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 | Mar 8, 2017 | Innovation Management, ValuePoint™
Shift Portfolio Mix A good portfolio is not merely a collection of good projects. For example, a portfolio containing lots of risky projects can actually have lower overall risk than a portfolio of projects that individually have low risk. Lots of low-risk projects in...
by Don Creswell | Jun 8, 2016 | Innovation Management, ValuePoint™
Suzanne stared at her computer screen as she prepared her presentation for the decision board. She nervously tapped her fingers, wondering how she could possibly convince these tough birds that her product idea had great promise, despite a lot of uncertainty around...
by David Matheson | Jun 12, 2015 | Innovation Management
Drive Growth with Product Innovation When most people think of product innovation, they think of new ideas and new ways to solve a problem. But that’s only half of the picture. Real innovation requires understanding whether an idea can actually succeed in the market....
by Don Creswell | Feb 4, 2015 | Innovation Management, ValuePoint™
Connecting Innovation with Finance to Drive Profitable Growth In a continuation of last month’s reflection on a panel session at the Back End of Innovation (BEI) conference, “Connecting Innovation with Finance to Drive Profitable Growth”, we discuss what needs to...
by Don Creswell | Jan 15, 2015 | Innovation Management, ValuePoint™
David Matheson, President and CEO of SmartOrg, was recently joined by Arpit Dwivedi of 3M, Jeff Pierce from Pitney Bowes, Aleksandro Grabulov from Philips and Rich Duncombe formerly of HP and now with ICS, in a session titled Connecting Innovation with Finance to...