Value Stream Discovery – Part I

Value Stream Discovery – Part I

Value streams are all the activities an organization does to create value for customers and other stakeholders (usually within a specific product). “Lean” practitioners help you map your workflows, so you can see how to improve them while maintaining value creation....
The Rise of Product Management

The Rise of Product Management

From its foundational beginnings in early brand management to high tech software program management, product management has emerged as its own collective of product-focused best practices. Product Management is a vital component of organizations undergoing digital...
How Innovation Labs Must Evolve

How Innovation Labs Must Evolve

With the rise of entrepreneurial activity after The Great Recession, Innovation Labs became all the rage in corporate environments. Corporates wanted in on the energy, if not the spirit. The word “innovation” became a popular buzzword that meant so many different...
Re-think Your Next Re-org

Re-think Your Next Re-org

When was the last time you went through a company re-org? Re-orgs seem to be happening more and more regularly, especially with large organizations, and the excuses for them are often tenuous. Within the startup world, there’s buzz that Elon Musk’s mass layoffs at...
The Role of Innovation Labs

The Role of Innovation Labs

Innovation labs have been hip for the last decade or so, yet the story is that they only last 3-5 years. Something is up here. It’s not up to the innovation labs or teams to produce innovation. I know, it sounds like a paradox. What it should really be about is...