Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2014

If it’s the former, that question you raised will be carefully considered and may trigger ongoing discussion — and possibly action — by the company’s managers and leaders. Ries points out that at most companies, “the resources flow to the person with the most confident, best plan. So why open the floodgates?

Company 11

Company Ries Christensen Innovation 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

Most of the executives I meet with, regardless of their industry, now promote UX as key to their product strategy. For a designer like myself, it''s easy to recognize which executives know their products intimately, and which manage from a spreadsheet. This product-centric mindset is not entirely new. Customers" Have Become "Users".

Leadership 11

Leadership Ries CEO Productivity 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2012

They're bad at innovation by design: All the pressures and processes that drive them toward a profitable, efficient operation tend to get in the way of developing the innovations that can actually transform the business. However, in the process of unleashing this potential, leaders must make sure their innovators develop sustainability.

Innovation 15

Innovation Company ROI Disruptive Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

GE is an icon of management best practices. That includes learning from the outside and striving to adopt certain start-up practices, with a focus on three key management processes: (1) resource allocation that nurtures future businesses, (2) faster-cycle product development, and (3) partnering with start-ups.

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Incubator Payback Period Ries 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2012

Software development is a frenzied decathlon of activity, constantly pressed on all sides by resource constraints, budgets and deadlines. Waterfall development lays the wrong foundation. In a waterfall development cycle, this phenomenon is all too common. Most software development teams today are feature-focused.

Agility 12

Agility Ries Constraint Software 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

In recent years, much has been written about how the Blockchain is poised to transform traditional industries such as banking, real estate, and healthcare. The publicity around the upcoming launch of an ICO that plans to raise several tens or even hundreds of million dollars is a related way to drive developer interest and engagement.

Cost 8

Cost Decentralization Finance Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2015

You may need people with relevant experience within a specific industry, the ability to perform a particular technical skill, or a talent for writing or presentation. People who judge prefer having closure, with all loose ends tied up, when managing tasks and making decisions. Innovative Teams (20-Minute Manager Series).

Diversity 8

Diversity Ries Creativity Groupthink 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2012

To become a complete man or woman, each must develop both sides of the psyche. He lays out the theory that has changed the way we think about innovation: disrupters enter the market with low-end or new market innovations and eventually upend an industry. With all this learning by doing, setbacks will be inevitable.

Books 13

Books Christensen Ries Disruptive Innovation 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

I talked with Rita McGrath, a professor at Columbia Business School, who together with Ian MacMillan, of the University of Pennsylvania’s business school, developed this classic methodology for planning innovation. In short, too many firms used conventional planning to manage their new ventures. What Is Discovery Driven-Planning?

Planning 9

Planning Benchmarking Project Competitive Advantage 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

In a McKinsey poll , 94% of the managers surveyed said they were dissatisfied with their company’s innovation performance. Over the past two decades, we’ve led dozens of innovation projects and have talked to thousands of managers about the challenge of building a high-performance innovation “engine.”

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2018

You’re probably familiar with the “minimum viable product” of Eric Ries’ Lean Start-Up fame; but here I’m talking about the acronymically identical “minimum viable pilot.” Fortunately, they tend to be manageable. Think “lean pilots.” ” Insight Center. Competing in the Future.

KPI 9

KPI Innovation Ries Banking 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2016

When my publication, Innovation Leader, surveyed 170 executives who work in R&D, strategy, and new product development roles at large public companies, we found that 82% said they’ve already deployed some elements of the lean startup approach. A faster cycle time for developing ideas.

Company 8

Company Airlines Ries Survey 8