Christensen Institute

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Numerous studies on internship quality have highlighted that well-structured projects, along with feedback on said projects, are critical to intern satisfaction and productivity. To start, invite more individuals to review an intern’s work. This piece was originally published in Harvard Business Review here.

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Development Team Review Survey Report Study 80

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

These trends, as one industry insider put it, “burn really bright and really short,” necessitating abbreviating product development cycles from several years to months, or even weeks. Let’s review two of critical success factors toy manufacturers are embracing that are of value, if your brand also wants to speed up its innovation pace.

eBook 68

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Tullio Siragusa

JUNE 15, 2020

Here are some small ideas that can help develop in people a feeling that they are important to the organization by embracing their own strengths: 1. Let people do self-assessments and choose tasks based on their unique strengths. Don’t use these as perks, use these as conscious opportunities to develop team intimacy.

Engagement 63

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Innovation Excellence

AUGUST 7, 2020

Prelude : When kicking off a project, we assemble the best possible project team , our “ special commando ” like we call it. We run an identification workshop with the project team, to assess the objectives, constraints and KPI?s Now, we have all the keys to start the product development. GO : Bring the action!

Underperforming Technical Team 75

Underperforming Technical Team Design Training Project 75

Tullio Siragusa

JUNE 15, 2020

Here are some small ideas that can help develop in people a feeling that they are important to the organization by embracing their own strengths: 1. Let people do self-assessments and choose tasks based on their unique strengths. Don’t use these as perks, use these as conscious opportunities to develop team intimacy.

Engagement 48

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Innovation 360 Group

OCTOBER 29, 2017

The first weapon in our arsenal was the Innovation Assessment InnoSurvey â , a system generating customized reports with up to 40 pages of detailed profiling, analysis and recommendations on what a company needs to do to provide optimal support for their innovation projects. Harvard University and many other similar organizations.

Culture 63

Culture Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team 63

The Human Factor

JULY 27, 2022

Examine their resumes and see if you can obtain any case studies or customer endorsements for any projects they may have worked on in the past. Even if you come from a non-technical background, there are a number of talent assessment programs on the market that offer coding examinations that may be tailored to your requirements.

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Software Review Software Developers Software Development Guidelines 36

Innovation Excellence

AUGUST 7, 2020

Prelude : When kicking off a project, we assemble the best possible project team , our “ special commando ” like we call it. We run an identification workshop with the project team, to assess the objectives, constraints and KPI?s Now, we have all the keys to start the product development. GO : Bring the action!

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Underperforming Technical Team Design Training Project 44

Innovation 360

OCTOBER 29, 2017

The first weapon in our arsenal was the Innovation Assessment InnoSurvey â , a system generating customized reports with up to 40 pages of detailed profiling, analysis and recommendations on what a company needs to do to provide optimal support for their innovation projects. Harvard University and many other similar organizations.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2022

Findings from a study of 62 drug-development teams.

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Be-novative

MARCH 30, 2021

which might not be the best indicator that the same person should lead teams. A study from the Leadership Quarterly found that as few as 15% of teams are considered effective, compare this to 80% of teams with ineffective leaders. They are thirsty for relevant, human feedback to learn from.

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Marketing How To Leadership Design 52

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2018

Although his one-on-one meetings with these reports, which involved progress reviews, motivation, and coaching, were highly productive, his monthly team meetings weren’t. Catherine, a senior marketing director leading a cross-functional product development team at the same company, provides a contrasting case study.

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Development Team Review Report Groups Meeting 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

As Carlos Guerrero walked to the whiteboard where the app development team had gathered for its daily stand-up, he noticed that Larry Berman was absent again. ” Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. .

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Case Study Study Technical Review Project 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2018

Consistent with these famous case studies, scientific research shows that creativity and innovation can be enhanced by reducing team harmony. Likewise, a review of theoretical and quantitative studies showed that teams are often more creative when they have fewer rather than more resources (for example, time, money, and people).

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Editors' Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. His business development team had gotten some good market data about the border cities — Matamoros, Ciudad Juárez — and some leads on potential partners.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2011

In our research, we found one company — we call it O'Reilly Coated Materials — whose leaders at all levels, from general manager to team leader, consistently applied the progress principle. After one such meeting, for example, a team member wrote in his diary, "The project passed start gate today.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2016

Based on our experience building innovation teams and consulting for Fortune 500 companies on setting up innovation processes, a key component that has proven to be paramount but consistently neglected is psychological assessment. Why does this even matter?

