Tagged: innovation

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Why you should use outside product managers

Note: This was originally published on the 3Pillar blog and has been republished with permission An engineering candidate asked me why a product development services company like us has product managers. I loved the...

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The Outsourced Innovation Colony

This was originally published on Product Development Success Medium and enterprise companies are working hard to stay competitive and avoid being overturned by startups that are more innovative and nimble. They are trying innovation...

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What Henry Ford Got Wrong and Right About Customers

If you advocate for including customers in the product development process you are going to inevitably will be confronting this: “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.”...

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Anatomy of an Innovative Team: Discipline

Note: This is the third in a series of posts about what is needed on an innovative team. Previous posts were on empathy and inquisitiveness  A new idea is exciting and addictive. You can...

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Anatomy of an Innovative Team: Inquisitiveness

Note: This is the second in a series of posts about what is needed on an innovative team. The first was about empathy.  In our office there is always a lot of discussion in...

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Anatomy of an Innovative Team: Empathy

Note: This is the first in a series of posts about what is needed on an innovative team. Teams should have different types of thinkers with different skills sets but these competency areas are...