Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Many people do not typically think of metrics and accounting as roadblocks to innovation, yet you call these out as potential problem areas. Many conventional metrics we use to estimate value are based on faulty assumptions. Net present value [NPV] is a case in point. It drives me crazy and is very shortsighted.

Innovation 50

Innovation NPV Business Model Constraint 50

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

We are often asked whether the best way to structure for innovation is top-down or bottom-up. Bottom-up approaches work well for incremental (keeps you in the game) innovations. Breakthrough (changes the game) innovations, contrary to popular belief, need a top-down approach. They must also be willing to see value in absurdity.

Process 15

Process Innovation Stage-Gate Net Present Value 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2012

The concept of open innovation has moved from business phrase to business reality over the last ten years. When PARC became a for-profit subsidiary of Xerox to practice open innovation in 2002, Henry Chesbrough had not yet published his book Open Innovation and the concept was not well understood.

Innovation 8

Innovation Execution Net Present Value Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

We chose Brazil’s beef industry as the location of our case study , both for the size and complexity of the industry and for its impact on the planet. We found that sustainable and deforestation-free practices created significant financial benefits for all players in the industry’s value chain. of revenues).

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Net Present Value Retail Cost of Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

When most of the great companies of the industrial era were founded, even the most brilliant economists believed deeply in the law of diminishing marginal returns. The law of diminishing marginal returns held firm throughout the industrial era. He speculated that some industries actually demonstrated increasing returns.

Collison 9

Collison Net Present Value Company Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

This blog was written with Jay Terwilliger and Mark Sebell, managing partners at Creative Realities , a Boston-based innovation management collaborative. But did you ever see it as the central metaphor for what truly innovative organizations must do? And using net-present-value estimates for "beginning" ideas is nuts.

CEO 12

CEO Net Present Value Banking Metrics 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2017

In these circumstances, strategies that generate faster growth create more value for most companies than those that improve profit margins. The Refresher: Net Present Value. In fact, the multiple of value created by growth versus margins is more than four to one. Related Video.

ROE 13

ROE Long-term GDP Six Sigma 13