Leapfrogging

MARCH 3, 2025

This agility ensures that your clients can stay ahead of the competition. Enhancing Client Growth Strategies with AI Integrating artificial intelligence into your strategic planning can transform the way you develop growth strategies for your clients. For more information, check out our article on ai-powered decision making.

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Tools Artificial Inteligence Strategy Strategy 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 10, 2025

Develop response strategies to mitigate or recover from those risks. Strengthens Risk Mitigation Strategies Enables businesses to develop proactive solutions. For example, Microsofts contingency planning includes : Cloud-based disaster recovery systems. Cyberattack prevention and response teams.

Strategy 130

Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team Disruption 130

Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

The Impact of Culture on Business Agility and Resilience Organizational culture is a powerful lever for enhancing business agility and resilience. To leverage organizational culture for greater business agility and resilience, it’s essential to align the cultural dynamics with your company’s vision and operational tactics.

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Agile Culture Underperforming Technical Team Leadership 130

Boxes and Arrows

JANUARY 31, 2010

I built a team with a dedicated user researcher; information architect; interaction and visual designers and we even made a guerilla usability lab and had regular test sessions. As the Creative Director, I deferred authority to him to develop the product as he saw fit. This is an extreme example of where SCRUM went bad.

Agile 108

Agile Design Underperforming Technical Team Software 108

Jeffrey Phillips

MAY 5, 2021

As we leave the COVID lockdown and the economy picks up steam again, I think many businesses will recognize a need for more generalists on their team. The case for specialization For years, educational systems have focused on turning out students who are increasingly more and more specialized.

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Underperforming Technical Team Agile Data Analysis 218

Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The typical goals of this sort of collaboration are better solutions and disrupting economic development — ultimately, it’s an early pipeline of new technologies. The collaborative process can also teach a seasoned team a lot about resiliency, agility, and dynamic thinking. Consider a “speed dating” exercise.

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Collaboration Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Innovation 174

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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Company Innovation Brainstorming Underperforming Technical Team 254

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

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 Innovation Programs Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team 222

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.

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Underperforming Technical Team Culture Leadership Change 100

Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 12, 2023

I believe today; the innovation management process requires this fresh mandate to drive change to bring the process into today’s more technical period where our systems need to operate seamlessly and flow across the organization and the entire innovation process. I believe we need to leverage technology, concepts, and design thinking.

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Technical Review Software Review Artificial Inteligence Innovation 147

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 Agile 128

Moves the Needle

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

The fact is, companies must be more agile, understand their customers deeply, and make bold moves in order to survive. You also need your internal champions for innovation - the coaches - to educate and guide teams on how to work in this new way, and the systems in place to support their continuous development.

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System Underperforming Technical Team LEAN Innovation 77

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.

Culture 100

Culture Underperforming Technical Team Agile Leadership 100

Qmarkets

MARCH 11, 2025

Without structured portfolio analysis, companies may invest in underperforming initiatives, miss high-potential opportunities, or struggle to align their strategies with market demands. Product Portfolios: Managing a collection of products at different lifecycle stages, from development to discontinuation.

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Analysis Underperforming Technical Team Software Resources 52

Qmarkets

MARCH 27, 2025

Companies rush to modernize without a roadmap , ending up with fragmented tools, overwhelmed teams, and little to show for it. Tools get adopted without purpose, leading to poor integration, low usage, and wasted resources. A defined strategy also improves agility. A digital transformation strategy gives structure to change.

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Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team Roadmap 52

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. Introducing System 3 thinking. Being intellectually humble. Re-thinking in a disconnected and disruptive age. Thinking, fast and slow.

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Underperforming Technical Team Agile System Learning 98

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 6, 2018

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? Where is innovation within this? So there is this growing need to have a new cycle of innovative design.

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Design Innovation Agile Collaboration 138

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.

Disruption 100

Disruption Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team 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. And we've taught people, especially in medium and large organizations, that most change is bad - bad for them individually and bad for the company. What's needed?

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Artificial Inteligence Strategy Strategy Change 129

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Drag in the business context often manifests itself at the strategic level and can be experienced by such adverse indicators as sluggish market moves, inability to change direction with agility, and companywide misalignment of strategies and objectives. Of course, not all friction is bad. They are real. But they are manageable.

Strategy 130

Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team LEAN 130

Jeffrey Phillips

MARCH 6, 2024

Strategy should be continually developed and re-evaluated, rather than developed once and put on a shelf. It is defined by the spoken or written, and just as importantly the unspoken tenets and rules, what team members tolerate and what they don't tolerate. Companies cannot build static strategies that stretch over 3 or 5 years.

Culture 120

Culture Underperforming Technical Team Artificial Inteligence Agile 120

Faisal Hoque

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

By releasing attachments to outcomes, it fosters clarity, objective decision-making, and sustainable growth in leadership and personal development. Organizations must be willing to acknowledge their weaknesses to address them effectively. Here, devotion to building robust systems and processes becomes crucial.

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Artificial Inteligence Underperforming Technical Team Exercises Leadership 52

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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Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Training Culture 100

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

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

It is often really hard to let go, the environment was something you had become used to, you accepted and become resigned to its weaknesses and constantly exploited its possibilities or even possibly the other way round. Innovation is very fluid; we build systems that often impede it.

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Underperforming Technical Team Radical Innovation Change System 100

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.

Strategy 100

Strategy Strategy Artificial Inteligence Change 100

mjvinnovation

MARCH 26, 2019

Traditionally, the Waterfall model is a linear approach that has a sequence of events somewhat like this: To Gather and document requirements; To draw; Code and unit test; To Perform the system test; To Perform the user acceptance test; To Correct any problem; To Deliver the finished product. There are good and bad things about this approach.

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Agile Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 40

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.

Strategy 100

Strategy Strategy Artificial Inteligence Underperforming Technical Team 100

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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Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team Brainstorming 100

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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Creative Thinking Creativity Company eBook 89

Daniel Burrus

JULY 17, 2019

This includes everything from software, operating systems or almost any technology once groundbreaking but now well past its prime. Trying to get by with legacy technology can be very expensive, from the cost of operating the systems themselves to paying people to make certain nothing goes wrong, an inevitability.

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Agile Underperforming Technical Team Technology Strategy 82

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

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.

Strategy 91

Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team Agile 91

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).

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Underperforming Technical Team Agile Trends Guidelines 100

Innov8rs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Innov8rs | Corporate venture studios offer innovation teams the freedom to operate with the spirit, passion, and resilience of entrepreneurs, all while leveraging organizational resources. However, building successful innovation teams in this context requires careful consideration. What are the key ingredients?

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Team Building Underperforming Technical Team Agile Culture 52

ITONICS

JANUARY 21, 2025

This practice not only optimizes utilization but also ensures that the project portfolio management system remains relevant. By staying agile, organizations can redirect resources to new opportunities and maintain a competitive edge. This practice enhances team performance and ensures that projects are executed successfully.

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