Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

I encourage you to get it and embrace these strategies, whether you’re running a startup or in a big company. Inertia gets the blame for waning product performance and competitiveness, feature fatigue, and poor innovation pipeline throughput. Of course, not all friction is bad. They are real. It’s a virtuous cycle.

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Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team LEAN 130

Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

By fostering innovation, you can unlock new opportunities for your business, whether it’s through developing groundbreaking products, optimizing internal processes, or delivering exceptional service that exceeds customer expectations. Ensuring a timely and cost-effective product development life cycle.

LEAN 100

LEAN Underperforming Technical Team Product Development Artificial Inteligence 100

Jeffrey Phillips

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

I was reviewing the website of a strategy consulting firm recently, and their focus on strategy and team alignment felt like the same old, same old. Finally, I want to build a case that change management is integral to strategy, not a supporting element or an afterthought. When others zig, it may be time to zag.

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Change Strategy Strategy Artificial Inteligence 129

Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

A culture that embraces change and is open to new ideas will naturally drive innovation, leading to greater business growth and the development of competitive advantages. Moreover, in today’s fast-paced business environment, agility and resilience are essential for long-term success.

Underperforming Technical Team 100

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

For insights on staying ahead of the curve, consider exploring creating business strategy in a world of AI-driven rapid change. 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.

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Disruption Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team 100

Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Nurturing Innovative Team Collaboration In the rapidly evolving business landscape, innovative team collaboration has become a cornerstone for companies seeking to remain competitive and adaptive. In this context, team collaboration isn’t just recommended; it’s imperative for survival and success.

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Underperforming Technical Team Collaboration Creativity Software Review 113

Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

To support you in building out your innovation competencies, capabilities and capacity that requires a deeper investment in skill development in a culture of continual learning. A landscape and the navigation skills that provide the adaptability and agility needed for successful innovation in the current business landscape.

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Change Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Agile 174

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. The agility to adapt to AI advancements is now a vital component of surviving and thriving in the modern marketplace.

Strategy 100

Strategy Strategy Change Underperforming Technical Team 100

Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Embracing AI in Business Strategy With the rapid advancement of technology, artificial intelligence (AI) has become an integral component in shaping the future of business strategies. Integrating AI into your business strategy can help you make informed decisions, identify new opportunities, and streamline operations.

Strategy 100

Strategy Strategy Artificial Inteligence Underperforming Technical Team 100

Matthew May

MAY 22, 2015

A significant portion of my strategic facilitation work is with internal functions, a click or two below corporate and business unit strategy: marketing, human resources, purchasing, and even internal strategy groups. There is good news and bad news in this. He gathers his best thinkers to think through a strategy.

Strategy 100

Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team Resources 100

Boxes and Arrows

MARCH 30, 2010

Large scale websites require groups of specialists to design and develop a product that will be a commercial success. To develop a completely new site requires several teams to collaborate and this can be difficult. Particularly as different teams may be working with different methods. Do people get on with each other?

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Case Study Study Agile Underperforming Technical Team 84

Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

Unpacking Organizational Culture Defining Organizational Culture Organizational culture embodies the collective values, beliefs, and principles of organizational members and is a product of such factors as history, product, market, technology, strategy, type of employees, management style, and national culture.

Culture 100

Culture Underperforming Technical Team Agile Leadership 100

CMOE

JULY 23, 2021

Businesses that have leaders who are committed to their strategies grow faster and are more profitable than their counterparts. The results of this lack of investment cascade down to leaders in the middle, leaders on the front line, and the workforce: 95 percent of employees do not know or understand their organization’s strategy.

Strategy 91

Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team Training 91

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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Agile Underperforming Technical Team eBook Project 72

Idea to Value

JULY 21, 2017

At its core, the framework is a collection of strategies and tools for finding inventive solutions to difficult problems. 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. If this doesn’t work, it is going to make me look bad.

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Company Underperforming Technical Team Brainstorming Design Thinking 251

Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

As a leader, your actions, strategies, and vision set the tone for the entire organization. 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. This includes reviewing how ideas are generated, developed, and implemented.

Underperforming Technical Team 100

Underperforming Technical Team Training Innovation Culture 100

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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Innovation Programs Innovation Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team 222

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.

Technical Review 148

Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Artificial Inteligence 148

Jeffrey Phillips

MARCH 6, 2024

I wrote a piece last week introducing the idea that change is strategic, and that strategy should consider change competency as a core competency. Change is happening so quickly and from so many different directions and dimensions that companies cannot create strategy without also preparing for and being ready to change.

Culture 120

Culture Underperforming Technical Team Artificial Inteligence Agile 120

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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Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Creativity Tools 127

Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 20, 2016

All too often strategy is not influencing the behaviours and outcomes around innovation, it is simply allowing them to be left to chance. This poor strategic understanding creates a lack of alignment and directing innovation. Agility Innovation / Ovo Innovation All rights reserved. Innovation needs a well-considered framework.

