Be-novative

MARCH 30, 2021

With that said, tailor-made feedback and future-proof assessments are vital when it comes to first-time managers. We help to turn your team from the most common denominator of “average” into superhero’. They are thirsty for relevant, human feedback to learn from. I know, that is a bold statement…but that’s our mission.

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Marketing How To Leadership Design 52

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2012

Like many companies, Exotech struggled with serious time delays in its product-development projects. The hardware team had employed similar processes in the past and found them helpful. So the company assumed the software team would, too. But they didn't for the software-development team.

Software Review 16

Software Review Software Development Software Developers Development Team Review 16

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

Consider, for instance, the talent development program at Ascom, a global telecommunications company. ” Now the team is tasked with both identifying and carrying out the right activities to make the required sales. In addition, the urgency creates the conditions for rapid skill development.

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Project Design Learning Underperforming Technical Team 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

.” HBR: Too Much Team Harmony Can Kill Creativity by Darko Lovric and Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic — “Consistent with these famous case studies, scientific research shows that creativity and innovation can be enhanced by reducing team harmony.

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Case Study Creativity Collaboration Study 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

Consider the battle waged by IBM’s software development teams between competing methods for getting closer to customers. ” As design expertise became more critical to the success of IBM products and services, increasingly designers worked more frequently in collaboration with software engineers on product development.

Software Review 15

Software Review Design Thinking Software Design 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 2, 2017

Its early success also highlights the CEO’s critical role in challenging the organization to assess its digital competence and to determine how urgently it needs to respond to threats and opportunities. Consider the challenge companies face in the rapidly changing market for power train compressors.

Underperforming Technical Team 15

Underperforming Technical Team Development Team Review Disruption Agile 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

If the goal was to leapfrog the competition in every product line while revitalizing U.S. The $1 billion plan envisioned 11 new product platforms in six different manufacturing sites. GE needed to reduce new product development cycles from 3-4 years to 1-1.5 everyone met again to review what they''d done.

Development Team Review 10

Development Team Review LEAN Training Culture 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Leveraging the established system got Xerox's invention to market faster and cheaper than developing a whole new approach. But it didn't fit; the company's sales force was designed and trained to sell expensive back office products to a very different customer base than would purchase the new PARC products.

Company 15

Company Innovation Product Development Technology 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2017

While initially designed to improve the responsiveness of software development teams, more recently agile has become the default team-based operational model for companies big and small, across industries and sectors, with the promise of a substantial and sustained spike in team productivity and efficiency.

Agile 8

Agile Software Review Technical Review Development Team Review 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2013

How did someone with your knowledge and training miss the signs of impending disaster? van Wassenhove, both of Insead in France, found that the complexity of high-tech innovation efforts can blur teams’ perceptions. She schedules the new first-gate review for Week 79. Week 79: The team misses this deadline.

Underperforming Technical Team 9

Underperforming Technical Team Management Project Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Leveraging the established system got Xerox's invention to market faster and cheaper than developing a whole new approach. But it didn't fit; the company's sales force was designed and trained to sell expensive back office products to a very different customer base than would purchase the new PARC products.

Company 8

Company Innovation Product Development Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2015

This problem can be compounded when senior executives publicly announce these non-products in an “exciting new space,” creating more pressure on the project development team to deliver something (anything) before it is clear what exactly should be delivered. Situation One: It’s a Technology in Search of a Need.

Underperforming Technical Team 14

Underperforming Technical Team Product Development Development Team Review Competition 14