by SmartOrg | Mar 16, 2021 | Event, Innovation Management
Disruptor Studio: Duolingo for Innovators Duolingo for Innovators with Ralph Morales III Finance is the lingua franca of business. Often disruptors talk about the impact, the change, the awesome future state. Yet financial stakeholders hear: “Blah, blah….blah, blah,...
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 SmartOrg | Feb 10, 2021 | Innovation Management
Opportunity Cost Cost of opportunity = the resources required to pursue a selected opportunity. Opportunity cost = the foregone value of the opportunities you did not select. When innovation projects are funded, they are still often neglected in favor of other...
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 | 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. ...
by David Matheson | Sep 30, 2020 | Innovation Management
When making decisions in organizations, we waste a lot of time chasing things that don’t matter. Sometimes, we even get into shouting matches over what’s most important. To make matters worse, we can often get into analysis paralysis, unable to move the ball forward....
