by Doug Williams | Apr 10, 2024 | Event, ValuePoint™
You’ve been incubating your innovation for a year now and are heading into the final approval meeting to put serious money into the opportunity. As you enter the room, on your left sits the skeptical CFO, with her ever-present scowl firmly in place. You hope you’ve...
by David Matheson | Apr 9, 2024 | Innovation Management, ValuePoint™
[Updated 04-09-24] Breakthrough innovation takes an organization out of its familiar comfort zone into a realm of uncertainty. Unlike incremental innovations into existing product domains and markets where the behavior of technology and customers is well understood,...
by SmartOrg | Apr 8, 2024 | Event, Innovation Management
How product management teams can make better innovation decisions “Improving decision quality during Stage-Gate® reviews” This interview was conducted at the 2023 PDMA Inspire Innovation Conference in New Orleans and was sponsored by PDMA, the Product...
by SmartOrg | Oct 10, 2023 | Event
Are 25% of innovation decisions headed off the rails? At September’s PDMA Inspire Conference in New Orleans a few weeks back, Wayne Fisher of Rockdale Innovation and David Matheson of SmartOrg facilitated a session titled “Improving Decision making in...
by SmartOrg | Aug 23, 2023 | Event, Innovation Management
Master Class Webinar: Placing Big Bets Without Burning Bridges Innovation leaders know that getting wins on the board is essential for building momentum and gaining support for their initiatives. But it can be tough to get buy-in from internal stakeholders, especially...
by SmartOrg | Jul 6, 2023 | Event
Helping Decision Makers take the bold act of declaring a decision Society of Decision Professionals’ (SDP) Webinar Replay Decision Professionals often take the existence of a “Decision” for granted, but often the most important ones are declared as an act of...
by SmartOrg | Apr 17, 2023 | ValuePoint™
Learn how this graphical method helps clarify ideas Conflict, confusion, and analysis paralysis can be overwhelming when making decisions about innovation. Sometimes, we can even get into shouting matches over what’s important. Such issues can obscure opportunity...
by SmartOrg | Jan 19, 2023 | Event
Decision Leadership: The Head and the Heart of Decision Quality Society of Decision Professionals’ (SDP) Webinar Replay As a young decision professional, David Matheson of SmartOrg, used to think it was all about finding “the best” answer. As he gained...
by SmartOrg | Jan 10, 2023 | Event, Innovation Management
PDMA Inspire Conference - Get into the Discovery Zone Get into the Discovery Zone We know that as product professionals, we can sometimes fall into our comfort zones. We pursue the speed and sense of progress of Lean and Agile methods while often skipping over the...
by SmartOrg | Dec 1, 2022 | Innovation Management
What is in your innovation blind spot? Your Answer Lies in the Discovery Zone Organizational pressures may tempt you to play it safe. This rarely results in the high-impact insights that deliver dramatic new growth and build your reputation. SmartOrg has developed...
