Niche Strategy and Product End-of-Life
A friend approached me the other day asking for a quick brainstorming session. Since he offered to by…
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LinkedIn Career Explorer—NPD Path Finder
Today I heard a Bloomberg Radio interview today with the director of college recruiting at PricewaterhouseCoopers talk about…
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Mergers & Acquisitions vs. Innovation
Does anyone wonder why mergers & acquisitions get so much attention? The media enjoys a love story and…
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From Project to Product Management
I recently had the opportunity to speak to the Rocky Mountain Product Development and Management Association. The topic…
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NPD for Project Managers
If we apply the famous lyrics of Louis Armstrong, “you like tomato and I like tomahto” to the…
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Nice Summer?
Well, on this unofficial last day of summer, I thought if fitting to briefly comment on the summer. …
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Winning the innovation war?
Recently I was reviewing the April 17-23, 2010 edition of “The Economist”. There within is a series of…
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At what stage or phase of new product development should a comprehensive business plan be developed?
This question came up in a workshop the other day! Many want to rush to a full blown…
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What is the difference in a Work Group and a Functional Team?
While work groups and functional teams are the same to some people, distinctions do exist. A work group…
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Jama Bradley Joins Product Mastery Now
I am delighted to announce that Jama Bradley, Ph.D, NPDP, PMP, has joined Product Mastery Now. She has…
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3 Reasons the Apple iPad is Not My Next eReader
Along with many others I was anxious to hear the details of the much awaited tablet from Apple. …
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Sustainability Redefined? 3 Required Components
OK, this post is overdue. I had thought the concept of sustainability was rather well understood but I…
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NPDP Certification: A New Year’s Resolution
If you are a project manager, a product manager, or invovled in innovation, you should be interested in…
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Sources of Innovation — The Power of Observation
One aspect of sustainable product innovation is very basic — where do we find ideas that lead to…
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Influencer: Organizational Culture Change — Doing More with Less
I am once again considering the question, “how do we create a culture of innovation?” Many people recognize…
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Sustainability for Free?
Many years ago quality guru Philip Crosby created a movement that shared the title of a book he…
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Multitasking a Barrier to Leading Sustainable Innovation?
Stanford researches announced a surprising finding last week — multitaskers are actually not good at multitasking. They constructed…
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Innovation Perspective from an Unlikely Source
I started my career as an engineer. Like many of my young colleagues at the time, I tended…
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Talent Shortage in Corporate India and Innovation
Could India be facing an employment crisis in the future? A Deloitte VP recently shared concerns that there…
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Leading Change to Create a Culture of Innovation
The differences between leadership and management are not merely academic. How an organization thinks about leading and managing…
