Is Disruption the New Normal?
Obviously, Covid-19 has brought massive uncertainty to businesses. From managing remote workers, to internal communications dominated by video platforms, to the devastation of small business buyers and consumer budgets, the ‘new normal’ would have been barely...
What Does It Mean to be a 21st Century Leader?
People often have different ideas of what makes a good leader. The definition of a leader, to me, is someone who empowers others to be all that they can be. They must bring out the best in people and help them realize their potential, including how to pursue their own...
Survival Of The Fastest: Innovation In Healthcare, with Stephen Ranjan
Stephen Ranjan, Vice President of New Product Development at Roche Diabetes Care shares how leaders and teams there are overcoming the unique challenges of innovating in healthcare despite the global pandemic. He shares how they built new capabilities to explore the needs of underserved customer segments and develop solutions at speed in a regulated environment.
Dealing with Uncertainty
When uncertainty causes a disruption to both personal and work life, what do you do? Massive disruption to global economics gives rise to massive amounts of uncertainty. We at Moves The Needle firmly believe that now is a good time to ignite “entrepreneurial spirit” to stay in tune with your customers. We are here to help you leverage Lean Innovation skills to (remotely) harness customer empathy, run rapid experiments, and de-risk decisions quickly with evidence, to build confidence for solutions to the very real issues you’re currently facing.
10 Essentials for Survival in the Customer-Driven Economy
We are witnessing an amazing acceleration of new products, services, and delivery methods. Many companies and even entire industries have been radically affected (think Department Stores, RIM Blackberry, Kodak, Blockbuster, and many others). There are new rules, principles, and ways of working for success in the customer-driven economy.
Leading Transformation in Diabetes Care – An Interview with Moritz Hartmann
Learn how Roche Diabetes Care used Agile, Lean Startup and Design Thinking to reinvent themselves to better address disruptive forces in Diabetes Care. Moritz Hartmann, head of the commercialization for EMEA/LATAM shares his leadership lessons learned throughout this journey driving transformation in the highly regulated medical devices industry.
Tracking Your Innovation Program: Vanity Metrics vs. True Impact
How do you measure the success of your innovation program? We all realize that the desired long-term outcome is massive growth and billions of dollars, but along the way we must make sure we are measuring our progress honestly and in a fashion that demonstrates how our organization has benefitted. Getting the numbers right is crucial.
Innovation Assessment: Is Your Company Lagging Behind?
The road to innovation transformation is long. This assessment is designed to help you understand your progress. Are you scaling or failing with your growth efforts? Take this survey, measure your results, and adapt your corporate innovation strategy as needed before it’s too late.
How Can Nonprofits Remain Relevant and Create New Value?
A hard hit to the gut for many nonprofits is the fear of losing relevance. It manifests in the community as apathy, disconnection, and disengagement. However, there are steps that can be taken to turn this “value disconnect” into “value opportunity”. Read about them here.