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Leveraging Agile Methodology in NPD Work Streams

May 31, 2017
In part one and part two in this series, we examined the “low hanging fruit” where Agile principles and supporting systems can empower a more effective business process in today's digitally-enabled and ever-changing atmosphere. In this final post of the series, we'll tackle leveraging Agile... Read More

Understanding The Effects of Agile on New Product Development Planning

May 17, 2017
This is the second post in a 3-part series. Read part 1 and part 3. Read More

Agile for New Product Development Part 2 – The Effect of Agile on NPD Planning

May 17, 2017
This is the second post in a 3-part series. Read part 1 and part 3. In part one of this series, we discussed how Agile (with an upper-case "A") is a terrific development framework when there is minimal repetition of activities combined with a high degree of unpredictability or uncertainty. There's... Read More

Does size matter? Building your innovation community

May 11, 2017
A question our customers often ask is ‘how many contributors do I need on my innovation team to make it successful?’ The short and infuriating answer, of course, is ‘it depends’. We'd rather be slightly more helpful than that on this blog, so we've outlined some of the factors our consultants... Read More

Infuse Agility into Stage-Gate® to Drive Speed to Learning and Speed to Launch

April 10, 2017
Disruptors Drive Need for Business Agility The global digitization of business and the ever-increasing power of the consumer have created constantly changing markets prone to regular disruptions. Organizations focused on new product development (NPD) and innovation performance are reacting by... Read More

Innovation Conversations - Michelle Hawkins, Virgin Care

April 04, 2017
This was a great conversation — I met Michelle by chance at an event hosted by the lovely people at Boundless (ask them about their Discovery sessions, they’re brilliant), and got talking about innovation straight away. I love the story of how Michelle came to her current role with Virgin Care, and... Read More

Agile for New Product Development Part 1 - Why Agile?

March 20, 2017
This is part 1 in our 3-part series on Agile NPD. Read part 2. Read More

Innovation Conversations - Simon Jones, Head of Innovation, Team Sky

February 20, 2017
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Achieving Agility in Enterprise Innovation for Consumer Firms: Part 3

February 15, 2017
This is the final post in a three-part series addressing how consumer firms can leverage a new approach to “Agile” innovation to reduce time from consumer insight to market launch, and create a steadier stream of high-value new products. Read More

2016 Webinar Roundup

December 19, 2016
It's been another great year of knowledge-sharing via webinars, and in 2016 we saw some smart and informative speakers shed light on some of the industry's toughest challenges. Explore the ready-to-watch recordings below of this year's webinars. Read More

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