Underperforming Technical Team 113

Underperforming Technical Team Leadership Innovation Strategy 113

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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Underperforming Technical Team Course Collaboration Project 72

Planview

APRIL 24, 2024

Nothing frustrates software developers more than working hard on something that never ends up providing value. Whether because of changing priorities, miscommunication among teams, or other blockers, the hidden cost of waste can significantly impact productivity and bottom lines.

Software Developers 59

Software Developers Software Development Software Review Underperforming Technical Team 59

Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The simplest way to try to categorize these approaches is to use a matrix that categorizes the strategy of the innovators based on two axes: Push – Pull. They usually focus very heavily on the market and pull end of the spectrum by being very customer-oriented and agile in their innovation work. Technology – Market .

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Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Culture Industry 37

BrainZooming

MAY 1, 2017

The authors report four characteristics that set top CEOs apart, According to the article, “roughly half the strong candidates had distinguished themselves in more than one of the four essential behaviors, while only 5% of the weak candidates had.”. Employee Engagement Strategies – Pigs, Chickens, and What Great Leaders Do.

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Underperforming Technical Team Strategic Thinking Exercises eBook 87

Imaginatik

JULY 22, 2016

There’s no such thing as a bad idea – only an unfinished one. Large portions of the organization view the innovation team as a foreign entity. Many innovation teams are so concerned with being agile and entrepreneurial that they spend precious little time understanding where to point their efforts.

Underperforming Technical Team 100

Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Programs Innovation LEAN 100

Moves the Needle

JANUARY 3, 2019

Lean Innovation doesn’t begin and end with product development. Developing customer empathy, validating or invalidating key business model assumptions through rapid experimentation, and leveraging data and insights as market evidence results in greater possibility of successful commercialization. What is Commercialization?

Product Development 75

Product Development LEAN Underperforming Technical Team Innovation 75

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. Customer-Focused Innovation Strategy. Which ones would we accelerate?

Creative Thinking 89

Creative Thinking Creativity Company eBook 89

ImagineNation

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Adopting this approach supports your human-centricity and enables you to become future-fit through developing your set of 21st-century superpowers in the face of the acute disruption of COVID-19. Initiating your re-thinking strategy. Developing a habit of reflective practices. Re-thinking in a disconnected and disruptive age.

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Underperforming Technical Team System Agile Learning 98

Rmukesh Gupta

APRIL 10, 2019

All organisation have a stated strategy – one that they would like to execute on. However, most organisations are not able to execute the stated strategy, which leads to the organisation not being able to live up to its potential and deliver what they promise to their stakeholders. The strategy is the how part.

Strategy 60

Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team Marketing 60

Moves the Needle

AUGUST 14, 2018

And in practice, we combine three important ideas: design thinking, Lean Startup, and agile methodology. Design thinking is a step above “customer development” because it takes a real human approach to getting to the root of an intrinsic problem. While agile focuses on build velocity, lean focuses on customer traction velocity.”

LEAN 105

LEAN Examples Agile Design Thinking 105

CMOE

MAY 4, 2023

The accepted conventions of project management—from methodologies to practices and strategies to software—are there to ensure organizational effectiveness, a concept that measures how efficiently an organization achieves its business goals. Consistent monitoring and reporting are also required for effective time management.

Project 52

Project Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Strategy 52

Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

06:15] Technology now means we are no longer locked to our desks, or to our teams. [08:00] 09:15] How conflicting requirements between neighbouring teams can cause distractions and lower performance. [10:30] 11:30] Building spacial strategies, taking in cultural requirements. [12:30] 10:30] Is there a perfect office layout? [11:30]

Creativity 151

Creativity Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Design 151

Jeffrey Phillips

APRIL 9, 2020

The rapid change in the marketplace, compounded by the complexity of business operations and the uncertainty and ambiguity of the conditions and what will happen next will either freeze your organization to inaction (bad) or cause a thousand decisions and policies to be issued in the face of rapid change (often worse).

Underperforming Technical Team 100

Underperforming Technical Team Trends Data Analysis 100

Boxes and Arrows

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

At a certain point, clients stop listening to the strategy—they just want to get to the pictures. But does that mean that designers should just make pictures and leave the strategy to others? The best designers transcend the gap between strategy and execution. The roadmap doesn’t just benefit the project team or the designer.

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Roadmap Design 94

PlanBox Innovation

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Unifying the PMO and Innovation Team through ISO 56001 to Move the Business Forward. Another study by PMI unveils that poor project management leads to a staggering $97 million wastage per $1 billion invested. Now, this begs the question: what if the PMO and the Innovation Team were not extraterrestrial to one another?

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Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Management Project Resources 97

Planview

MARCH 29, 2024

In other words, they do not align engineering activities with business strategy. Engineering teams comprise a complex web of interdependent teams, tools, and processes. Often, the challenges that plague engineering teams originate in an upstream department. Efficiency : Are we working well?

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Software Engineering Software Underperforming Technical Team Data 64