by David Matheson | Jun 14, 2021 | Strategic Portfolio Management, ValuePoint™
The panic sets in. Who can we blame? What excuses can we offer? How do we manage the surprise? It seems we aren’t going to hit our numbers. Next year we resolve to do better. We put more work into predicting the right number. We get more data. We get firmer...
by David Matheson | Feb 10, 2021 | Innovation Management
DuPont Safety & Construction Case Study: How DuPont S&C Revitalized Growth SmartOrg helped DuPont Safety & Construction cut through the clutter in its innovation portfolio to uncover hidden value and unlock rapid growth. Watch this 90-second overview, and...
by David Matheson | Feb 3, 2021 | Innovation Management, Strategic Portfolio Management
Dialogue to Drive New Growth If resources were unlimited, Innovation (R&D and New Product Development) and Finance would never be in conflict: every idea would be fully funded and staffed. In a resource-constrained world, Innovation and Finance often work at...
by David Matheson | Dec 9, 2020 | Strategic Portfolio Management, ValuePoint™
Big Growth Goals By the third day of SmartOrg’s annual Community of Practice for executives in Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM), one of the participants had an epiphany: “I used to think that SPM was just project roll-ups for reporting and make some incremental...
by David Matheson | Nov 12, 2020 | Innovation Management, ValuePoint™
The Paradox Innovation is important. The problem is it isn’t very effective. At a recent event, my colleague, Ralph Morales III, polled the audience on the importance and effectiveness of innovation, and a paradox emerged: innovation is important but ineffective. ...
