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 Don Creswell | May 4, 2016 | Strategic Portfolio Management, ValuePoint™
A Google search provides hundreds, maybe thousands of references to portfolio management. I grabbed this definition from a BBC “bite-size” reference: “Portfolio management is the centralized management of one or more portfolios, which includes identifying,...
by David Matheson | Mar 10, 2016 | Strategy
Neal Gutterson Vice President, Agricultural Biotechnology, DuPont Pioneer Talks Innovation Strategy Strategic course adjustments can be uncertain which compounds the change management effort. Strategic scenarios...
by Don Creswell | Oct 20, 2015 | Strategy, ValuePoint™
Where Does the Fault Lie? Garbage in, garbage out–or GIGO–has been with us since the early days of computing in the 1960s. In the field of computer science or information and communications technology, says Wikipedia, GIGO “refers to the fact that computers, since...
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...
