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Engineering Management

06.10.19 Engineering Management, Innovation, Leadership, Market Research, New Product Development, NPD Process, NPD Teams, NPDP Certification, Project Management, Strategy, Tools and Metrics

Is Your Innovation System Healthy?

Recently, a family friend underwent a total hip replacement surgery – at the age of 87!  He said he had no pain, but his mobility was becoming severely limited.  My… Read More

04.08.19 Engineering Management, Innovation, Leadership, New Product Development, NPD Teams

The Gift of Listening

I love to get gifts.  Even though I’m a grown adult, I expectantly wait for Christmas and my birthday.  I love presents!  It’s fun to tear open the colorful wrapping… Read More

03.13.19 Engineering Management, Innovation, Leadership, New Product Development, NPD Process, NPD Teams

3 Components of Lean NPD

Toyota introduced the lean manufacturing system over 40 years ago.  Lean is a quality management philosophy that eliminates waste to increase predictability and reliability of the final product.  This, in… Read More

02.28.19 Engineering Management, Innovation, Leadership, New Product Development, NPD Teams, Project Management

4 Roles of Psychological Safety in Innovation

Amy Edmundson of Harvard Business School introduced the concept of psychological safety about twenty years ago.  Psychological safety is a shared belief that a team is safe to take interpersonal… Read More

01.03.19 Engineering Management, Innovation, NPDP Certification, Project Management, Strategy

Accelerating Innovation in 2019

You know the feeling you get after attending a great conference?  You are energized, optimistic, and inspired.  You’ve heard from experts in the field, made awesome new connections with industry… Read More

11.13.18 Engineering Management, Innovation, New Product Development, NPD Teams, Project Management

Leadership Lessons from Green Tea

Recently, my husband and I enjoyed a late weekend lunch at one of our favorite Japanese restaurants.  He usually orders a bento box with shrimp tempura while I prefer the… Read More

10.04.18 Engineering Management, Innovation, New Product Development, NPD Teams

An Idea Life Cycle for Innovation Success

Most of us have lots of ideas.  Some of them are good, while others don’t pan out.  Our idea span from improving technology and devices to better health care.  Ideas… Read More

06.12.17 Engineering Management, New Product Development, Project Management

Process Improvement Projects

Quality has two major thrusts:  customer satisfaction and continuous improvement.  In delivering and meeting customer needs, we must constantly strive to improve the product offering itself as well as enhancing… Read More

06.25.16 Engineering Management, New Product Development

Understanding Project Risk

New product development (NPD) projects are built with inherent risk.  We don’t know if the markets will support the idea once it is commercialized.  We don’t know if we can… Read More

05.04.16 Engineering Management, Market Research, New Product Development

Brand Promises

I recently purchased three new pair of underwear at a well-known department store.  Upon the first washing, the elastic had separate from the fabric on one pair.  I was disappointed… Read More

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