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...
by Somik Raha | Oct 14, 2011 | Innovation Management, ValuePoint™
When making decisions in organizations, we waste a lot of time chasing things that don’t matter. Sometimes, we even get into shouting matches over what’s most important. To make matters worse, we can often get into analysis paralysis, unable to move the ball forward....
