Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

You may know that in addition to my work on innovation and creativity , I work as a professional Project Manager. As I’ve just finished leading an 18-month project, I am reflecting on how project management and leading teams is changing as Artificial Intelligence becomes more common in the workplace. Let’s dive in.

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Underperforming Technical Team Project Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT 138

Leapfrogging

MARCH 12, 2025

Critical Success Factors: A Practical Guide for Strategy Projects Critical Success Factors (CSFs) are the key areas of performance that are essential for an organization to achieve its strategic objectives. Strengthens competitive positioning Ensures the company excels in key areas that differentiate it from competitors.

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Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 7, 2025

Strategy Map: A Practical Guide for Strategy Projects A strategy map is a visual representation of an organizations strategic objectives and how they interconnect across different business functions. Lead Successful Strategy Projects! Learning and Growth Employee development, technology investment, corporate culture.

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Strategy Strategy Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team 130

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

SWOT Analysis: A Practical Guide for Strategy Projects SWOT Analysis is a strategic planning framework used to evaluate an organizations internal strengths and weaknesses as well as external opportunities and threats. Identifies competitive advantages Highlights what the company does best. Lead Successful Strategy Projects!

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 11, 2025

OGSM Strategy Framework: A Practical Guide for Strategy Projects The OGSM Strategy Framework (Objectives, Goals, Strategies, and Measures) is a structured strategic planning tool used by organizations to clarify vision, set priorities, and ensure execution. Lead Successful Strategy Projects! What is OGSM Strategy Framework?

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Business and Tech

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Elizabeth Francisco, president of ResMan, offers expansive insights from being a woman in business to the rapid advancement of property management technology. Bias showed itself as I came up through the multifamily industry and then in technology with investors, peers, competitors, and prospective customers.

Technical Review 246

Technical Review Technology Management Underperforming Technical Team 246

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Competitive Analysis: A Practical Guide for Strategy Projects What is Competitive Analysis? A well-executed Competitive Analysis goes beyond simply monitoring competitors; it involves deep research, data-driven comparisons, and actionable insights that empower companies to maintain a competitive edge. What is Competitive Analysis?

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Analysis Competition Strategy Strategy 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 12, 2025

Balanced Scorecard: A Practical Guide for Strategy Projects The Balanced Scorecard (BSC) is a strategic management framework that helps organizations translate their vision and strategy into measurable performance objectives across multiple perspectives. Lead Successful Strategy Projects! What is a Balanced Scorecard?

Strategy 130

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Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

This new management method makes it nearly impossible for innovation teams to fail at delivering multiple challenging innovation projects faster, with less risk and lower required budgets. Most innovation experts often say that traditional management processes are not the way to run innovation projects. And this is true.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 7, 2025

Strategic Goals: A Practical Guide for Strategy Projects Strategic goals are long-term, high-level objectives that define the direction of an organization and guide decision-making. These goals align with the companys vision, mission, and values and provide a roadmap for achieving sustainable growth and competitive advantage.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

They bridge the gap between advanced technological capabilities and practical business applications. You may find yourself working on projects involving machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision, and other AI-related technologies.

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Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

It hammers out who you are, your dreams, and what’s at the core of your company. Spotting Your Innovation Chances Kicking things off with innovation means you’ve gotta sniff out those golden opportunities for creativity in your company. Vision Statement : Where do you see yourself in the long run?

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Course Strategy Strategy Technical Review 113

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The ability to access cutting-edge research, market insights, and technical know-how from a wide network is a key driver of innovation. Investors are more willing to fund projects within a thriving ecosystem because they see the support network and collaborative potential as reducing the likelihood of failure.

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Technical Review Innovation Policies Collaboration 140

IdeaScale

APRIL 17, 2019

For innovation to thrive in a company, it must be prioritized at every level. It’s not uncommon for corporate boards to lack strong expertise in the areas of innovation and technology. Taking an innovation project from idea through execution is challenging, and there can be obstacles at several places along the journey.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 11, 2025

Objectives & Key Results (OKR): A Practical Guide for Strategy Projects Objectives & Key Results (OKR) is a goal-setting framework used by organizations to define clear objectives and track measurable results. Align teams with the companys strategic priorities. Lead Successful Strategy Projects!

Strategy 130

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Jeffrey Phillips

OCTOBER 3, 2019

I'm returning today to one of my favorite activities - a book review. The book I'm reviewing today is entitled What about the Future? It was written by Fred Phillips, who is a professor and also the editor of the journal Technological Forecasting and Societal Change.

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Technical Review Policies Technology Change 191

Leapfrogging

MARCH 10, 2025

Contingency Planning: A Practical Guide for Strategy Projects Contingency planning is the process of proactively preparing for potential risks, disruptions, or crises that could impact an organizations operations, strategy, or financial stability. Lead Successful Strategy Projects! Regulatory changes impacting self-driving technology.

Strategy 130

Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team Disruption 130

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Benchmarking Analysis: A Practical Guide for Strategy Projects What is Benchmarking Analysis? Benchmarking is widely used across industries, from manufacturing and finance to healthcare and technology. If a competitor achieves higher output with lower costs , the company can study its competitors methods and apply similar improvements.

