Alliances and Tools in Innovation

In part 3 of this 3 part podcast Mike Dalton the founder of Guided Innovation Group, discussed Alliances and tools used in Innovation. I think you might be surprised with some of the answers. In Mikes recent book, Simplifying Innovation: Doubling speed to market and new product profits – with your existing resourceshe discussed the Read More …

put things off until the last responsible minute – Personal Kanban

One of the Personal Kanban tips that Jim Benson gave us in the Business901 Podcast: We basically create different projects, and those projects, aren’t atomized until the last possible minute. So we keep things in an aggregated form as long as we possibly can, which is a fancy way of saying that we procrastinate. But Read More …

Customer Value Lens

In part 2 of this 3 part podcast Mike Dalton the founder of Guided Innovation Group, discussed The Customer Value Lens. Mike says, “That means the first thing you have to do is be out in the marketplace, be out with customers, potential customers or new markets and be looking for the problems, the things Read More …

Case Study using Lean Startup Techniques

The video is far from perfect, some of the questions you will not even be able to hear.  However, when we are talking about new Lean Startup theory with a mix of Product Innovation and Product Launches this is as good of a case study I have found for public viewing. Lean Startup case study Read More …

Theory of Constraints in Innovation

Mike Dalton was my guest on the Business901 podcast . Mike is the founder of Guided Innovation Group, whose simple mission is helping companies turn their new product innovation into bottom-line impact. The Guided Innovation System™ , their unique TOC-based approach to rapid innovation improvement is helping companies slash time to market in half and Read More …

Listening to your Customer’s Heartbeat with a Stethoscope?

John Mariotti of Small Business Trends wrote an interesting article titled “A Hazard of Innovation: “Falling in Love With Your Own Ideas” on the American Express Open Forum. John states: There seems to be widespread agreement that innovation is the path to profitable growth and competitive advantage.  If that is true (I think it is Read More …