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Category: Innovation

Improving Innovation Effectiveness: Adopt an Investor’s Mentality

December 15, 2016 By Scott Atkin

Why do so many innovation initiatives fail to live up to expectations?  Were the expectations unreasonable or was it simply irrational exuberance?  In the world of early stage investing, every entrepreneur pitching a business plan has their version of the infamous hockey stick growth model.  In reality, hockey stick growth is as elusive as the […]

Filed Under: Innovation, Leadership, Mindset Tagged With: Corporate Strategy, Delivering Innovation, Leadership, Success

Is Your Strategic Planning Process Resulting in Tunnel Vision or Chaos?

November 29, 2016 By Scott Atkin

Strategic planning can be a valuable tool for organizations of all sizes.  Done properly, a strategic plan provides a solid roadmap for the organization, outlining the vision and detailing the key objectives to be accomplished within a given timeframe that should enable progress toward the vision.  A strategic plan also provides clarity and alignment for […]

Filed Under: Innovation, Leadership, Strategy & Business Development Tagged With: Clarity, Commitment, Confidence, Corporate Strategy, Success

Turning a Strategic Plan Into Results

November 15, 2016 By Richard Creager

You’ve worked for months.  Spent endless hours in airports and bland hotel rooms around the world to meet with customers to understand their issues and needs. Poured over market data and read countless 10-Ks and analyst reports in order to calculate market sizes and market growth rates.  Business development, finance and regulatory affairs staff provided […]

Filed Under: Innovation, Leadership, Strategy & Business Development Tagged With: Corporate Strategy, Delivering Innovation, Portfolio Management, Success

No-Nonsense Strategic Planning: Make It Meaningful and Actionable

November 8, 2016 By Richard Creager

It’s that time of the year again. Time to dust off the desk and put together the business strategy for 2017.  How many of you are working at companies that develop a 100-page 3 or 5-year strategic plan that represents a future nirvana vision for your business?  The end product is a glorious dream of […]

Filed Under: Innovation, Market Development, Strategy & Business Development Tagged With: Leadership, Portfolio Management, Strategy, Success

Discovering Value: Why Most Managers Fear and Leaders Embrace Risk

October 18, 2016 By Scott Atkin

It seems there are innumerable ways individuals and organizations attempt to foster innovation and entrepreneurship.  At a macro level, government seeks to create jobs.  Academic efforts target the recruitment and retention of top students, offer talented faculty an opportunity to pursue efforts outside traditional education or research efforts, or pursue creative alternate funding mechanisms for […]

Filed Under: Innovation, Leadership, Strategy & Business Development Tagged With: Corporate Strategy, Discover Value, Portfolio Management, Success

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