One of the things we recognize as we work with customers about to undertake this kind of initiative is that it can be daunting. There is a lot to do. Further, the work can be risky from a personal as well as professional standpoint. It would be great if we could just show up, deliver and implement... Read More

For innovation initiatives to have the most impact, they must be tied to the strategic objectives of the company. Too often, I've seen R&D managers working in the dark, not knowing what is important to the company or to the customer. If R&D managers don't know their company's priorities, they can't... Read More

Editor's note: This is the first in a series of three blog posts over the coming weeks. Read More

Editor's note: This is the second in a series of three blog posts. Read More

Editor's note: This is the first in a series of three blog posts. Read More

People often ask me about the innovation, new product development, and portfolio management trends I'm seeing in the field. For many years, I saw that companies' first priority was to automate the gated development process. That is, companies needed to automate the process of moving new products... Read More

Innovation is often used when discussing software applications. There are many applications that support or somehow play a role in innovation and yet there are sometimes puzzled looks and misunderstandings when the term innovation is used. One person's view of innovation can be very different than... Read More

Research shows that five barriers impede consumer goods companies from generating more high-value ideas to put into their product pipelines. Below are those barriers, along with suggestions for how to overcome them. Read More

One must consider resource implications when determining an optimal portfolio investment scenario. Insufficient resources available to deliver a given portfolio is the norm, so one must conduct a process to select a subset of the portfolio to be funded. A portfolio funding approach which selects... Read More

To gain the most benefit from their innovation efforts, companies need to manage their innovation process. The early phases of the innovation process – namely, idea gathering, idea development, and idea review – are particularly important to manage because they are typically the “fuzziest” and... Read More