Research And Development

Research and Development is the process of creating new products, improving existing products, and discovering new ways to do business.

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Negative

Negative glossary definition: A lack of payment of a liability when due. May also pertain to a financial statement item that is negative.

Edward de Bono

Edward de Bono: Maltese physician, author, and inventor of lateral thinking who enhanced creative problem-solving in business.

Multidisciplinary Teams

Multidisciplinary Teams involve individuals from various parts of the business working together on a single project.

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Delay a Technology Purchase Too Long? 5 Regrets When You Do

Delay a Technology Purchase Too Long? 5 Regrets When You Do

Delaying technology purchases may seem wise, but it can lead to unexpected inefficiencies and ineffectiveness.

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End of Year Reviews: Why They’re So Important

End of Year Reviews: Why They’re So Important

End of year reviews can produce fear and anxiety in both employees and managers. Here are some tips on how to conduct an effective and objective review.

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How Advancing Their Lean Startup Practice Helps Intrapreneurs Bust Organizational Roadblocks

How Advancing Their Lean Startup Practice Helps Intrapreneurs Bust Organizational Roadblocks

Learn how to effectively manage innovation projects in a large organization by attending the Advanced Lean Startup workshop that focuses on experience and the practice of innovation.

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How Can You Apply the Kaizen Philosophy in Workplace?

How Can You Apply the Kaizen Philosophy in Workplace?

Learn about Kaizen philosophy and how it promotes continuous improvement in the workplace through small incremental changes and teamwork.

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How Fast Should You Innovate?

How Fast Should You Innovate?

Innovation is necessary to stay ahead of the competition as the rate of change increases. A strategy for constant and planned innovation activities is recommended.

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Innovation Roadmaps – The What, Why and How

Innovation Roadmaps – The What, Why and How

Visual representation of complex data is essential for decision-making. Innovation roadmaps are a powerful tool to align strategy and innovation activities.

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Lessons in Innovation and Longevity from Hollywood

Lessons in Innovation and Longevity from Hollywood

How have movie studios like Universal Pictures and Walt Disney Studios survived and prospered in such a competitive and volatile industry for over a century? By pivoting and restructuring, experimenting, empowering talent, and having a global ambition and marketing strategy.

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Mapping innovation across the three horizons

Mapping innovation across the three horizons

The three horizon methodology can significantly improve innovation contribution for various organizations by applying different mindsets to evolutionary thinking while mapping out future disruptions.

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Product development: How to get the most out of internal feedback

Product development: How to get the most out of internal feedback

Internal product feedback is often neglected, but it can help in getting an overall view of the product, improving employee productivity by 20-25%, and correcting mistakes before launch.

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Time logging: Where employee task management turns into employee task misery

Employee task management can become a nightmare due to the inefficiency, inaccuracy, inconvenience, lack of visibility, and lack of collaboration associated with time logging. However, Planview AdaptiveWork offers robust, user-friendly time tracking tools that meet today's enterprise project teams' needs.

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Tips for Streamlining Communication and Reporting

Effective communication is crucial for project success, but it can be challenging to streamline with so many methods available. Planview AdaptiveWork offers a cloud-based project management platform to combine these operations into one place.

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Using the Three Horizons Framework for Innovation

The Three Horizon Methodology connects present innovation with future possibilities, identifying disruptions and offering a way to manage uncertainty through ongoing dialogue.

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Using the Three Horizons Model for Balanced Innovation Portfolios

Innovation portfolios are necessary for business continuity and sustainability. The Three Horizons Model helps prioritize focus and resources across three defined horizons.

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Why is no one doing what works?

Learn how to scale your innovation initiatives by leveraging past mistakes and successes, and applying a clear framework.

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Why You Should Stop Using Email to Manage Tasks

Email is not a productive way to handle tasks. Cloud-based project management tools can help by capturing tasks and listing them in order of priority, allowing for transparency across a team.

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