IdeaSpies

AUGUST 31, 2018

Between 1996-2001, Jim Collins’ team researched and wrote a bestselling book called Good to Great. Other books such as Built to Last (1994) by the same author and In Search of Excellence (1982) by Tom Peters made similar studies with concurring results. The management consultant giant McKinsey and Co. The question is “Why?”

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IdeaSpies

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Between 1996-2001, Jim Collins’ team researched and wrote a bestselling book called Good to Great. Other books such as Built to Last (1994) by the same author and In Search of Excellence (1982) by Tom Peters made similar studies with concurring results. The management consultant giant McKinsey and Co. The question is “Why?”

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IdeaSpies

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Between 1996-2001, Jim Collins’ team researched and wrote a bestselling book called Good to Great. Other books such as Built to Last (1994) by the same author and In Search of Excellence (1982) by Tom Peters made similar studies with concurring results. The management consultant giant McKinsey and Co.

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CorporateIntel

APRIL 1, 2012

A software bug caused it to be withdrawn. Information compounds on our desktops, the team with analysis paralysis most often loses to the nimble risk takers—but all this means is that in product development , the role of Quality Assurance (QA) has never been more critical. You don’t hear that one too often.

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 12, 2022

We then reviewed them to see that the answer summaries made sense. 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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Tullio Siragusa

AUGUST 15, 2022

People need these essential services and products during the good and bad times as well. All these step-by-step processes after idea generation eliminate bad design. It is deeply rooted in questioning, generating ideas, and developing the creation of innovation. After the development and prototyping, test it with your customers.

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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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Planview

APRIL 6, 2023

The data measures the flow of business value through all the activities involved in a software value stream. We see disparity for companies in the same industry, with some delivering business value via their software delivery at three times their prior speed once they start focusing on flow of business value.

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Boxes and Arrows

JULY 10, 2008

Discount for Boxes and Arrows readers: Get a 10% discount by purchasing the book “directly from Rosenfeld Media&# :[link] Just use the code WFDBA. The sky has turned the color of black ink, and you can smell sulfur in the air as one team member after another debates the alignment of form labels. What’s In the Book?

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whataventure

APRIL 22, 2020

From the mega trends sustainability und customization to smart clothing: further development in the winter sports sector is no longer limited to changing the shape of skis or heated insoles. Most developments in Platforms and Apps. Where does these developments take us? Winter sports is more than going up and down a mountain .

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2014

While few people would feel comfortable openly describing one another based on racial, ethnic, or gender stereotypes, most people have no reservations about explaining others’ behavior with a personality typology like Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (“She’s such an ‘INTJ’”), Enneagram, or Color Code (“He’s such an 8: Challenger”).

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Innovation 360 Group

JUNE 19, 2018

In contrast, strategies based on Technology Drivers investigate problems, many of them unarticulated, and explore how the latest developments are reshaping various sectors. This book will walk you through a step-by-step process for implementing a tailored innovation system to propel you in the direction of your goals.

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Innovation 360

JUNE 20, 2018

In contrast, strategies based on Technology Drivers investigate problems, many of them unarticulated, and explore how the latest developments are reshaping various sectors. This book will walk you through a step-by-step process for implementing a tailored innovation system to propel you in the direction of your goals.

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Boxes and Arrows

APRIL 13, 2017

Too often the team gets all the way through building the product to find out they can’t explain the product. Way before starting to code, discover the true value of the idea using tools you probably already have. This is not a distraction; it forces a team to explain the value proposition and iterate on it.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2012

Because they try to repeat their past success formulas — the ones that work so well for them in developed markets. However, the company's initial steps to penetrate developing markets were unproductive. Harman created a scaled-down version of its high-end system which proved a dismal failure in poor countries.

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Leanstack

AUGUST 19, 2014

We need this number to justify the business model story — first to ourselves and then to our internal and external stakeholders (team, investors, budget gatekeepers, etc.). For instance, I wasn’t driven to write my book, Running Lean , by money but impact.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2014

Business books, magazines, and blogs are chock full of advice about how to give feedback to individuals, but how do you do the same for your entire team? There needs to be an expectation within the team this is a shared leadership responsibility,” he says. How much is too much? And how should your colleagues help?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2017

The next time an executive asks the team to change course, it can be measured against these criteria. I worked with a software development company in which the CEO came up with a new product feature on a weekly basis. So they developed a value assessment with the CEO’s input and ran all new requests through the tool.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

This is not a bad thing for the startup ecosystem or the economy. I believe the decrease in big ideas for software companies is the result of homogeneous founding teams in the Valley. Billion-dollar companies do not happen if the founding team is not extremely well suited to the market (now called " founder/market fit ").

