product management
Eyes on the Prize – In a CoIN a flexible approach to changing conditions means more wins
In his fascinating research on collaborative innovation Peter Gloor, a Research Scientist at MIT’s Sloan School for Management Center for Collective Intelligence, identified a model he termed CoIN for, Collaborative Innovation Networks. He first named this model in the popular press in his book, Swarm Creativity: Competitive Advantage through Collaborative Innovation Networks. His stated goal [...]
Innovation Trapped – Rethinking the flow of ideas to market
I think we do need to move very swiftly in creating value for consumers and reacting to the economics.
- Brian Becker
On BusinessWeek’s website recently (November 9, 2009), Vivek Wadhwa posted a ViewPoint column focused on the implication of globally outsourced innovation. While what he reviewed was not necessarily earth-shattering in its revelations it did highlight [...]
The Future of Improved Team Performance Begins With Individual Self-awareness
The future of improved designs for organization structures (including their systems and process models) is fundamentally grounded in the self-awareness of the individuals of which they are comprised. If we don’t know ourselves how can we help others to help us achieve our goals? When this principle is considered in light of an expanded need for innovation, not just in product and service development, but in the way we engage with our customers and markets, it is vital that self-awareness be an anchor tenet of our approach to improving team performance over time.
Squeezing more ideas from product teardowns – McKinsey Quarterly – Operations – Product Development
Margin improvements from product teardowns.
Squeezing more ideas from product teardowns – McKinsey Quarterly – Operations – Product Development.
See their interactive here, too.
People are People – Teams do not equal performance
People are people
So, why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully?
- Depeche Mode, song “People are People”
All organizations are seeking to do more with less. The rising unemployment rates around the world are testament to the fact that dynamic movement of people between organizations has gone, at least for the time being. [...]
Where Great Workplaces Start
From the Blog Where Great Workplaces Start – The Keys to Creating an Innovative Organization
Where Great Workplaces Start.
Research seems to suggest that there are two “entry-ways” towards innovation. Both opportunity and necessity/limited resources stimulate creativity. In fact, in addition to new opportunities that present themselves (such as new technology), pressing problems, necessities and distress [...]
Service Offerings
Primed Associates offers a set of services to meet the needs of an organization seeking to rapidly improve its return on innovation investment. See a more detailed overview of our service offerings here. No matter where you find yourself – be it wrestling with the place of innovation within your over-arching strategy, or tackling the [...]
Storytelling to lead and influence innovation
Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today.- Robert McAfee Brown
Stewart D. Friedman is Practice Professor of Management at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School in Philadelphia. He is the founding director of Wharton’s Leadership Program and of its Work/Life Integration Project, and the former head of Ford Motor’s Leadership [...]
Inaugural ProductCamp NYC
Last weekend I attended the inaugural ProductCamp NYC at the Downtown Association in Manhattan, NY. A great time was had by all. It was the “coming out” for the New York Product Management Association. Join their LinkedIn Group here
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