The Spanish Armada was one of the most vast and powerful naval fleets in history. Though feared across the seas, it met its eventual demise to the British because it hadn’t accounted for its own shortcomings. While the Armada specialized at ramming and boarding ships, the English navy employed a... Read More

Don’t you love watching the relay race in track & field? After a leg or two, victory may seem inevitable for one team. But in a flash, the trajectory of the race may turn as one runner dramatically gains on another. Once the baton is handed to the anchor, fortunes could completely flip. High drama!... Read More

So you’ve done your market research, you’ve developed your genius new product and you’ve just launched it for all the world to experience. Read More

So you’ve got a great product idea and you want to transform that into a tangible, profitable reality. Welcome to the “in-development” stage of the product lifecycle. This stage is all about researching your market and user needs, testing and validating your idea with live audiences and crafting a... Read More

The best chefs will tell you that a great meal isn’t salty, but salt is absolutely critical to bringing out the flavor a dish already has. At Sopheon, we like to think of our customers as the main course and our innovation management software, Accolade,Innovation Management, as the seasoning. The... Read More

Innovation isn’t stagnant. There’s no resting on laurels or patting oneself on the back for extended periods. Or, as New England Patriots football coach Bill Belichick succinctly put it, “To live in the past is to die in the present.” That’s how Sopheon approached the development of our innovation... Read More

Knowing why your product exists and how it contributes value to the business is critical for its success. Without this, product managers risk wasting time and resources on products that lack value and struggle to make a lasting impact in the marketplace. The best products are founded on a company's... Read More

Innovation efforts can be many things, but it should be predictable at its core. When many hear the word innovation, we think of creative brainstorming sessions where anything goes. And while creativity is critical to the process, continuous innovation must be structured to make it repeatable and... Read More

Before becoming a product person, I studied microbiology and cell science in college (quite a transition, I know). As a result, I’ve always been intrigued by the concept of a catalyst. In science, a catalyst is an object that increases the frequency of successful collisions in a reaction and lowers... Read More

ChatGPT can be a valuable productivity improvement tool for product managers when we understand what it excels at and keep its limitations in mind. Read More