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Aligning Innovation and Finance – Drive New Growth

by David Matheson | Feb 3, 2021 | Innovation Management, Strategic Portfolio Management

Dialogue to Drive New Growth If resources were unlimited, Innovation (R&D and New Product Development) and Finance would never be in conflict: every idea would be fully funded and staffed. In a resource-constrained world, Innovation and Finance often work at...

5th Annual Community of Practice 2020: Creating Breakthroughs

by David Matheson | Dec 9, 2020 | Strategic Portfolio Management, ValuePoint™

Big Growth Goals By the third day of SmartOrg’s annual Community of Practice for executives in Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM), one of the participants had an epiphany: “I used to think that SPM was just project roll-ups for reporting and make some incremental...

The paradox of important but ineffective innovation: Lean Operators and Courageous Companies

by David Matheson | Nov 12, 2020 | Innovation Management, ValuePoint™

The Paradox Innovation is important. The problem is it isn’t very effective. At a recent event, my colleague, Ralph Morales III, polled the audience on the importance and effectiveness of innovation, and a paradox emerged: innovation is important but ineffective. ...

How Big – Share & Penetration

by David Matheson | Oct 6, 2020 | Practitioners Guide to Project Evaluation, Professional Development

How Big? Share and Penetration Market share and penetration represent two different aspects of how innovation changes the world. Penetration represents how a new technology enters the world and its acceptance into the world. Market share represents how well you...