Navigating the Perilous Waters of New Product Development: Invest or Not? – webinar replay

Did you miss this webinar?  Would you like to share it with someone?  Click here for the replay.  Here’s what you can expect:  Making the case for investment in your new product idea is a pretty challenging task – especially when there is uncertainty about

Measure Your Organizational IQ® – March 2012 ValuePoint

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By Jim Matheson, SmartOrg
In my last ValuePoint, I introduced the concept of the Strategic Intelligence of an organization, and described it by the embodiment of Nine Principles of the Smart Organization, as illustrated in the figure. This

Finding the electricity during framing

Framing decisions is arguably the hardest aspect of decision analysis, involving soft skills that are sensitive not just to what is being said, but also to what is not being said. Reading between the lines to get to the “electricity” that powers the decision-maker is a fine-art, and

Pharma CEO perspectives on Portfolio Management

At the recent Pharma CEO Summit, I ran a workshop with about 60 executives on best practices for portfolio management. We looked at three practice elements:  quantitative portfolio comparison, assessment of probability of success and using uncertainty in commercial evaluations.  You can see

And Now from Japan

And now from Japan – More Brain-Dead Companies!
The February ValuePoint Newsletter was titled “Kodak joins the pantheon of ‘Brain-Dead’ companies.”  Then the latest Economist (February 18 p70-71) featured the downfall of Japanese electronics giant NEC (Nippon Electric Company) saying “Today, NEC produces little that other