8 Habits of Highly Effective Product Innovation Executives How do leaders of the world’s top performing companies drive stellar organic growth? According to Bob Cooper and Scott Edgett, they ensure product innovation is a highly visible activity throughout their organization, they implement robust processes and they ’walk the talk’. What exactly does this mean to executives aspiring to lead their organizations to achieve top line growth? The good news – we have a short answer. Bob and Scott get straight to the point with 8 tangible, highly effective ways executives can ‘lead the way’ and ‘walk the talk’. We affectionately call these the 8 Habits of Highly Effective Product Innovation Executives. The bad news (if you consider it bad news) – it requires a level of commitment that surprises most people. Whether you are an executive looking for new ways to inspire better performance or you report to an executive who might enjoy the helpful tips, this 5 page executive summary of “Performance Results and the Role of Senior Management” is well worth the read. Download Article Best regards, Michelle Jones, EVP, Global Growth

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The reality for most firms today is that every proposed initiative needs to be accompanied by a cost/benefit analysis. This also holds true for improvements to the company’s idea-to-launch process. The article outlines a few quick yet effective ways to establish whether your process has room to improve and some ways to quantify the potential benefits. Read Article.

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Portfolio management operationalizes an organization’s product innovation and technology strategy. Despite the high value this important activity brings to organizations, only 1 in 6 companies deploy even the most basic Product Portfolio Management practices. Many executives confirm their strong desire to implement Portfolio Management practices to influence the quality and value of their NPD pipelines. They also admit that they face a tough obstacle – where to start given that their current pipeline is clogged with low value, incremental projects. Mike Wiebe shares some practical tips to help organizations cleanse their product portfolios. Read More