: One of the most challenging aspects of innovation for most companies is not the generating of ideas, or the development of new innovations. They can cite a number of seemingly valid reasons for this, including: My team hasn’t got the time to resources or time to take ownership of this new thing.

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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. If it is not applied properly, agile development can easily turn into chaos!

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 29, 2018

While most large companies want to become more agile and innovative, many of them fail to turn this wish into a reality. We fail to invest in foresight and insight, continually not adapting and adjusting our organizational skill set around a more agile, adaptive, highly responsive innovating and creative organization.

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CMOE

APRIL 27, 2021

Top 10 Characteristics of High-Performing Teams. Team Mentality. Outstanding business teams possess positive attributes that enable them to perform at a high level—and sustain that level of performance over years. Why Is Decisiveness Found in High-Performing Teams? Decisiveness. Alignment of Values. Confidence.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 12, 2023

It involves breaking down complex systems, processes, or strategies into smaller, independent components that can be assembled, reconfigured, and combined in various ways to meet specific business needs. By adopting a composable approach, organizations can achieve greater agility, adaptability, and scalability in their innovation efforts.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

This involves not only verbal encouragement but also the implementation of tangible policies and practices that empower your team to think differently and take risks. Effective leaders provide resources, create cross-functional teams, and ensure that innovation is aligned with business strategy.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

To avoid the pitfalls of a static strategy and ensure your business is future-proof, it’s essential to foster a culture of agility and strategic foresight. Embracing Flexibility and Agility In a rapidly changing business environment, staying nimble is more than a virtue—it’s a necessity.

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Idea to Value

JANUARY 6, 2017

Like so many other organizational leaders in China at that time, I had a very young team and we needed to skill-up. Within 18 months or so, they had developed a solid Innovation Skillset foundation. I needed to help my team and leaders cultivate an Innovation Mindset. A Great Innovation Skillset is Not Enough. And I found one.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

The agility to adapt to AI advancements is now a vital component of surviving and thriving in the modern marketplace. This impact is evident across various facets of business, from operational efficiency and customer experience to product development and market analysis.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Innovative Products and Services : AI can help in the development of new products and services by identifying market gaps and customer preferences. By recognizing the transformative impact of AI, you can ensure your business remains agile and innovative.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 6, 2018

A constant redesign to meet the circumstances seems to be a goal of what we achieve in any new innovation design. Can we find ways to be highly adaptable, agile and fluid in grabbing and taking the parts of the innovation system and constructing them into that design and process that works for that specific challenge?

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mjvinnovation

MARCH 26, 2019

In a project where the waterfall Model is used, each such point represents a different stage of software development, and each stage usually ends before the next stage can begin. There are good and bad things about this approach. Another advantage of the Waterfall model is that, except for reviews, approvals, status meetings, etc.,

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

In the spirit of the first Agility question below, rather than trying to imagine questions from across all the companies listed, we limited the focus to creative thinking questions inspired by the top ten most innovative companies’ innovation journeys and priorities. 16 Creative Thinking Questions from the Most Innovative Companies.

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Matthew May

MAY 22, 2015

There is good news and bad news in this. The bad news is how many internal functions don’t think strategy applies to them. Sam realizes his team is all over the map, essentially firefighting without focused priorities. The team doesn’t find the outsourcing route attractive, as it builds no long-term capability.

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Moves the Needle

JULY 31, 2018

We had the pleasure of co-hosting this amazing event with six-time entrepreneur David Binett i and special guest Kent Beck (one of the original signatories on the Agile Manifesto ), and the discussions held by each of these three innovation powerhouses was a sight to see. The entire business must transition to a growth driven organization.

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CMOE

JULY 23, 2021

Unfortunately, there aren’t enough executive leaders who invest time into strategy— 85 percent of executive leadership teams invest less than one hour each month on strategy, while 50 percent do not spend any time on strategy at all. Strategy Promotes Strategic Agility. The plan is further divided into annual goals.

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Gregg Fraley

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

…Accelerating Teams Through Assessment and Training. It’s a sad fact of organizational life that only a small percentage of teams achieve high function. Most teams muddle along, and get the essential things done — or not. And, all teams can improve, with training. Teams Improve With Momentum Training.

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Boxes and Arrows

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Yet at conference after conference, I meet designers at firms talking about their struggle for influence. Developers own the code, business owns the proposition, yet design is considered a “service.” If a picture is worth 1,000 words, a prototype is worth 1,000 meetings.” — saying at Ideo. Design itself is a product.

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 12, 2022

What is the difference between design thinking and agile methodologies? How can design thinking help with product development? This helps to ensure that the team is working on solving the right problem. Prototype: In this step, the team creates a rough model of the solution to test and evaluate.

