July 01, 2009
The world has high hopes for research/technology leaders. You are expected to jump-start the global economy with innovations in areas such as green technology, biotechnology, stem cell cures,...
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May 01, 2009
Managers who lead high-performance teams in highly competitive industries must balance complex interpersonal relationships with corporate deadlines and quality standards. Pressure on the team to...
July 01, 2009
Many companies do not learn from their new product mistakes. Consequently, the mistakes are repeated, wasting millions, even billions, of R&D and marketing dollars every year. Product development...
July 01, 2009
The ability of internal R&D to contribute to a company’s revenue growth is weakened by the presence of conditions termed R&D Value Eroders TM. These conditions erode the relevance of R&D...
May 01, 2009
Science, math and technology have been struggling with an image problem. For some time now, our culture has glorified the worlds of sports and entertainment, leading children to believe that these...
May 01, 2009
Patience is a virtue, if one is willing to persevere during preparation, planning and execution (program completion). Impatience is a virtue, if one, reacting to what has been learned in the lab or...
March 01, 2009
Globalized R&D operations require far more than an offshore R&D center or a partnership with a low-cost country service provider. Early questions around “ Why globalize? †have been replaced...
January 01, 2009
Dow Chemical’s Polyolefins and Elastomers (PO&E) business was doing so poorly in 1991 that it was being considered for divestiture. This first of two articles describes how a five-step approach...
September 01, 2010
Product and business innovation are integral to corporate growth. Insights into improving the design and development process can help achieve better innovation outcomes. We report the findings of a...
January 01, 2009
When French company Groupe Bull prepared to merge with American firm Zenith Data Systems, American and French and engineers working for Bull discussed the difficulties of working with each other. As...
January 01, 2009
OVERVIEW: How to achieve a sustained competitive advantage that ensures long-term survival has become a major concern for managers of any company, but especially for managers of small and medium-...
January 01, 2009
OVERVIEW: Dow Chemical’s Polyolefins and Elastomers (PO&E) business was doing so poorly in 1991 that it was being considered for divestiture. This first of two articles describes how a five-step...
January 01, 2009
OVERVIEW: Even large firms cannot mobilize all the ideas, technology, business expertise, and market channels they need to deliver breakthrough products. A new model is rapidly emerging in which...
September 01, 2010
In 10 Rules for Strategic Innovators, Vijay Govindarajan and co-author Chris Trimble discuss what it takes to innovate inside established companies. He emphasizes three concepts: forgetting lessons...
September 01, 2010
OVERVIEW: Product and business innovation are integral to corporate growth. Insights into improving the design and development process can help achieve better innovation outcomes. We report the...
March 17, 2016
If you need to change your organization, to make it more efficient and effective, I advise you to first get acquainted with the thinking of W. Edwards Deming (1900–1993) and Russell Ackoff (1919–2009...