Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

There is a big difference between “knowing that you can” and “deciding that you want to” and at Bettcher we use a toll gate product development process fashioned after Robert Cooper’s StageGate process. So into the “Scoping” stage we go and the learning begins.

Succession 70

Succession Industry Stage-Gate CFO 70

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2011

Note: This post was written with Mark Sebell and Jay Terwilliger, managing partners at Creative Realities, Inc., a Boston-based innovation management collaborative. Visible senior management involvement. So Stage-Gate models can unintentionally kill potentially big ideas.

Critical Success Factor 15

Critical Success Factor Innovation Stage-Gate Succession 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2011

In contrast, my client, the CEO of a new biotech company walks on stage, rolls up his shirt sleeve, and stops at the center of the stage. And venture capitalist John Doerr, who has invested in green technology, likes to say, "We can bail out the economy — we cannot bail out the environment."

Stage-Gate 15

Stage-Gate Venture Capitalist Reis Sports 15

Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

What is the number #1 characteristic of an employee/contract worker that hiring managers look for when hiring? What is the number #1 characteristic of an employee/contract worker that hiring managers look for when hiring? The #1 characteristic that I believe hiring managers seek in a candidate is flexibility. Initiative.

Career 74

Career Advice Succession Learning-by-Doing 74

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Data science for humans: the consumers of the output are decision makers like executives, product managers, designers, or clinicians. Decision scientist: Decision makers (executives, business leaders, product managers), data engineers, software engineers responsible for the applications generating data. They are modeling scientists.

Engineering 11

Engineering Software Metrics Stage-Gate 11

Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

What I do in that time sets the stage for the day I will have. It’s harder when I travel, but I’m getting creative when I have to dine out, and I know what foods are good for me, and which ones I need to avoid. The energy, focus, and creativity I gain from staying active and healthy allow me to work better and longer.

Succession 316

Succession Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Follow-up 316

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

It, too, was enthusiastically embraced by managers and policy makers, and was invoked to reshape practices in firms and government. Rational-experimental problem solving was built around a series of stages, each leading up to the identification of a solution. In some ways, that’s a good thing. Preserving the Status Quo.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Proposal Politics Policies 8