Innovation Excellence

APRIL 20, 2020

Setting the vision, goals and metrics Generation of great ideas Selection of the best ideas Starting exploration projects Listening to customer feedback Managing the portfolio and stage-gates Gaining support and resources from other departments Killing the weaker projects Launching new products or services Celebrating success They are all.

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Stage-Gate Skills Innovation Metrics 77

Tanveer Naseer

MAY 27, 2014

Drucker, and placing one spot below Bill Gates. In this light, it becomes easier to appreciate that one outcome of the lessons we’ve learned up to this point is to help set the stage for the experiences and insights we need to learn next to help us become the leader those we serve need us to be.

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Leadership How To Stage-Gate Learning-by-Doing 278

Mills Scofield

DECEMBER 5, 2014

So, how would you prepare for a stage gate meeting that includes a "Go/No-Go" decision on continuing to develop a specific product? Just as crucial is the methodology- asking the right questions from the outset that are relevant to the gate decision. How Does This Change the New Product Development Process?

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Stage-Gate Productivity Products Innovation 128

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Traditional approaches, such as the stage-gate process, while effective at incremental improvements, don’t work as well when it comes to breakthrough innovations or attempts to change established behaviors.

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Stage-Gate Project Management Airlines 27

Innovation Excellence

APRIL 20, 2020

Setting the vision, goals and metrics Generation of great ideas Selection of the best ideas Starting exploration projects Listening to customer feedback Managing the portfolio and stage-gates Gaining support and resources from other departments Killing the weaker projects Launching new products or services Celebrating success.

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Stage-Gate Innovation Skills Project 70

Innovation Excellence

APRIL 7, 2016

The TRIZ approach and best practices such as the Stage-Gate Process can greatly benefit each other. These approaches are not rivals, but rather can be used to amplify each other’s successes. Continue reading →

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TRIZ Stage-Gate Process Productivity 72

CO2

APRIL 8, 2013

Build a stage-gate process for ideas to be introduced and developed. Provide a forum for employees to propose, discuss, and vote on ideas (yours and theirs) before they’re implemented. The willingness to expose your ideas to so many people up front likely will help you filter out second-rate ideas.

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Entrepreneur Stage-Gate Management Idea Generation 117

In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 9, 2011

He also knows that current Prostate Cancer treatments post a success rate of over 90% when caught in the early stages. Gretzky, Gates, Zuckerberg: Can they see the Unseen? Recent Comments Alan Kay on Turnarounds and the Big Play John on Gretzky, Gates, Zuckerberg: Can they see the Unseen? Search My Site. Search for: Categories.

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Stage-Gate Brand CEO Human Resources 100

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 28, 2014

Leadership must remain on one accord through a high level of trust, accountability and commitment in order to win the front and back gates of their desired outcomes (perspective). Exit your past, empower your future and allow your greatness to assist you in the conquering of new states through humility. Remember the Alamo.

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CEO Succession Tips How To 393

Strategy Driven

JULY 27, 2020

When looking for funding at any stage, a strong customer base will make the whole process infinitely easier. Here are some strategies your company needs to be considering getting customers at that early stage. Bill Gates said it in the 90s – content is king. That’s why marketing is such an essential thing for startups to nail.

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Marketing Strategy Marketing PR Stage-Gate 82

Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Bill Gates is the master of staying ahead of the pack in the business world. If your team becomes relied upon, you’re seen as the hardest working, producing the most value for the company, and therefore you’ll make a name for yourselves.

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Management Stage-Gate Ethics Marketing 150

Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 6, 2015

Leadership in actively and effectively engaging with key stakeholders and sustaining their buy-in ensures the expected business outcomes are realized at each phase or stage gate of the organizational transformation.

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Leadership Stage-Gate Critical Success Factor Objective 120

Ron Edmondson

MARCH 27, 2020

Grieving has stages. But God has made promises for His church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. All those plans changed suddenly after only a few weeks on the job. That’s a loss.). We don’t grieve like the rest of the world, but we should grieve. Every loss deserves a grief period. And they are different for everyone.

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Tips Stage-Gate Crisis Definition 96

Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 19, 2023

And, if we're Settling, right out of the gate we know we won't be striving to reach our communication potential in any way. Question: At what point or stage in a person's career is your book most helpful and why?

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Stage-Gate Open-book How To Seminar 65

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Once the product-development stage concludes, a fancy marketing campaign is used to glamorize the team’s hard work, labor, and perseverance, ready to compete against other products of the same league. Building a new product is a daunting task that requires the collaborative efforts of many people. Pick a date.

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Productivity Products Planning Stage-Gate 78

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 14, 2019

Bill Gates and Paul Allen shared a passion for computers and technology, and Microsoft is the result of their work. The initial stage in a workflow process for most businesses is some sort of consultation, request, or order from a customer. Optimize the Workflow of any Business with Software Implementation. Project Management Software.

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Software Stage-Gate Proposal Document 51

Strategy Driven

JUNE 5, 2019

All of these factors can impact your new business’s bottom line, and you don’t want to enter into an unprofitable business from the start because you overlooked an important question or two in the preliminary stages. You want to ensure you’re coming out of the gate swinging in order for your new company to be a success.

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Stage-Gate Real Estate PR Brand 50

Rajesh Setty

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Through the Entrepreneur Journeys project, I have come to conclude that the most vulnerable phase in an entrepreneur’s life is the pre-$1 million revenue stage. In my roundtables, the vast majority of entrepreneurs I work with are in this rather vulnerable pre $1 million revenue stage. This is where numerous ventures fail.

