Listen to the Idea Incubator podcast (under 4 minutes). [audio:https://0a11b2.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/23-Feb-2012-Idea-Incubator-Blog.mp3|titles=23 Feb 2012 Idea Incubator Blog] New Product Development (NPD) is a field that combines best practices of engineering design with… Read More
NPD Teams
How Reading Can Help Innovation
Listen to the podcast (about 5 1/2 minutes). [audio:https://0a11b2.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/16-Feb-2012-Idea-Incubator-blog.mp3|titles=16 Feb 2012 Idea Incubator blog] Today, I had very few meetings, the phone was strangely quiet, and my email inbox was… Read More
What are YOUR Core Capabilities?
Listen to the Idea Incubator podcast. [audio:https://0a11b2.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/19-Jan-2012-Idea-Incubator.mp3|titles=19 Jan 2012 Idea Incubator] In this month’s issue of The Village, a newsletter for the global NPD community, we discussed 5 Steps to… Read More
The Context of Communication
A few years ago, my husband and I had taken vacation to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee. We counted ourselves lucky to see a black bear and… Read More
Managers Manage People!
Recently I attended a meeting on organizational development. The topic was the Strong Interest Inventory assessment, something akin to Myers-Briggs or the DiSC survey. As the speaker was describing the different… Read More
How a Criminal Trial is Like New Product Development
I was called to Jury Duty this week and, with a one-track mind, was reminded in the courtroom of the processes in New Product Development. In both cases, proper planning… Read More
Don’t Call Me Unless You’re Bleeding
My actual words were, “Unless you are bleeding or something is on fire, don’t call me during off-hours.” Taken out of context, this sounds self-centered and rude. However, this was… Read More
What are Your Employees Saying?
Listen to the podcast here. Recently I attended a networking event and met three individuals from a local small business that specialized in healthy and organic food, nutritional supplements, and… Read More
Adapt
Listen to the podcast here. Through a recent course, I was introduced to the EconTalk podcasts. Russ Roberts leads a weekly interview on current events, impacts on the economy and… Read More
Breakthrough Teams: “Orange Revolution”
Listen to the podcast here. One of the key elements for successful New Product Development (NPD) is the composition and contribution of the breakthrough team supporting the effort. Adrian Gostick… Read More
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