Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2018

About two-thirds of agile practitioners report higher team morale, increased productivity, greater ability to manage changing priorities, and faster time to market than they were experiencing before. It drives continuous improvement as teams attack constraint after constraint in pursuit of perfection. We clarify goals.

Bureaucracy 11

Bureaucracy Agility Energy Constraint 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2018

And if their initial guesses were wrong, they needed a process that would permit them to change early on in the product development process when the cost of changes were small — the famed “pivot.” Startups now had tools that sped up the search for customers, reduced time to market, and slashed the cost of development.

IPO 8

IPO First-mover Advantage Business Model Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Frugal innovation is the ability to innovate cost-effectively and sustainably under severe resource constraints. For example, Siemens, the German industrial giant, is using its R&D teams in India and China to develop minimalist solutions that deliver higher value to customers. In sum, CEOs need a frugal innovation agenda.

CEO 15

CEO Innovation Restructuring Incentives 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Frugal innovation is the ability to innovate cost-effectively and sustainably under severe resource constraints. For example, Siemens, the German industrial giant, is using its R&D teams in India and China to develop minimalist solutions that deliver higher value to customers. In sum, CEOs need a frugal innovation agenda.

CEO 8

CEO Innovation Restructuring Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

There are core competencies that every PM must have – many of which can start in the classroom – but most are developed with experience and good role models and mentoring. Managing tight deadlines, revenue targets, market demands, prioritization conflicts, and resource constraints all at once is not for the faint of heart.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Core Competence Management 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

As a practitioner of a design-led form of product development, and in my own research and writing about an empathetic approach to product design, I’m overtly critical of the Lean manifesto. Lean proposes a “test and measure” process of product development. But what is lost? Leverage A/B testing to compare variations.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Reis Definition 8