innovation

19 Jul

Posted at 11:06h in Consulting, Ideation, innovation, Leadership Coaching, Marketing, Milennials, Product Development (NPD), Random by
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The co-working movement may be considered the latest fad, but it has been around for decades under different names and forms.  Cross-organizational or cross-functional teamwork is the basis of many existing business processes.  Co-location of teams and matrixed organizations are also well known. Marketing, product development...

15 Jun

Posted at 11:09h in Consulting, Ideation, innovation, Marketing, Product Development (NPD), product management, Project Management by
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Writing a resume or job description? Preparing to interview a product manager candidate or be interviewed for a product manager job? I was recently asked to identify characteristics of a great product manager. If functional expertise is a given, then what are the characteristics that take a product...

22 Nov

Posted at 10:16h in Brand Management, Channel marketing, innovation, Marketing, Product Development (NPD), product management, Roadmapping by
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This is timely Greg, I was just in a discussion about Channel Marketing yesterday. From my product marketing perspective, and at a very high level, I explain product marketing as 'where we play and how we win with our consumers' and channel marketing as 'where we...

08 Mar

Posted at 16:57h in concept development, Consulting, Ideation, innovation, Portfolio Management, Product Development (NPD), product management, Project Management, Roadmapping by
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Is Everyone Fighting for Resources? 6 Steps to Better Portfolio Management 1. Have a standing cross-organizational portfolio team: A Portfolio Analysis and Recommendation Team - 'PART' with a structure, process, cadence,  measures, metrics and portfolio goals will create an efficient and credible environment for portfolio issues to be...

25 Feb

Posted at 06:29h in Brand Management, concept development, Consulting, Ideation, innovation, Marketing, Portfolio Management, Product Development (NPD), product management, Project Management, Roadmapping by
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Product and innovation managers! You are falling short of your goals, yet you are effectively and efficiently conducting your gated projects and you are analyzing and optimizing your portfolio scenarios. Your problem may not be your skill and capability level at these processes but instead, after...

02 Oct

Posted at 11:16h in concept development, Ideation, innovation, Marketing, Portfolio Management, Product Development (NPD), product management by
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Is focusing your front end frustrating? Thinking out-of-the-box puts fun into your funnel! It is interesting and creative.  It may be a useful way to approach problem solving and spark innovation.   But is your team drunk on divergent thinking?  At some point brainstorming becomes unproductive.  It...