Planview

JULY 15, 2022

In this post, you will find questions and answers from an incredibly timely and informative webinar that provided crucial new product development best practices based on lessons learned from the pandemic. Addressing Agile-Stage-Gate PPM Implementation Challenges Resource Allocation, Capacity, Planning Best Practices.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 13, 2025

The term was popularized by Jeff Howe in 2006, when he described how businesses could leverage online communities to source innovative ideas. By breaking down barriers to participation, crowdsourcing helps organizations tap into a wealth of collective intelligence while driving faster and more agile innovation.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The progression of AI technology has led to its adoption in several key areas of business strategy, including market analysis, customer service, operational efficiency, and product development. Human Resources: Leverage AI tools for talent acquisition and employee engagement analysis.

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Corporate Innovation

JULY 26, 2016

There are always new initiatives at every corporation that test the opportunity to build new businesses in new markets and introduce new product innovations (Horizon 2) in an effort to extend existing business models. The corporation must learn to execute in these new areas to stay successful.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

This shift towards an AI-powered business strategy enables you to predict market trends, personalize customer experiences, and optimize operations, positioning your company at the forefront of innovation. Increased Productivity Automates routine tasks to focus on strategy. Product Innovation Identifies trends for new offerings.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 23, 2023

An electronics company might incrementally innovate its supply chain to make it more efficient, or continuously find ways to improve its products’ battery life. Incremental innovations can be broken down into three main types: incremental product innovation , incremental service innovation , and incremental process innovation.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

As you navigate the integration of AI into your strategic planning, remember to consider our resources on developing an ai-enabled business strategy to ensure a competitive and innovative approach. It enables businesses to innovate at a faster pace, tailor their offerings to customer needs, and outperform competitors.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

An article in The Wall Street Journal by Paul Ziobro shares an report on how toy manufacturers, including Mattel and Hasbro, are accelerating their new product innovation processes. This is a fruitful way to identify innovation opportunities customers can’t clearly articulate. Find New Resources to Innovate !

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 17, 2024

Product development, process improvement. For more on fostering a culture of innovation, delve into keynote speakers for inspiring team innovation. For insights into customization strategies, explore our resources on keynote speakers for team culture transformation. Team disagreements, project challenges.

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Corporate Innovation

JULY 26, 2016

There are always new initiatives at every corporation that test the opportunity to build new businesses in new markets and introduce new product innovations (Horizon 2) in an effort to extend existing business models. The corporation must learn to execute in these new areas to stay successful.

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Corporate Innovation

JULY 26, 2016

There are always new initiatives at every corporation that test the opportunity to build new businesses in new markets and introduce new product innovations (Horizon 2) in an effort to extend existing business models. The corporation must learn to execute in these new areas to stay successful.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

By engaging in CVC, corporations can also contribute to the development of startup accelerator programs , which are designed to support early-stage companies as they grow. Business Model Innovation Adopting novel approaches to business operations and customer engagement.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

An article in The Wall Street Journal about food companies innovating to raise prices features this definition of innovation from Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen: “Creating something I didn’t know I needed is innovation.”. We use early-stage innovation research to ask questions that can help identify product innovations.

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eZassi

MAY 27, 2022

The ‘Connect and Develop’ model embraced by Alan G. Lafley, former CEO of Proctor & Gamble, set in motion a proud culture of Open Innovation for P&G’s product development strategy. Innovation Portfolio Management Integrates Strategy, Ideation, and Collaboration Across Resources.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 11, 2015

Startups have finite time and resources to find product/market fit before they run out of money. and how to price the product. for new product development that emphasize immediate returns. Why Execution and Innovation Need Different Tools, Cultures and Organizations.

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Innovation Excellence

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Capacity planning is standard for manufacturing, but many companies don’t diligently capacity plan their new product development (NPD) pipeline, and some expect managers to just “figure it out”. Later, they wonder why their projects are consistently late or miss target market windows. Continue reading →

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New Markets Advisors

APRIL 20, 2018

It over-emphasizes product innovation. When companies try to get everyone involved in innovation, they often skip the crucial step of explaining the different kinds of innovation. While product innovation is important, it’s also the most common. It drains resources. For others, it will be draining.

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Idea Champions

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

BIG THANKS TO JOHN GLINDEMAN, Manager of Product Development and Wellness for United Concordia , for his very supportive review of my new book, Storytelling for the Revolution. "My That job has had titles ranging from Actuarial Associate to Manager of Product Innovation. My job is as a corporate storyteller.