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Analysis Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team 130

Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The image here is the list of exactly which capabilities your company needs to succeed at innovation. Almost every business leader will tell you that they value innovation and that it is a positive & important factor for their company. Now, I’m going to outline step by step what enables a company to deliver those ideas.

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Destination Innovation

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Managing the Sales pipeline is a well-developed executive skill in any company selling large ticket items to business customers. Estimates for each of these questions enable a total sales forecast to be assembled and reviewed. The pipeline is regularly reviewed at executive level. Can we crack the technology?

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Technical Review Innovation Radical Innovation Project 218

Business and Tech

MARCH 17, 2022

Personal loans are rising in popularity due to their ease and convenience — here’s what you need to know. Personal loans are unsecured—you can use them for just about anything,” notes Todd Lunsford, president of Fin-tech company Rocket Loans. Personal loans also offer advantages for financing home improvement projects.

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Tools Technical Review Project Examples 246

Idea to Value

MAY 21, 2021

Why is it that some promising technologies seem to progress quickly but then disappear entirely? While some private companies invest in cutting edge Research & Development , a huge amount of primary research is conducted through public funding , such as at Universities looking at fundamental new science and engineering opportunities.

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Technical Review Innovation Technology Examples 293

eZassi

MARCH 6, 2025

Technology discovery and scouting are essential activities for enterprise innovation programs and R&D departments to identify emerging technologies, startups, and market trends that can drive competitive advantage. Ezassis technology discovery services are designed to uncover these opportunities through tailored research programs.

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Technical Review Technology Report Analysis 52

Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Most companies say that they are investing in innovation. Many of these companies don’t understand why their innovation failure rates are so high. Unfortunately, many companies won’t even realise that they have this problem. Again, oftentimes these ideas are never reviewed and never had a chance of being implemented.

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Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

One of the best ways to assess what proportions your company should allocate to different types of innovation projects is by looking at your current and desired innovation portfolio. Some companies, like technology companies which need to produce new offerings more quickly, might have a ratio that is more like 45-40-15.

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Project Innovation Report Software Review 295

Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 18, 2019

I was on a conference call recently, discussing an upcoming keynote that I'll deliver to a academic-federal government program meant to accelerate new technologies from basic research into the market. One participant talked about the role that large corporations could play, and sometimes do play, in commercializing new technologies.

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Technical Review Project Product Development Marketing 248

Idea to Value

MARCH 26, 2020

A while back, one of my consulting partners from another office asked me to review their client’s innovation process. Their team had been engaged to review why their innovation process was not delivering results. This broke my heart and immediately made me realise why this company would continue to fail in its innovation efforts.

Technical Review 248

Technical Review Innovation Innovation Processes Creativity 248

Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

I am taking the opportunity to review the Web Summit, held in Lisbon last week of 5th (evening) to 8th November 2018. The Web Summit, originally Dublin Web Summit, is a technology conference held annually since 2009. The company was founded by Paddy Cosgrave, David Kelly, and Daire Hickey. Something is not connecting here.

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Many businesses have managed to succeed in the global market thanks to translation companies who have (for the longest time) been facilitating trade between people of diverse backgrounds. How can you take advantage of the new technology? The power of social media. Using translation services. Internet of Things.

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Technical Review Technology Management Internet of things 164

IdeaScale

JUNE 18, 2019

Companies that use open innovation find freelancers to be a much-needed source of ideas, expertise, and specialized skills. Companies can incorporate project-specific hiring to pursue innovations without over-committing resources, and they can extend their geographic reach with the help of technology.

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Open Innovation Technical Review Innovation Project 212

Planview

JANUARY 9, 2025

When Dr. Mik Kersten published Project to Product a groundbreaking book that introduced the Flow Framework just over six years ago the term product operating model was relatively new. At the time, many leading software companies already knew how to organize people through a product-oriented mindset.

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Software Review Technical Review Project Report 69

Qmarkets

OCTOBER 10, 2024

An innovation accelerator is one of the most effective methods large companies can use to nurture breakthrough ideas and scale them into viable products or services. For this article, we’ll focus on corporate innovation accelerators , which allow large companies to fast-track their innovation efforts.

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Thinkers360 - Thought Leader Interviews

AUGUST 2, 2024

In this edition, we speak with Matthew Lieberman who is the Chief Marketing Officer of PwC US/Mexico and an innovative executive at the crossroads of marketing, media, and technology. ML: I am so excited about utilizing emerging technologies—these are key to our transformation. How we then apply this to our marketing strategy is key.

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Technical Review Generative AI Marketing Tools 59

Idea to Value

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

In recent years, more and more companies have realized the need for innovation as they’ve seen businesses all around them, and perhaps even their own business, being disrupted. What makes this so difficult for large organizations is that a single innovation just isn’t enough to turn the course of the company. Customer obsession.

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Agile Innovation Technical Review Software Review 316

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Exploring the interplay between Humans, Technology and AI for design thinking Why is design thinking regarded as so crucial to the future of innovation in a world of accelerating interplays between humans, technology and generative AI? This involves moving computing power, data storage, and decision-making to the edge of operations.

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Design Thinking Technical Review Design Technology 147

Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The Evolution of Product Development Product development has transformed significantly over the years, adapting to changes in consumer behavior, market demands, and technological advancements. It’s built on the foundation of iterative progress, where you can assess and adjust the direction of a project throughout its development.

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