|
Dr.
Ralph Katz's EIG Presentation: Making Teams Successful
Product
Genesis, the Radical Innovation Group and the MIT
Enterprise Forum presented the second annual invitation-only symposium
on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Growth.
On Monday
October 17th and Tuesday the 18th, 2005 representatives from Global 500
companies, public sector organizations and academia gathered to discuss a
variety of subtopics including: regional growth dynamics, external
influencers, corporate vs. business unit responsibilities, the evolving
role of corporate R&D organizations, high performance teams, etc.
One of our Keynote speakers, Dr. Ralph Katz, presented on Making Teams
Successful. Dr. Ralph Katz is a Principal Research Associate at
M.I.T.'s Sloan School's Management of Technology Group and Professor of
Human Resources Management at Northeastern University. Dr. Katz has carried
out extensive management research on technology-based innovation with
emphasis in the management of technical professionals and project teams.
The National Academy of Management awarded Dr. Katz the 'New Concept Award'
for his significant contribution to the field of organizational behavior.
He is also a recipient of R&D Management's 'Best Paper' award. Dr.
Katz's most recent book publication is The Human Side of Managing
Technological Innovation. For over 10 years, he was the
R&D/innovation and entrepreneurship departmental editor for Management
Science. He received his PhD and MBA from the University of
Pennsylvania's Wharton Graduate School and a BS in mathematics from
Carnegie Mellon University.
Download the presentation here...
|
|
|
Dear Strategic Innovator,
Welcome to the October issue of Accelerating
Success, the Newsletter for Strategic Innovators. In each issue, we
try to bring you the latest information on tools, techniques and
successes from the application of Strategic Innovation to build value and
sustainable competitive advantage in companies like yours.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Case Study: Value Genesis: Information
Management Program Adds Value to Medical Systems
|
|
|
Strategic
Innovators are often presented with seemingly difficult innovation
challenges. For example, a leading medical device company in the ENT
(ear, nose, throat) and Thoracic Surgery and Imaging fields recognized a
need to expand the display, reporting and exchange of patient information
collected by the client's existing product. The expressed market needs
cut across many stakeholders in the established product base.
The
mission would replace a program already in use by the client's customers;
the new program needed to be easy to install, configure and learn.
Voice-of-the-Customer (VOC) interviews were conducted to fill in gaps in
the understanding the key stakeholders needs. From the analysis of the customer
input map and the VOC interviews, a set of program goals was adopted that
guideed the technical development of the software.
The Value
Genesis process allowed the client to leverage a single development
effort to enhance the value of several other product offerings not
originally included in the development plan.
Download the Case Study here...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product Genesis to Facilitate
MindShare at the Second Annual Innovations in New Product Development
Executive Summit
|
|
|
Product
Genesis, the premier Strategic Innovation consulting firm, today
announced that Jeff Hovis, Managing Principal at Product Genesis, will
facilitate the thought-leader panel "Product Differentiation and
Positioning" at the 2nd Annual Innovations in New Product
Development, Management & Technology Strategies Symposium sponsored
by Frost & Sullivan, November 6-10, 2005 in Miami, Florida. Mr. Hovis
joins a select group of invitation-only speakers, panelists and
facilitators.
According
to Frost & Sullivan, "Today's product success depends on a
tightly integrated product team across the total life cycle, from
innovation through development to commercialization and product strategy.
Whether focused on new product innovation or maintaining market share
post-launch, today's product teams in every industry face common
challenges: Innovation, speed to market, profitable products and the retention
of market share."
View the Announcement here...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Services for R & D Directors
|
|
|
Are you
challenged with delivering a steady stream of innovative new products? Do
you obtain maximum leverage from your research resources through careful alignment
of your technology growth platforms and roadmaps with your market
objectives?
Portfolio
Genesis helps you align your technology pipeline with your mid-and
long-term market objectives. The result are more robust, predictable
product and technology roadmaps and substantial development resource
leverage that yields on-time, on-budget and on-target delivery of winning
new products.
Learn more...
|
|
|
|
|
|
