Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2012

For example, I'm sure that most innovation practitioners wouldn't put baseball researcher Bill James on their list, but his mission to find patterns, develop theories, and overturn orthodoxy has greatly influenced my own thinking. Lindegaard has spent the last few years developing practical guidance about "open innovation."

Innovation 15

Innovation Ries Mauborgne Open-book 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2013

Looking to develop and launch our business, we set our sights on one particular network — StockTwits. We developed a strategy to accomplish three goals across this social network: customer development, brand awareness, and traditional marketing and customer acquisition.

Ries 8

Ries Brand Early Adopters Media 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2014

Other start-ups develop a core technology that has myriad possible uses and they’re not quite sure which will be most appealing, so they plan to just put it out on the market and let customers decide. Approaches like these overlook the importance of brand strategy as the foundation for a successful launch.

Brand 9

Brand Ries Entrepreneur Agility 9

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. We developed this map after observing a small set of novice users try to complete the process. Many organizations are developing strategies to increase their UX capacity and promote product-centric entrepreneurship.

Leadership 11

Leadership Ries CEO Productivity 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2012

One of Blank's disciples, Eric Ries , turned his wildly popular Startup Lessons Learned blog into The Lean Startup , one of 2011's best business books. Let real customers use the product and learn from their feedback (Henry Mintzberg dubbed this process "emergent strategy" in an influential 1985 article [PDF] ).

Productivity 14

Productivity Products Ries Mintzberg 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Sometimes, it seems they've always loomed large: for decades, Michael Porter has been synonymous with strategy, and John Kotter with change management. One minute, you've never heard of Eric Ries , and the next he's on the cover of Inc. Skills development comes first. Build your platform. Embrace luck — and make your own.

Reputation 9

Reputation Case Study Ries Kotter 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2013

In my eyes, the work Steve Blank, Eric Ries, and others have done to provide a cogent, accessible frame around the academic concepts of emergent strategy is one of the most important contributions to the innovation movement over the past few years. I love Lean. That''s not right.

Ries 8

Ries Telecommunications Business Model Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2011

They then researched and analyzed the markets, segmented them, and developed products. If the idea got far enough, they developed marketing campaigns, sales strategies, and launched it. To borrow a phrase from Silicon Valley thought leader and author Eric Ries , they "achieved a failure." Their ideas made sense.

Ries 11

Ries Agility Market Segmentation Christensen 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2013

Here are five new attributes that I think marketing agencies will need to develop to survive: 1. Eric Ries brought the concept of the Lean Startup into our zeitgeist. Marketing agencies of the future will need to focus on many of the strategies that the lean movement engenders. Models of leanness. Utility over content.

Marketing 10

Marketing Brand Advertorial Advertising 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2015

Its members need the freedom to decide how to achieve goals while also having the discipline to work in alignment with the organization’s strategy. Organizational Development Book. No one style is better than another, and each car­ries its own set of benefits to a collaborative discus­sion. Excerpted from.

Diversity 8

Diversity Ries Creativity Groupthink 8

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. It’s a technique that any manager can use when developing and launching a new venture.

Planning 9

Planning Benchmarking Project Competitive Advantage 9

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.” Sponsored by Accenture Strategy. Think “lean pilots.” ” Insight Center. Competing in the Future.

KPI 9

KPI Innovation Ries Banking 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Large enterprises have been responding to these developments for some time, mainly by applying the methods of startups such as lean experimentation, design thinking, and agile development. A TAP worldview allows you to discover future markets instead of playing only in developed ones. Develop a Portfolio Strategy.

CEO 8

CEO Consensus Management Metrics 8

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