Kishore, Thanks for posting. I think that the article has some good points, particularly around getting customers more involved in the innovation process, but...
Saeed, I think the point the article is making is that companies face tremendous uncertainties when they try to implement their concepts which in all...
Any company can be an Apple. The choice is at the individual level. Being innovative involves changes in logic and that involves changes in personality. ... ...
... I think in theory, any company can be an "Apple", but in practice it is very difficult. Even Apple had a hard time being Apple for some period. It was...
Kishore, Agreed. My view though is that software alone is not a solution, and that companies must, in many cases, change their processes and practices to...
The entire IT industry benefits from the widest adoption of truly high-speed Internet access, but that is at risk with pending legislation. I’m writing as a...
Hi, Was wondering what obstacles people have faced in their companies ( past or present) WRT driving innovation in product development. The obstacles could be...
Great question. I've seen problems arise in two primary ways: 1. management can be overly reactive to a single recent data point. The flavor of the month,...
I've seen lots of good examples of organizations or managers that encourage innovation by giving people running room if they have an idea or want to explore...
Hi, This article argues that a long held assumption of American industry is no longer true-- that while many things like manufacturing would move offshore, the...
Phil, There are good examples. Any suggestions for people on how to get their management to buy into a process similar to the one you describe below. i.e. if...
... encourage ... want to ... or product ... and ... Researchers generally find that the "star" culture is a black hole of expense with no marketable results....
Steve Johnson wrote: Most technology companies should focus on solving market problems by leveraging technology, not creating cool technology with no market in...
Dear All, We are all a group of great people who have great vision and innovative thinking in the field of our own passion and profession. I am working on a...
... opportunity to innovate and test their innovations. At the same time, management has to establish clear hurdles so they can be held accountableto deliver...
Hi: I've been lurking for a while since the group first started. Let me say that this is an actually useful/insightful newsgroup to lurk in. I regularly...
A lot of folks on this group are product managers. I'm curious to learn about your experience when it comes to working with the UI designers. Obviously,...
... or ... What is ... Markets, personas, and problems are owned by product management. UI is part of the design of the solution and thus should be owned by ...
... There's nothing instrinsicly wrong with having UI designers report to product managers. Then again, there's nothing intrinsicly wrong with having all...
I agree that Design should be part of engineering, but for slightly different reasons. The product design is one very important element of the success of the...
From my personal experience, I've encountered and successfully navigated both situations. In the first case, the UE group was created, and then asked to report...
Majeed, Based on other responses to your question, it seems that the location of the UI Team (UIT) is an open one. i.e. do they report to Engineering or...
http://www.paulgraham.com/bronze.html: "Hackers are perfectly capable of hearing the voice of the customer without a business person to amplify the signal for...
I want to thank every one who took the time to respond to my question. There were some very insightful points in the responses that I'll try and keep in mind...
There is a an important distinction here (after working on UI requirements for twenty years.) Architects design buildings, but construction contractors build...
... If you've had great success with this approach, good for you. I'd stop way short of agreeing that this is the One True Way (tm). I'd like to point out that...
Dear friends and colleagues, I'm writing to request your assistance in reviewing the draft version of a new book I'm writing on customer driven innovation. The...
Hello Luke, My name is Andrew Willis and I am a product manager for an enterprise software company in Virginia. The premise of your book is definitely ...
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