Big Teams - Barriers to Innovation?
In his recent post “Is Design a Team Sports?”, Idris Mootee discusses the role of the individual designer versus a design team. During that discussion he broaches the question as to whether large teams are barriers to innovation. I think that there is a semantic trap in the question, becuase it potentially blurs the [...]
Is Stage-Gate a Barrier to Innovation?
In a recent, thought-provoking posting on his excellent Innovation Playground blog, Idris Mootee posits that the traditional product development stage-gate framework is a barrier to innovation.
The following is my comment posted to his blog:
Idris:
When I first read the title of this post, the “old school product manager” in me reacted viscerally. Then when I read [...]
Leadership in the public eye
I can’t help but comment on the recent news about Elliot Spitzer, Governor of NY and former prosecutor of such high profile cases as Dick Grasso, former CEO of the New York k Stock Exchange. Mr. Spitzer had promoted himself as the protector of the small guy against those corrupt corporate executives. His whole public [...]
The evolution of the organization – Part 3
The third phase began to emerge in the literature around the late 80s and early 90s and is now becoming more recognized in the life of corporations. I have called this stage the Spiritual stage, not because of its relationship to religion or any specific spiritual path, but because it has all the elements found [...]