by SmartOrg | May 25, 2022 | GBS, Innovation Management
LinkedIn Video Series Building credibility for an innovation discovery plan How do we begin an innovation journey? How can we settle uncertainty without subjectivity? How do we measure impact? What is a proven financial modeling approach? Find a solution in Segment 2...
by David Matheson | Nov 11, 2021 | Strategic Portfolio Management, ValuePoint™
The meeting with the executive committee isn’t going to be easy—for yet another year, the company’s innovation efforts have yielded only lackluster growth. The head of the core business, which has been in a long, slow decline, will undoubtedly challenge you again: I...
by David Matheson | Jun 14, 2021 | Strategic Portfolio Management, ValuePoint™
The panic sets in. Who can we blame? What excuses can we offer? How do we manage the surprise? It seems we aren’t going to hit our numbers. Next year we resolve to do better. We put more work into predicting the right number. We get more data. We get firmer...
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...