Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2024

Platforms like Kickstarter and Indiegogo have not only broadened access to funding to companies that might struggle in the capital markets but have also transformed the way companies connect with consumers during product development, replacing focus groups with real customers who have a stake in the final product.

Productivity 18

Productivity Products Focus Group Analysis 18

Mills Scofield

DECEMBER 5, 2014

This guest post by Amir Golan , VP of Business Development at Signals , shows how important it is to look for the small signals and patterns in big data that are easily lost. after years of being the market leader in a specific product category, they quickly begin to lose market share, they wanted to introduce their product into a new market.

Stage-Gate 128

Stage-Gate Productivity Products Innovation 128

Ron Edmondson

MARCH 5, 2020

This may need to be the subject of another post, but one example of how I have tried to address this lid is with what I call “focus groups”. Whenever we are stalled in an area of ministry, I like to invite different voices to brainstorm and develop new ideas. I wrote a post on innovative ways to develop people , as an example.

Bureaucracy 56

Bureaucracy Brainstorming Guidelines Edmondson 56

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Businesses are more profitable and productive when they act ethically, treat their staff well, and communicate better with their customers, according to the latest Lady Geek Global Empathy Index. Many British firms have been slow to recognize the direct correlation between corporate empathy and growth and productivity. Alibaba Group.

Tourism 8

Tourism Telecommunications Automotive Company 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

But recent advances in digital production and distribution (prompted by companies like Netflix, Hulu, and Redbox) have extended the overall productivity and reach of the film industry. The resulting spike in both supply and demand for movies has created fierce competition for financing.

Film 15

Film Franchising Budgeting Audience 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

But recent advances in digital production and distribution (prompted by companies like Netflix, Hulu, and Redbox) have extended the overall productivity and reach of the film industry. The resulting spike in both supply and demand for movies has created fierce competition for financing.

Film 15

Film Franchising Budgeting Audience 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2013

By sheer happenstance, I had just gotten a copy of Gemba Walks , a collection of essays by James Womack , a co-author of the automotive classic The Machine That Changed The World and a pioneering importer of Toyota-inspired lean production insights and methodologies to America. What does it mean for your company and industry?

Innovation 8

Innovation Lean Production Disintermediation Automotive 8