Characterized by low assertiveness and high cooperativeness, accommodating involves foregoing one’s own concerns in order to satisfy the concerns of the other team members. You can read more about the… Read More
Team
5 Types of Team Behaviors
In New Product Development, conflict is unavoidable. We face conflict between marketing and engineering, customers and designers, suppliers and managers. Conflict. Just saying the word causes our heart rate to… Read More
Proper Project Staffing
Listen to the Idea Incubator podcast. (Approximately 5 minutes long.) [audio:https://0a11b2.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Idea-Incubator-podcast-5-Apr-2012.mp3|titles=Idea Incubator podcast 5 Apr 2012] In the March issue of The Village, a newsletter for the global New Product Development… Read More
Innovation: Don’t Give Up Too Easily
Listen to the Idea Incubator podcast (approximately 4 minutes). [audio:https://0a11b2.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/8-March-2012-Idea-Incubator-blog-post.mp3|titles=8 March 2012 Idea Incubator blog post] Men are notoriously difficult for me to select gifts. I’ve resorted to cash and… 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
Champion
Cloudy, Sunny, or a Blizzard?
Listen to the podcast here. The State of Texas, where I live, has been suffering under a long drought most of the year. So I’ve anxiously watched the sky to… Read More
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