by David Matheson | Nov 20, 2013 | Innovation Management
Dennis Hong Dr. Dennis Hong of RoMeLa presented a very entertaining keynote at BEI13. I had an opportunity to chat with him following his talk and asked a few questions about his inspirations and how he designs and builds his robots. Here is a short summary of our...
by David Matheson | Sep 10, 2013 | Principles of Strategic Portfolio Management, Strategic Portfolio Management
The term “portfolio management” is a really confusing term. There are all kinds of portfolios: financial portfolios, R&D portfolios, NPD portfolios, innovation portfolios, insurance portfolios, and on and on. And then there are “strategic portfolios” —...
by David Matheson | Aug 26, 2013 | Strategy
Accelerating profitable growth with portfolio management A recent study shows that strategic portfolio management is a great way to accelerate profitable growth in your company. The PMI Pulse of the Profession In-Depth Report on Portfolio Management based on an annual...
by Don Creswell | Jun 5, 2013 | ValuePoint™
Measurable Uncertainty and Unmeasurable Uncertainty Oxymorons? At first I thought so. If it’s uncertain, how can it be measurable. Then I ran across the writings of Frank Knight, a renowned economist and a founder of the so-called Chicago school of economic thought....
by Somik Raha | Jun 3, 2013 | Professional Development, Strategy
Framing decisions is arguably the hardest aspect of decision analysis. This is because when framing, you have to simplify down to the things that really matter the most. If you do this incorrectly, you can end up with a complicated mess or you constrain the problem...
by David Matheson | May 22, 2013 | Strategic Portfolio Management
Too Many Projects, Not Enough Resources One of the most common problems I have encountered in portfolio management is too many projects and not enough resources. Most people who are feeling this pain often immediately look for a solution that will help them better...
by Don Creswell | Jan 21, 2013 | ValuePoint™
It All Depends In response to the rhetorical question posed in the title of this month’s article, my answer is “it all depends.” If the decision at hand is fairly straightforward; if the decision maker has considerable experience and if the impact of a poor or bad...
by David Matheson | Dec 4, 2012 | Strategy
Company Description Verathon Inc. (a subsidiary of Roper Industries) is a medical device company whose mission is to provide state-of-the-art devices that offer innovative improvements in patient care. Products include electromechanical systems for use in health care...
by David Matheson | Nov 2, 2012 | Innovation Management
Lego nearly went bankrupt because of its innovation. Looking for new growth around the turn of the century, they took expert advice on how to grow through innovation and tried everything: open innovation, disruptive innovation, blue ocean, walking in their customers...
by David Matheson | Oct 26, 2012 | Innovation Management
At the recent Back End of Innovation conference, Ron Adner, author of The Wide Lens, gave real insight into one of the holy grails of innovation: how can you be successful when you need to create a new ecosystem? The almost tired example of the iPod illustrates what...
