Innovation and product development are strategic choices a company makes to compete to win. As such we can think of innovation and new...

No matter how good a potential invention appears on paper and in the R&D lab, if it doesn’t fundamentally address a specific outcome or...

Accelerating the time it takes to identify and transform a great idea into a successful new product should be on top of your list to...

The strategy making process advocated by Martin and Lafley (Playing To Win) should generate three to six possible strategies worth...

In my last article “Why Promising Bold Ideas Often Never See the Light of Day,” I identified a major reason why bold new ideas and...

By definition, a bold new idea is a departure from the status quo. It invokes fear and discomfort amongst the establishment. Bold ideas...

This past week I experienced great customer service and lousy customer service. Both companies offered great innovative products. But one...

In my last article I asked the question “is your strategy bold and exciting, or safe and comfortable, but dull? In other words, is your...

I recently read an article by Roger Martin titled “The Big Lie of Strategic Planning” in January/February 2014 issue of HBR. It really...

Why is it that so many company’s don’t plan adequately for the future?  Is it because it’s too hard to predict, so why bother?...

I attended the Silicon Valley Product Camp last weekend and had an opportunity to meet with product management professionals, both...

In our last article, we defined the first step in the innovator’s playbook is to set a direction based on the current jobs categories a...

The Jobs-To-Be-Done (J2BD) innovation framework provides the structure and a repeatable process to dive deeply into a customer’s problem...

What makes a product successful in the market place? What are the predictable indicators that a concept has the “right stuff” to be a...

I worked with a tech company, let’s call them Technovation, who had created what appeared to be on paper, a game changing new product....

I have observed many companies who go form market leaders to market goats, despite an impressive technology and R&D capability. Once at...

Predicting if a new innovation will be adopted and the time it will take, would be of course,  valuable information a company could use...

Recall form last week’s article I discussed the phenomenon of the discontinuity in the technology adoption lifecycle curve between the...

The Technology Adoption Lifecycle model (figure 1) predicts how the innovation moves from left to right through the five groups until its...

In my last article on diffusion theory, I introduced you to the diffusion “S” curve and the diffusion “Bell” curve, better known as the...