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Legacy Innovation Group

APRIL 1, 2019

ROAD #1 — PRODUCT INNOVATION & BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION. Your company launches innovative new offerings within its current markets. This is generally a case of either product innovation or business model innovation. The innovations they represent are typically incremental or moderate.

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Brunner

AUGUST 12, 2020

It’s good for market insight in terms of developing new brand positioning, and it could be used for product innovation. That’s something the brand didn’t realize was going on, and that has clear product development implications. It helps take a deeper dive into customer behaviors and competitive intelligence.

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Innovation Excellence

DECEMBER 2, 2016

A long-standing belief across chemical and industrial product companies is that it’s not possible to rapidly produce low-cost, high-quality products. Many companies dedicate their best manufacturing equipment and people to quickly develop and launch a high-quality product, but these additional resources drive up costs unexpectedly.

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Be-novative

APRIL 21, 2021

It is only C-Level executives who can highlight the long-term strategy and make resources available, but it is the mid-level managers who can drive such purpose-driven co-creation projects forward as project owners, consulting experts e.g. as mentors. Other examples of co-creation project audience by Deloitte: Resources?—?what

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Legacy Innovation Group

APRIL 1, 2019

For this, we say "thank you" Human Resources. The lens through which the Human Resource profession sees the world is generally one of how do we create the right organizational environments to promote innovation and how do we effectively engage our people to produce new innovation.

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Collective Innovation

AUGUST 14, 2017

For many companies the potential market is huge and with smart business intelligence you can identify new opportunities for several types of innovation: Application Innovation: This is when you find a new use for an existing product, tapping into a new base of customers and potential. Data Analysis.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

The innovation mindset isn’t just about product innovation. Some organizations have focused on product innovation for so long they don’t know how to innovate in any other areas. The product was a complete disaster. How could such a great product innovator strike out so fast?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2011

Without this breadth as well as granularity of information, we don't know whether to allocate resource to improving call centers, retail channels, advertising campaigns or new product innovation. Umut Konus is assistant professor of new product development at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2016

Inherently, digital printing’s “additive” manufacturing process promises to be less costly than more conventional “subtractive” manufacturing techniques — think about printing something layer by layer instead of milling a block of material into a final product.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

This “all or nothing” rather than “experiment and decide” mindset reflects technology/product innovation paradigm in which a company cannot afford not to launch a full-scale support of one innovation because it requires a strong marketing message across all channels. Three Signs That You Should Kill an Innovative Idea.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2018

Since the term was coined in the 1980s, intrapreneurship has been sold to companies as a catch-all solution for fostering innovation. It’s been promoted to workers as a way to capture the creativity and excitement of entrepreneurship, but with more resources and less risk.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2013

Kantar Worldpanel predicts that 75% of growth for consumer products companies in the next decade will come through new product development. And yet, more than half of senior executives declare themselves unsatisfied with the financial returns of product innovation. Consumer goods Innovation Product development'

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2014

Rather it’s an on-going nipping and tucking of organizational resources to achieve both growth and efficiency at multiple levels: the company overall, the operating group level, and even within functional groups like human resources and information technology. As a result, organization design is no longer just a big bang event.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Toffel : The interesting thing about the risk lens is if everyone started paying attention to risks, I suspect it would lead to both more product innovation and investing in more-resilient operations and supply chains. The result will be innovation. Is that a useful tool for other leaders?

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 10, 2025

It provides a structured approach to aligning resources, tracking progress, and ensuring strategic execution. Identify priorities and allocate resources effectively. Facilitates resource planning Helps allocate budgets, personnel, and technology effectively. Product development and innovation.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2025

The BCG Matrix , also known as the Growth-Share Matrix , is a strategic marketing tool developed by the Boston Consulting Group in the 1970s. It helps organizations analyze their product portfolio and allocate resources effectively by classifying products or business units based on market growth rate and relative market share.

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Qmarkets

JANUARY 7, 2025

Without a structured approach to evaluation, many promising concepts are overlooked, resulting in missed opportunities for growth and innovation. A well-designed idea evaluation process helps businesses filter, refine, and prioritize ideas, ensuring that resources are allocated to opportunities with the highest potential impact.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2015

How can you tell if the product you are working on is likely to succeed or fail? Kill: Set clear timelines, milestones, and criteria for product development in new market areas. If real products do not emerge according to plan, kill the project. The final major product development challenge is market timing.

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