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

This is not a bad thing for the startup ecosystem or the economy. I believe the decrease in big ideas for software companies is the result of homogeneous founding teams in the Valley. Billion-dollar companies do not happen if the founding team is not extremely well suited to the market (now called " founder/market fit ").

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2016

In speaking with the management team, we saw familiar signs of pain. An ever-growing list of priorities left the team stretched thin and scrambling through a series of fire-fights. And several weak players were holding back the already-strained management team. The company, unsurprisingly, was underperforming.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Yet in researching my book, Mapping Innovation , I found that most great innovators were nothing like the mercurial stereotype. She wasn’t necessarily bad. So the first step to building an innovative team is to hire people interested in the problems you need to solve. Hire for mission. Promote psychological safety.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2013

As the lead developer on one big software project put it: "Everybody knows the schedule is a joke, and we pay no attention to it. Big, successful companies that manage huge projects like highways and dams and office parks have to deal with many more variables than a software development team. It's funny, though.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Editors' Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. It's essential for your new responsibilities in developing market strategies for your region.". I was thinking through my kiosk-services development project.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2011

The gap between what a highly productive person can do and what an average person can do is getting bigger and bigger," he told Polly LaBarre and me for our book, Mavericks at Work. If you were launching a technology or developing a product, would you rather have five great engineers rather than 1,000 average engineers?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2013

But first things first — how do you define a digital team when nearly everything is digital? Digital teams are responsible for developing, testing, and implementing a strategy to reach and engage target audiences through digital channels like web, mobile, and social. People who are omnivores, not vegans.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Resistance doesn't have to be a bad thing. This kind of research will prepare you for skeptical questions and comments — and it'll help you develop a deeper understanding of the topic and a more nuanced point of view. Suppose you're asking your team to work nights and weekends to meet a tight deadline.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2018

The same body of creativity research that finds no distinct “creative personality” is incredibly consistent about what leads to creative work, and they are all things you can implement within your team. You and Your Team Series. Leading a Brainstorming Session with a Cross-Cultural Team. Thinking Creatively.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2012

It's so bad that he tried having his Executive Assistant pull all of the internet cables on his computer. Indeed, I just received an email from an executive about a member of his team who has a particular tendency to want to do everything. Interestingly, this team member is the most productive member on his team.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Julie Long, a senior developer at a software company, was identified by her manager as a high performer. When she was asked to coordinate a team of three junior developers on a project, Julie was excited about the opportunity to finally move into a management role. Managing Yourself Book. Further Reading.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2012

Imagine a traditional company that tried to generate the kind of information Facebook generates: real time data on what movies people are watching, where they travel, the books they're reading, the restaurants they've tried. That's the source of much of the stratospheric value placed on Facebook by investors.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2017

Think of them as “selvesware,” analogous to recommendation engines for books to read or movies to watch. Selvesware invites workers and managers to digitally amplify their talents and attributes, while monitoring and minimizing weaknesses. Insight Center. Putting Data to Work. Sponsored by Accenture.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2011

Since Sun made hardware and software, only Sun machines running the Sun operating system were allowed. (In In the design group we did have a couple of Macs as the software we needed wasn't available for Sun's OS, but they had to be kept hidden away and bought and maintained clandestinely.). (In

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2013

As the lead developer on one big software project put it: "Everybody knows the schedule is a joke, and we pay no attention to it. Big, successful companies that manage huge projects like highways and dams and office parks have to deal with many more variables than a software development team. It's funny, though.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2013

Thousands of people rushed through that busy metro station barely noticing what seemed to be yet another poor musician on the platform. embarked on a quest to develop the ultimate patch to the nasty bugs of humanity." This, I would argue, is due to another reality of Silicon Valley. Yet Silicon Valley remains unique.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2011

During a summer of mostly bad economic news, here was ray of hope—at least for the quarter of Americans who hold a bachelor's degree. In addition, it promises to be a boon to workers in developing countries. His new book, The Next Convergence , is based on research on emerging economies undertaken with the Commission.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Leadership and Managing People Book. To that end, here’s an example of an open-ended question a manager might ask his or her direct report: “When will you be ready to master that new technical skill that the CEO wants us to develop?” This paradox rears its head in virtually every business and organization.

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