Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

Here’s a guide to managing a rapidly expanding business…. Have a Medium-Term Goal, and Stick to It. When you drew up your business plan, it’s pretty much a given that you set a range of short and long-term goals, but what about medium-term ones? Set yourself some medium-term goals, and stick to them!

Short-term 63

Short-term Long-term Stage-Gate Mentor 63

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

It tends to be short-term, uses familiar (traditional) metrics and development systems like Stage Gate. Management involvement tends to happen only when the ideas are "ready" to be pushed up and sometimes even that isn't necessary. In pursuit of breakthrough, management is not the enemy as it is so often portrayed.

Process 15

Process Innovation Stage-Gate Net Present Value 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2013

The following highly condensed fictional case study draws on their paper “Anatomy of a Decision Trap in Complex New Product Development Projects” in Academy of Management Journal. Commentaries by project manager Roger Thomas and researcher Kim van Oorschot provide frameworks for understanding the team’s decisions.

Stage-Gate 8

Stage-Gate Innovation Execution Management 8

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. The performance engine is bigger, is the center of power, and can justify resources based on short term financial results.

Critical Success Factor 15

Critical Success Factor Innovation Stage-Gate Succession 15

Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

It has a lower cost-per-lead-acquisition than paid traffic when viewed over the long-term (2+ years). They somehow manage to engage with their audience consistently by constantly putting out articles, infographics, or anything of value, not just in content marketing but also in sales. It grows sales.

Marketing 105

Marketing Content Audience Brand 105

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

Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

What I do in that time sets the stage for the day I will have. Over the years, as I’ve tried to patiently persist and actively trust, I’ve found that God’s plan always unfolds for my long-term benefit, even if things get rough in the moment. My quality of life dramatically improved when I began a short, simple morning ritual.

Succession 316

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