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Reverse Engineer to go farther/faster
We all like the thought of continuous forward progress, accelerating onwards and upwards toward a strategic goal or outcome. But many times our march to the future is best served by a tactical pause in which we consolidate our gains, … Continue reading
Product Scoping Decisions
If you have been around Product Development or Systems Engineering long enough, you could write some horror stories describing how feature bloat killed a great product. Regardless of your product development methodology (waterfall, lean startup, agile, etc.), every product has … Continue reading
Transform your thinking
Really important changes start in our minds. If you are attempting to transform your business, create disruptive innovations or make a significant difference in some grand challenge, you will most likely be limited by your fundamental thinking skills. That’s not … Continue reading
Decisions = learning that lasts
This week I was reminded of the importance of lifelong learning and further convinced that a well-framed decision is one of the best ways to pass on skills to others. I found myself on this train of thought after reading … Continue reading
Big Ideas: Decision Management
Because Decision Management (DM) is not widely recognized as a first-tier management or technical process, I often have to restate the Big Ideas on which DM is based. For each idea (assertion of a truth that I’ve found useful), I’ve … Continue reading
Lean and Agile Thinking
It’s hard to escape the influence that the Lean and Agile movements have had on innovation-driven enterprises. They have grown from their manufacturing and software roots to converge in the new product development, innovation and start-up space. And done mostly … Continue reading
3 Types of Decisions
A Decision Breakdown Structure (DBS) is the decomposition of any strategy or design challenge into a hierarchy of decisions (questions that demand answers). First time “framers” of a DBS often have difficulty in understanding that they have to use the … Continue reading
Ultimately Lean Innovation
Think for a second about what the ultimately lean innovation process might look like: Attack the right problem: Use a proven criteria pattern to evaluate your portfolio of problems to solve and select the problems that will yield the greatest … Continue reading
Be a special projects hero
Fame. We all want to live forever. But it’s best if we do that by making a real difference in something that matters. Many successful professionals are tapped to be members of a “Special Project” team at some point in … Continue reading
Synergy
Most folks working in business, engineering or innovation have heard of synergy and can likely muster up a shorthand definition: Greek: sun + ergos = to work together with 2 + 2 = 5 The whole is greater than the … Continue reading
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