Book Review:The Innovation Masterplan
Many companies tout innovation in their marketing. Being perceived as innovative is important. But the message and reality can only diverge temporarily. A new book by Langdon Morris is providing a...
View ArticleHow to Leverage Results from your Research and find Buried Treasures
Every year hundreds of millions of pounds are spent on consumer and market research. All those involved in NPD will know how a myriad of research projects is deemed fundamental. Yet, managers across...
View ArticleInnovation’s Silent Killer
If they want to compete successfully in the future, companies should hold off on rapid ideation and faster commercialization until they take an unflinching look at what is truly stifling breakthrough...
View ArticleCore Competence Management in the Era of Open Innovation
“Core competences” are a major concept in managing innovations and technologies. In the era of Open Innovation, the established concept of core competence management needs to be updated. innovation-3’s...
View ArticleEstablishing the Foundations for a Balanced Innovation Portfolio
Corporate innovation programs can’t fulfill their potential without the right foundations in place. Many organizations are taking their programs across the enterprise. In this article we consider three...
View ArticleManaging your Brand by Uncovering Key Points of Inspiration
You’re the leading branded FMCG player in your market. You are a well-known and respected company with a long heritage of consistently outperforming other major brands. Yet, despite this heritage, you...
View ArticleEquipped to Face Tough Portfolio Decisions in 2013
If you manage a product portfolio, it's likely you have tough decisions to make in 2013. How will you make the tradeoffs, such as killing underperforming products and funding new ones? Do you have the...
View ArticleHow Crowdsourcing Impacts Innovation Portfolio Management
In this in-depth article we present how Open innovation meshes with crowd sourcing, drawing on ideation, market needs and opportunities, to fuel a balanced portfolio with actionable innovation...
View ArticleLive Web Event: Open Innovation Practices Applied to Corporate Venture...
With pressure to improve competitiveness and profitability on the increase, these tough economic times are highly demanding on any innovation strategy. There is a renaissance of corporate venturing as...
View ArticleFrom Chaos to Control: New Research Reveals the Global State of Resource...
In the newly released Resource Management and Capacity Planning Benchmark Study, research is identifying best practices to avoid wasting resources on the wrong opportunities, leading to profit loss and...
View Article7 Tips to Speed Time to Innovation
This article delves into the goals every organization should work toward to boost product development performance, looks at how these goals further a product organizations ability to bring innovative...
View ArticleImproving Time to Innovation: Process is Not the Enemy
While most companies see innovation as a competitive advantage, the ability to take an idea from concept to delivery is truly what sets one company apart from another. Achieving this level of...
View ArticleYour Consumer and the Innovation Equation – Why They May Not Be Involved Enough
Identifying (let alone creating) a new innovation that will dramatically grow your business is difficult. Line extensions and product / package refreshes will keep the business moving forward and...
View Article众包对创新组合管理产生怎样的影响？
在这篇文章中我们会深入讨论开放式创新怎样与众包，构思，市场需求和机遇保持一致，以便于在可行的创新挑战中或者《做正确的事》得到一个平衡的创新组合，这些可以通过需求导向的方法来寻求做正确事的根源。我们会用食品和饮料行业中一系列的例子说明创新的连续性。
View ArticleManaging Innovation Portfolios – Strategic Portfolio Management
Facing increasingly dynamic and unpredictable environments, firms are required to develop convenient innovation strategies, constantly adapt them to changing conditions and properly implement...
View Article从混乱到可控：新的研究揭示了资源管理和产能规划的整体情况
在最新公布的资源管理与产能规划基准研究中，专家们找到了企业组织避免在那些导致利润损失、错过市场机会的错误机会（即）上浪费资源的最佳实践方法。阅读多少研究结果以及你怎样评估你公司的成熟度，决定着你将面临什么挑战，并如何借鉴其他成熟、成功企业分享的最佳实践经验。
View ArticlePharmaX, the CEO’s Dilemma and Open Innovation – Part 2
In the first installment, Gordon the newly appointed CEO at Pharmax is confronted with an innovation gap of 5 years. Certainly, the potential of the portfolio is high, but the risks are even higher....
View ArticlePharmaX, the CEO’s Dilemma and Open Innovation – Part 3
In Parts 1 & 2, Gordon, newly appointed CEO of PharmaX, is confronted with a serious innovation gap in the next 5 years. His pipeline of projects is quality but high risk. From an arm’s length...
View ArticleManaging Innovation Portfolios – Operational Portfolio Management
This is the second of two articles, co-written by Ralph-Christian Ohr and Kevin McFarthing. In our previous post, we discussed how Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) ensures that the content of the...
View ArticleMaturing Innovation Management One Step at a Time
The fall conference season is winding down and this year I've had the privilege of attending and speaking at some great innovation events, sharing the newly launched Innovation Management Maturity...
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