by Brant Cooper | Mar 28, 2023 | Disruption Proof, Podcasts
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....
by Brant Cooper | Mar 14, 2023 | Disruption Proof, Podcasts
Product management dates back to the 1930s with the concept of “brand management” pioneered at Proctor & Gamble. The memo that started it all sounds more like modern product marketing than product management, but your mileage may vary. Others point to 1990s...
by Brant Cooper | Feb 27, 2023 | Disruption Proof, Podcasts
The pandemic marked a point of acceleration for corporate digital transformation. The companies that performed the best were digital or had at least adopted a digital age mindset. Not surprisingly, companies who never had product managers are now forming product...
by Brant Cooper | Feb 13, 2023 | Disruption Proof, Podcasts
For a long time economists thought demand existed before supply was created. It turns out, for most products, the inverse is true, where supply creates demand.People often aren’t conscious of their needs or how to...
by Brant Cooper | Jan 30, 2023 | Disruption Proof, Podcasts
On this LinkedIn audio event special Brant Cooper discusses the evolution of Innovation Labs. In this episode, Brant goes over the common errors associated with innovation labs and the real pivot they need to make in order to survive their 3-5 year...
by Brant Cooper | Jan 17, 2023 | Disruption Proof, Podcasts
Innovation labs have expertise but it’s not invention. They excel at exploration work, and exploration is the solution for how companies should deal with uncertainty. Therefore, we should be turning the innovation lab into a source that can drive exploration...
by Brant Cooper | Jan 4, 2023 | Disruption Proof, Podcasts
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...
by Brant Cooper | Dec 30, 2022 | Disruption Proof, Podcasts
Corporate HR teams are facing unprecedented uncertainty: hybrid work, the “big quit”, and “silent quit”. To make things worse, an exhausted, burned-out workforce. The remaining workforce will be implored to “just work harder.” This is a recursive, negative cycle. Can...
by Brant Cooper | Dec 6, 2022 | Disruption Proof, Podcasts
Most re-orgs cut into muscle not just fat. As we head into an uncertain economy in 2023 and businesses plan for the year ahead, re-orgs are likely. While re-organizing parts of the business might improve some efficiencies, it’s often disguising leadership problems...
by Brant Cooper | Nov 21, 2022 | Disruption Proof, Podcasts
What’s so interesting about KPIs and OKRs is every few years there’s a new framework for metrics, but essentially, they’re always about outcomes. So, what are the desired outcomes? We want more customers. We want happier customers. We want more revenue, more growth,...
