Listen to the podcast of this Idea Incubator blog post on innovation. My mother often shouted at me that I was stubborn – and as a typical adolescent, I shouted back that I got it from her. I’m still a bit stubborn, I guess. I like to plan my days
Listen to the Idea Incubator podcast (approximately 4 minutes). Men are notoriously difficult for me to select gifts. I’ve resorted to cash and restaurant gift cards for my dad, and I wrack my brain several times a year for gift ideas for my husband’s birthday, anniversary, and Christmas.
Listen to the Idea Incubator podcast of My Fair…NPDP (about 3 minutes). The other night I made up a plate of fruits, cheeses, and crackers, grabbed a glass of wine and plugged in a classic favorite movie – My Fair Lady. For those of you not familiar with Audrey Hepburn’s
Listen to the Idea Incubator podcast (under 4 minutes). New Product Development (NPD) is a field that combines best practices of engineering design with market research to deliver top-line growth for firms in a variety of industries. Yet, somehow engineers and marketers feel they are as far apart as the
Listen to the podcast (about 5 1/2 minutes). Today, I had very few meetings, the phone was strangely quiet, and my email inbox was reduced to only a couple of non-critical items. So, I spent much of the day reading. In fact, you should come join us over at
After taking a class on macroeconomics recently, I’ve taken to reading books on the subject in my leisure time. (Yes, I know I’m a nerd.) A recent book review in Toronto’s “The Globe and Mail” inspired me to download a new book to my eReader on fiat currencies
Listen to the podcast. Recently, I’ve been reading a lot about networking and associating, particularly with the strong positive impacts these actions have on innovation. In “The Innovator’s DNA,” by Dyer, Gregersen, and Christensen, associating is defined as a cognitive skill of the best innovators and entrepreneurial
Customer-centric innovation revolves around customers and their needs. The process starts with insights on customer needs with the goal of designing a new product or service that delivers on these needs in a way that is intuitive and accessible to customers. Customers may be involved in various ways, for example,
Listen to the Idea Incubator podcast. In this month’s issue of The Village, a newsletter for the global NPD community, we discussed 5 Steps to Identify Your Strategic Capabilities. I think this is an important action to take as individuals, product managers, New Product Development Professionals
Listen to the podcast. Like many other Americans, I have been watching the long series of Republican presidential debates. As the field of candidates is winnowed through the primary process, there are some successful characteristics we should note for New Product Development (NPD). In particular, two candidates have