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Entrepreneur Stage-Gate Finance Incubator 54

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

You should be placing a strong emphasis on customer satisfaction no matter what stage your business is in, but it’s especially important to make sure you’re not getting distracted by scalability. Bill Gates had Buffet , and Mark Zuckerberg had Steve Jobs. Set yourself some medium-term goals, and stick to them!

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Short-term Long-term Stage-Gate Mentor 63

Innovation Excellence

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

GUEST POST from Dainora Jocuite While improvisation might bring the zest to a comedy performance or to your Saturday night’s Bolognese sauce, in the world of innovation a systematic approach is the way to go. And the zest here is a fitting and well-thought-through innovation management process.

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Process Innovation Stage-Gate Management 98

Mills Scofield

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Humans are one of the few mammals whose babies are not fully developed at birth. Unlike horses, whales, etc., human babies can’t stand, walk, or forage on their own at birth. They are totally dependent upon adult humans for constant, continual support just to live. We are used to this, we accept it, we don’t expect anything different.

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Entrepreneur Innovation Stage-Gate Development 105

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2011

By the time idea generators had gone through this gauntlet of gate-keepers, their ideas became watered down and wafer thin — acceptable to everyone, exciting to no one. Another approach is to document different criteria for early-stage ideas. How can you tell whether your company suffers from iteration-itis?

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Stage-Gate Venture Capitalist Idea Generation Document 17

Innovation Excellence

MARCH 1, 2023

Drum roll please… At the beginning of each month, we will profile the ten articles from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Human-Centered Change & Innovation. Did your favorite make the cut?

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Article Innovation Stage-Gate Management 75

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2012

Of course, McCain's selection of Palin also changed the conversation; but what initially looked like an inspired decision quickly led to recriminations as Palin revealed herself to be unprepared for the national stage (witness her infamous Katie Couric interview ).

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2012

Of course, McCain's selection of Palin also changed the conversation; but what initially looked like an inspired decision quickly led to recriminations as Palin revealed herself to be unprepared for the national stage (witness her infamous Katie Couric interview ).

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Innovation Excellence

MARCH 29, 2016

Drive around almost any big city in the world and you’re likely to hit traffic jams sooner or later. It’s like innovation in large companies, where the sheer size and complexity can inhibit the smooth flow of new offerings. Continue reading →

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Innovation Stage-Gate Company Process 68

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2011

In my book, Mastering the VC Game , I describe a metaphor for the three stages of a start-up: the jungle, the dirt road and the highway. In the earliest stages of a venture - the jungle - there are no clear paths available and the skills required are to thrive in the midst of the chaos. Seeking fun can transcend all other factors.

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Entrepreneur Stage-Gate Objective Career 20

Innovation Excellence

JULY 29, 2016

Top performing companies are now launching almost three times as many successful new products as bottom-performing organizations! Over the last decade the performance gap has grown significantly.

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Benchmarking Metrics Innovation Productivity 67

CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

Bill Gates’ vision for Microsoft (“A computer on every desk and in every home”) would have been a lot less tangible had he written it as: “Becoming a world leader in the software industry.” Assess if Your Organization Is Living Its Purpose The final stage to building corporate purpose is to assess how well your organization is living it.

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Mission Statement Leadership Organization Core Competence 78

CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

Bill Gates’ vision for Microsoft (“A computer on every desk and in every home”) would have been a lot less tangible had he written it as: “Becoming a world leader in the software industry.”. The final stage to building corporate purpose is to assess how well your organization is living it.

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Mission Statement Leadership Organization Core Competence 78

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2011

The challenges of urban K-12 education in the United States, and indeed globally, are at a crisis stage. Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining educational innovation and technology, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. presidential administrations.

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Education Innovation Stage-Gate Software 16

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2011

The companies did reasonably well on making decisions using a formal process and managing projects using a disciplined approach (such as the stage/gate methodology). Finally, the firms were asked about the leadership practices that we know are associated with effective management of growth. Where did things start to get ugly?

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Stage-Gate Report Project Uncertainty 22

Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2012

Second, they take a few basic ingredients — brand, marketing, technology, and service — and combine them in just the right ways over the course of five stages. In each stage, they ask themselves what gaps need to be filled. Stage 1: Is there a recognition gap? Stage 2: Is there a brand-personalization gap?

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Stage-Gate Airlines Brand Loyalty 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2011

Incremental innovation can be pushed down into the organization where the strategy is clear, decision metrics are understood, and management models like Stage-Gate create a level playing field. So Stage-Gate models can unintentionally kill potentially big ideas. However, for game-changing innovation it's the opposite.

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Critical Success Factor Innovation Stage-Gate Succession 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2012

The general way around this problem seems simple enough — have a process by which you evaluate ideas in different ways at different stages of development (most call this a "stage-gate process."). Endless pre-meetings crowd out action-based learning.

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Stage-Gate Due Diligence Disruptive Innovation Document 16

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2011

In contrast, my client, the CEO of a new biotech company walks on stage, rolls up his shirt sleeve, and stops at the center of the stage. Schedules are packed as the high-stakes finance crowd gathers to hear 20-minute rapid-fire talks by CEOs of start-ups and public companies who seek funding or favorable stock analysts' reports.

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Stage-Gate Venture Capitalist Reis Sports 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2013

The first stage is when it does what was being done before but better. Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft. Bill Gates. While at Davos, I was fortunate to attend an amazing panel — my favorite of the conference — with a murderer's row of speakers. That's what is happening now. What's next in this space?

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Education Stage-Gate Insurance Class 15