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Boxes and Arrows

DECEMBER 19, 2013

The first article discussed the pros and cons of different UX team structures. For companies that depend on user experience for business success, a strong internal team is essential. Take the time to meet with people across the firm to explain the services you offer and how you can help them. But how do you get there from here?

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Boxes and Arrows

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Somehow, SCRUM masters have convinced senior managers that standing in a circle in front of a board full of sticky notes constitutes a meeting and playing poker figures out the work schedule and priorities, but any suggestion of UX designers talking with end-users seems to be a waste of time and effort and not worth considering.

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ImagineNation

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

It seems that every meeting I went to recently, and almost every person I spoke to, mentioned the new book, from the authors of How Google Works – The Trillion Dollar Coach. It is described as the “blueprint for forward-thinking business leaders and managers that will help them create high-performing and faster-moving teams and companies”.

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Planview

JANUARY 24, 2024

In today’s business landscape, these outdated methods fail to meet clients’ standards for flexibility and optimization. This leads to delays, poor performance, and lost value. By prioritizing a customer-centric approach, you can ensure that your subscription model services meet your customers’ unique needs.

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Planview

MARCH 29, 2024

Engineering teams comprise a complex web of interdependent teams, tools, and processes. Often, the challenges that plague engineering teams originate in an upstream department. For example, if an engineering team’s velocity has slowed, it might be because an overzealous ideation team consistently commits to too much work.

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PlanBox Innovation

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Unifying the PMO and Innovation Team through ISO 56001 to Move the Business Forward. 52% of projects veer off course —either going over budget, missing deadlines, or not meeting the set expectations. Another study by PMI unveils that poor project management leads to a staggering $97 million wastage per $1 billion invested.

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Moves the Needle

JUNE 3, 2016

We’ve learned from the collapse of Kodak, Blockbuster, RadioShack and other once-prominent organizations that a corporate culture designed to uphold and manage existing success can actually become the arch nemesis of an enterprise that needs to be agile in order to evolve to meet the needs of quickly changing global markets.

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 10, 2016

Three years back I took a view on what to focus upon in my innovation activities to meet client needs, they did seem to make sense at the time. More help is needed here to make these more of a robust risk / return structure that ‘accounts’ for all the uncertainty in new innovation development.

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Boxes and Arrows

JANUARY 22, 2019

False consensus bias contributes to making bad decisions when we design software. Have you ever heard anyone on your team say, “what if the customer wanted [some feature]?” The development, design, and product management team need to feel like the personas are real people. What are personas? Why use them? Using personas.

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Planview

MARCH 28, 2024

A Shifting Reality for the Auto Industry Automotive companies are increasingly confronted with the intricate task of synchronizing software development timelines with deadlines for vehicle launches. This confluence of factors impedes their agility and responsiveness.

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CMOE

MAY 4, 2023

Project managers face a range of challenges in their day-to-day life including poor project planning, lack of communication, and lack of accountability. A project manager should be able to effectively communicate with teams, clients, and other stakeholders involved in the project.

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Moves the Needle

JUNE 3, 2016

We’ve learned from the collapse of Kodak, Blockbuster, RadioShack and other once-prominent organizations that a corporate culture designed to uphold and manage existing success can actually become the arch nemesis of an enterprise that needs to be agile in order to evolve to meet the needs of quickly changing global markets.

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Leanstack

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Many experiments invalidate a bad idea and leave you stuck. The challenge, of course, is that truly good ideas are rare and often indistinguishable from bad ideas at the outset. We have successfully applied LEAN Sprints internally in our team and across several dozen entrepreneurial teams at startups and large organizations.

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mjvinnovation

DECEMBER 29, 2020

What makes us believe that developing digital products is not only a solution to overcome the crisis, but also to generate business value after it too. These themes were already present in a series of meetings, goals, and strategic plans. Develop strategies to offer cheaper and yet quality products. Artificial intelligence.

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Daniel Burrus

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

So if you know that the CEO’s greatest pain is the fact that the sales team isn’t communicating with marketing or manufacturing, resulting in lower sales and poor customer experiences, then you have to look at what you’re proposing and figure out how it can ease that pain or even solve that problem. As you do this, state it clearly.

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Innovation Excellence

AUGUST 7, 2020

She naturally joined Louis Zero’s team as Shake my Firm project manager and then took on the development of Louis Zero workshop as a whole. As a workshop, we are open to all and exist simultaneously as an open place, to stimulate debates and meetings, and as a playground for companies, to imagine and create, together.

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