How Dyson Innovates: a Product Development and Innovation Lesson from the News
Can you answer this: What innovative product weighs less than five pounds, is increasingly popular with consumers, and…
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No Temper Tantrums Required – Becoming a Disruptive Entrepreneur to Beat Competitors: Product Development and Innovation Lesson from the News
If you’ve waited until now to dive into learning more about product development and innovation, you have great…
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Netflix Teaches Us More than Binge-Watching: Product Development and Innovation Lesson from the News
Fast Company named Netflix as one of their “Most Innovate Companies for 2014″ and it’s no surprise. Netflix…
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“It’s the Product-Market Fit, Stupid” – the Key to Sustainable Innovation: Product Development and Innovation Lesson from the News
Last week I wrote about a losing product development and management strategy – ignoring or misunderstanding a product’s…
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Don’t be a Loser – What Product Managers Need to Know about Product Ecosystems: Product Development and Innovation Lesson from the News
Let’s test your memory. What do you remember, if anything, about the Segway? The Sony Reader for e-books?…
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Steve Job’s 7 Innovation Secrets: Product Development and Innovation Lesson from the News
With the rumored iPhone 6 in development, now is a good time to take a look at the…
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3+ Ways of Finding Eureka Moments: Product Development and Innovation Lesson from the News
Many successful product development ideas have come to people in the shower in a sudden flash of inspiration….
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3 Tips for Innovation Inspiration: Product Development and Innovation Lesson from the News
Innovation relies on inspiration. Keeping yourself motivated to find new sources of inspiration and creativity management is integral…
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Big Data & Learning from Amazon for Innovation in Health Care: Product Development and Innovation Lesson from the News
Is health care in need of real innovation? This is like asking if the sun is hot. Of…
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How to Find your Innovation Inspiration: Product Development and Innovation Lesson from the News
In Plato’s early treatise, entitled Republic, he concluded that “necessity is the mother of invention,” but I like…
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Blimps+Turbines Go BATs: Product Development and Innovation Lesson from the News
If you are living in a U.S. city, you may take one commodity for granted: electricity. But in…
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Biomimicry – Aping Nature to Innovate: Product Development and Innovation Training Lessons from the News
As I have traveled the US for the last several months visiting innovators I have also seen many…
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Turning School Lunch from Yuck to Yay with Design Thinking: Product Development and Innovation Training Lessons from the News
How much did your grade school cafeteria resemble the design of a soup kitchen? When you think of…
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Avoid the Herd to Create a Culture of Innovation: Product Development and Innovation Training Lessons from the News
Think back to the times in your life when you have felt most excited and creative, and then…
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4 “Musts” for Successful Collaboration: Product Development and Innovation Training Lesson from the News
At Harvard’s Kennedy School, the classes, and indeed, the building itself, are set up to foster studying in…
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How Failing Drives Innovation: A Product Development and Innovation Lesson from the News
An article in Forbes India tells us to embrace failure as a critical learning opportunity in the innovation…
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The Guide to Product Management
If you are involved with product development and management, then this is a book you need to know…
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6 Changes to Make You an Innovative Thinker: A Product Development and Innovation Training Lesson from the News
“[I]n the 21st century, we are being nudged forward—by our customers, our employers, our economy, and by the…
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A Product Development and Innovation Training Lesson from the News
This week has brought many interesting product announcements that contain lessons for product developers, managers, and innovators. Below…
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Determine Your Company’s Innovation Strategy
Strategy can be simply thought of as how the game is played. When playing a game like chess,…
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Grasping the Whole Customer Experience Is Key: A Product Development and Innovation Training Lesson from the News
Your company is working on an innovation that you think will attract more customers—but have you asked yourself,…
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When One Idea Fails, Product Developers Pivot: Product Development and Innovation Training Lessons from the News
You wouldn’t think that cookstoves would be such a hard thing to design. After all, the concept of…
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Creating a Culture of Innovation: Product Development and Innovation Training Lessons from the News
Recent travels have led me to consider the type of corporate environment—or culture—that would be most receptive to…
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Niche Innovation’s Cautionary Tale: A Product Development and Innovation Training Lessons from the News
Let’s say you are walking along a crowded street during your lunch break in mid-Manhattan—or San Francisco or…
