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A Refresher on Discovery-Driven Planning

Harvard Business Review

Their goal was to help entrepreneurs and those inside established companies adopt a new approach, “one better suited to high-potential projects whose prospects are uncertain at the start.” ” Step 2: Do benchmarking. Ask yourself “what would need to be true to achieve the outcomes you are seeking.”

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The 5 Requirements of a Truly Innovative Company

Harvard Business Review

By now, your company probably has a new busi­ness incubator, an idea wiki, a disciplined process for mining customer insights, an awards program for successful innovators, and maybe even an outpost in Silicon Valley—all fine ideas—and yet, most likely, it still struggles to meet its growth goals and seldom thrills its customers.