by David Matheson | Sep 28, 2017 | Strategic Portfolio Management
These invented methods each create a visual analytic aid: the Tornado Chart, the Project Uncertainty Chart, the Innovation Screen, the CFO Chart, and the P&L Roll-Up Use the Tornado Chart to identify upside factors By focusing on the uncertain factors that drive...
by David Matheson | Sep 26, 2017 | Resources
Order the book on Amazon.com. Creating Value Through Strategic R&D Why do some firms deliver a stream of successful products and services while others continually make poor R&D decisions? According to the Mathesons, successful firms have internalized the nine...
by David Matheson | Sep 12, 2017 | ValuePoint™
Making Quality Decisions Recently, I moderated a webinar presented by the Society of Decision Professionals. The presenter, Carl Spetzler of SDG, titled his presentation, “Decision Quality for Everyday Significant Decisions–when Decision Professionals will not be...
by David Matheson | Aug 9, 2017 | Strategic Portfolio Management, ValuePoint™
Community of practice followup At this year’s SmartOrg Community of Practice (see note), the participants explored one of the most important questions in innovation and product development: what stops us from thinking big? Too many companies manage opportunities with...
by David Matheson | Aug 9, 2017 | Innovation Management
Thinking Big, A Lesson from SmartOrg’s Community of Practice At this year’s SmartOrg Community of Practice (see note), the participants explored one of the most important questions in innovation and product development: what stops us from thinking big? Too many...
by David Matheson | Jul 12, 2017 | Strategic Portfolio Management, ValuePoint™
Achieving Breakthrough Growth Your innovation portfolio is the engine that drives your future growth. How do you rev up that engine’s power? In our webinar in June, Shawn Williams of Rogers Corporation shared his experience in applying rigorous portfolio management...
by Stuart Creque | Jun 15, 2017 | Event
Webinar Replay with Shawn Williams (June 15, 2017) Join Shawn for the story of how Rogers turned a 40% increase in investment in R&D into a 160% increase in the value of its R&D portfolio. Shawn is the VP of R&D for Rogers Corporation, an engineered...
by Somik Raha | Jun 6, 2017 | Strategic Portfolio Management, ValuePoint™
Three Pivots and What I Learned from Them When the course of action you are on is no longer taking you where you want to go, it’s time to pivot to a new course. In a presentation to the Back End of Innovation conference last November, I shared how I pivoted at three...
by Stuart Creque | Apr 25, 2017 | Event
Webinar Replay A SmartOrg webinar with Julia Reznick, TEVA Pharmaceuticals Julia Reznick is the VP of Global Portfolio and Pipeline for Teva Global Specialty Medicine, a division of the Top Ten global pharmaceutical company. In 2010, Teva faced the imminent expiration...
by David Matheson | Apr 12, 2017 | Strategy, ValuePoint™
A Silicon Valley company recently asked SmartOrg to help with their growth challenge. They knew that to really grow, they needed to identify technology inflection points that defined the next big waves that they could ride. But as their company grew and their industry...
