by David Matheson | Oct 6, 2016 | Resources
A company’s portfolio of innovation and new product development projects is its engine for growth. New products and product and technology innovations replace products that are at end of life, and they provide the company a way into expanded and new markets. You...
by David Matheson | Sep 6, 2016 | Strategic Portfolio Management, ValuePoint™
Your portfolio of innovation projects is the engine that drives the growth and market leadership you need to survive and thrive. It’s critical that you tune that engine for the greatest power to drive your growth, and not flood it with too many projects. The idea that...
by David Matheson | Jul 13, 2016 | Strategic Portfolio Management, ValuePoint™
Big Growth Goals SmartOrg knows that if one of our customers has a problem, there’s a good chance another of our customers has already solved it. SmartOrg held an inaugural Community of Practice event to let its client base of innovation portfolio managers benefit...
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...