Managers face different challenges at different phases of innovation.
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The first thing to understand is the phases of innovation. Once you understand the broad phases of innovation, you can determine where your particular product is on the S-curve. read more
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The second thing to understand is the process of identifying potential projects, nurturing them, building prototypes, and finally launching products. read more
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The third thing to understand is which skills and capabilities you need at each phase, and why the creative team that starts the project is not the right team to maintain the project throughout its lifecycle. read more
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"Instilling an Innovative Mindset," a full-day workshop for individual contibutors. You will learn
- to promote and foster an environment where innovation flourishes,
- to step back, look at trends and the big picture, and analyze what the trends indicate
- to adapt, learn new things and grow
- to inspire others with your personal passion
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"Leading Innovation," a two-day workshop for engineering managers, delivered by Leslie Martinich. Participants will learn practices listed above as well as
- how to build an innovation ecosystem
- the role of relationships, networking and customers
- the skills required for participation in an innovation hub
- dealing with failure
- how to manage an innovation portfolio
- metrics to measure
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Radical Innovation: How Mature Companies Can Outsmart Upstarts
by Richard Leifer, Christopher M. McDermott , Gina Colarelli O'Connor , Lois S. Peters, Mark P. Rice, Robert W. Veryzer, Mark Rice
Harvard Business School Press, 2000 |
