I’m currently attending a six-week course entitled “Strategy is Innovation” designed by Professor Vijay Govindarajan (VG). He is a Wall Street Journal and New York Times bestselling author, widely regarded as one of the world’s leading experts on strategy and innovation. While this course addresses the how an organization as a whole should implement the…
Businesses spent an awful lot of time talking about artificial intelligence and machine learning in 2017. It appears that 2018 is shaping up to be the year the talk trails off and morphs into reality. And that’s precisely the moment that CIOs and IT decision-makers at large companies are going to realize that for all…
There may be something rotten in your IT department, and if you don’t deal with it soon you could have a disaster on your hands. Things may look fine now. But the warning signs are already there; you just haven’t noticed them yet. The network is suddenly glitchy, simple problems are taking longer to fix,…
Business roadmaps establish a linkage from corporate strategies (the why) to releases (the when) and finally to features (the what) in a chronological plan. Strategic goals that are visually represented in a business roadmap keep stakeholders aligned and on track. Business development assumes that the operational strategy can be successfully executed. That’s not always the…
Project portfolio management is not a new concept. As technology executives, we all do it; and chances are that we are good at it based on traditional norms. This article is to redefine the art of the possible for project portfolio executives during digital transformation, and offer them a few new techniques. Project portfolio management…
Agriculture companies are always striving to produce better tasting, longer lasting fruits and vegetables. Whether it’s corn or berries, produce diminishes in value the minute it goes from the stalk or vine to the market. To read this article in full, please click here (Insider Story) Read More from This Article: Driscoll’s cultivates digital strategy…
In 1960, the life expectancy of S&P 500 companies was about 60 years. A typical executive born that year could expect to see just one complete wave of formation and extinction in their lifetime. Today, executives can expect half of the S&P 500 to disappear in the next 10 years. In our lifespans, creative destruction…
Obsession with prototyping Many teams use what they call a “kindergarteners’ approach” to come up with as many ideas as possible. It is a quick and fun way to experiment. To help with such prototyping, teams use tools ranging from paper napkins and sticky notes to 3D printing and computer simulation. To inspire ideas through…
Today’s B2B buyers aren’t satisfied with the status quo. They’re looking for rich, cross-channel buying experiences that make it easy to locate product information and complete purchases, similar to the experiences they enjoy when they shop on Amazon or other consumer sites. Buyers also want more control in the buying process. A recent McKinsey study…
What does a product manager do? Where do a product manager’s responsibilities begin and end? To answer the question, “What exactly is a product manager?” we need to understand the roots of the profession and the origin of the concept. Product management began with brand management and other tangible facets such as the look, pricing,…