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Groups Creativity Data Development Team Review 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2018

Our research focuses on agility not as a broad ideal, but rather on where it matters most — at the point of execution, where teams are working on new products, strategic initiatives, or with top clients. We also conducted hundreds of interviews with both workers and leaders in these companies. High performing organizations are 2.5

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Agile Underperforming Technical Team How To Collaboration 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

In a study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, scientists assigned 200 people to six-person mock jury panels whose members were either all white or included four white and two black participants. Other studies have yielded similar results. They Focus More on Facts. They Process Those Facts More Carefully.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

People are also being asked by their bosses or HR to attend conferences, read case studies, watch videos, and try their hand at simulations, all with the goal of picking up new ideas and techniques. ” Now the team is tasked with both identifying and carrying out the right activities to make the required sales.

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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

MAY 10, 2017

We studied how expertise was organized in 71 software development teams in a large U.S. A total of 484 individuals participated in our study; they had an average of 12 years of experience. Next, we asked them to assess how valuable the named individuals’ expertise is to their work. (We

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Underperforming Technical Team How To Software Developers Software Development 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2012

Teams can be highly effective even when members have never met in person. In fact, virtual teams can actually outperform traditional co-located groups.

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Underperforming Technical Team Guidelines Project Software Developers 19

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2018

Study after study puts the failure rate closer to 70-90%. Individuals discussed what they brought to the team and what they needed from their fellow team members. They did pulse checks to assess their alignment and where there was work to do. Patrizia Savarese/Getty Images. Why is the failure rate so high?

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Change Underperforming Technical Team Agile Development Team Review 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2016

In other words, leadership development begins with a real business challenge that leaders need to solve, instead of with a hypothetical case study or simulation. As one person noted in her after-action review, “By doing our experiment at one site instead of implementing at all 30 of them at once, it took the pressure off.

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Leadership Development Team Review Case Study Training 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Studies comparing the problem-solving abilities of groups in which dissenting views are voiced with groups in which they are not find that dissent tends to be a better precondition for reaching the right solution than consensus. As a former employee working in the development team at the time said of that decision , "Management did the usual.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Studies comparing the problem-solving abilities of groups in which dissenting views are voiced with groups in which they are not find that dissent tends to be a better precondition for reaching the right solution than consensus. Who in your organization serves as your Challenger in Chief? Interrogating the choices you are considering making?

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Development Team Review Groups Study Marketing 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

In a study of nearly 250 manufacturers over a 10-year period (2005–2015), we found that 78% of firms had improved their ability to fill their total actual market demand but had lost control over costs. In our study 11% of the manufacturers were able to both increase their demand fulfillment and lower their costs.

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Training Design Tools Study 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2013

Clients often hire Open Innovation companies like ours when their research and development teams can''t get past — or maybe over is a better word — the way they have always looked, and where they have always looked for solutions. Any exercise in assessing traits raises the question of whether they can be strengthened.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2016

During the first phase of company evolution it is appropriate to have an internal development team focused on creating momentum for a great product through continuous refinement of the core product so that it inspires customer adoption and enthusiasm. Internal platform R&D + blended complementors + community management.

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Boxes and Arrows

MAY 4, 2009

In particular, I am seeking insight from this case study into the “balance of power” tension. The CorVu case study The company I work for, CorVu , started using Wikis within its R&D group back in 2000 using the original WikiWikiWeb software. Knowledge capture and dissemination using three Wikis.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2013

Case studies at MIT''s Center for Information Systems Research suggest that if people don''t know the percentage of projects that meet their business objectives, the percentage is probably very low. Here are 3 things that can make a difference: Perform regular post-implementation reviews. It''s hard to get this right.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

For instance, in a study of mobile phone manufacturing lines in China, Harvard Business School’s Ethan Bernstein discovered that line workers often showed “tips and tricks” that others could copy in order to assemble phones more effectively than could be done using the official methods.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2016

I’ve contributed to three different studies that show why certain practices fall apart and what leaders can do to avoid wasting money, squandering time, and frustrating employees. You and Your Team Series. Global Teams Should Have Office Visits, Not Offsites. The first study was at the high-tech company I mentioned above.

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Culture Collaboration Software Developers Software Development 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

For example, you might write, “I’m an environmental fundraising professional with more than 15 years of experience and I’d love to bring my expertise and enthusiasm to your growing development team.” Case study #1: Demonstrate an understanding of what the company needs. Case study #2: Catch their attention.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

To illustrate how this all plays out on a larger scale in real companies, here are two mini case studies from businesses we’ve worked with. Adobe’s New York office had been growing due to its acquisitions of smaller technology companies. Since its 2005 founding, the marketing company had grown to over 1,100 employees.

Design 14

Design Collaboration Exercises Technical Review 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Our study found that the top 10% of companies use pricing software and technology 40% more often than the bottom 90%. Companies that are not as strong, they start with a business case that details the four pillars of their new product — value, cost, price, and volume – but then the development team works in isolation.

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