by Don Creswell | May 1, 2012 | Strategy, ValuePoint™
In our past three issues, Jim Matheson penned a series of articles, building from the reasons companies like Eastman Kodak and others fail from “brain death”, to Organizational IQ, which measures the ability of an organization to get smart and avoid brain damage. Much...
by David Matheson | Apr 9, 2012 | Innovation Management
The assumption that sound business judgment can be verified by gathering information from ongoing activities is a prevalent one. Organizations frequently find themselves in a situation where they think that they have made wise choices since they have: An authoritative...
by Jim Matheson | Mar 12, 2012 | Strategy, ValuePoint™
In my last ValuePoint, I introduced the concept of the Strategic Intelligence of an organization, and described it by the embodiment of Nine Principles of the Smart Organization, as illustrated in the figure. This kind of Organizational Intelligence, among other...
by Jim Matheson | Feb 8, 2012 | Strategy, ValuePoint™
Those who lost out Like many before it – Digital Equipment, NCR, Westinghouse, Motorola, Syntex, ATT, General Motors, etc. – Kodak has been put on corporate life support (bankruptcy). The world is watching to see if the company can be revived as a shadow of its former...
by David Matheson | Jan 16, 2012 | Principles of Strategic Portfolio Management, Strategic Portfolio Management, ValuePoint™
In past ValuePoint articles, Don Creswell has discussed the “R&D Grid” which was introduced in detail in “The Smart Organization” book by David and Jim Matheson. The grid has been renamed the “innovation screen” in Portfolio Navigator® but the function remains the...
by Don Creswell | Dec 7, 2011 | Strategic Portfolio Management, ValuePoint™
The “Business” Portfolio In the November 2011 issue of ValuePoint, I defined what I call the “business” portfolio to describe portfolio management that focuses on creating economic value from investments in R&D, NPD and Innovation. In this issue, I...
