Innovation requires experimentation that allows for the possibility of failure but the whole point of creating a program commitment process is to avoid failure.
Jeff Allison: How to Drive Innovation and Meet Commitments Read More »
In “From the American System to Mass Production, 1800-1932” David Hounshell offers a well researched perspective on the evolution of manufacturing methods in Great Britain and the United States.
“From the American System to Mass Production, 1800-1932” by David Hounshell Read More »
Robust communities have a messy order: they have to evolve so they cannot be designed along neat hierarchical lines. Whether you are planning a supplier ecosystem or a user group one marker for robustness is messy order: there is some organization but it’s not cleanly hierarchical.
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Lee Garverick presents a three-part process to assist entrepreneurs and leaders in achieving product-market fit in space and IIoT markets.
Finding Product-Market Fit in Industrial IoT and Space Startups by Lee Garverick Read More »
Jonathan Anthony promises 99 actionable ideas for insights for intrapreneurs in his book “Disorganize.” Here are my top six.
Six Insights for Intrapreneurs from “Disorganize” Read More »
A chalk talk on Stewart Brand’s model for how six layers in a building change at different rates from his book “How Buildings Learn.”
Chalk Talk: How Buildings Learn Read More »
What skills do you need to influence the way other people think? Angel Rampy, business coach at Success Through Learning, covers the different levels from which we influence moving us from “telling” to “collaborating”. She shares tips for strengthen our ability to influence others. Here are a couple of interesting video snippets from her
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This post explores three insights from Dr. Edward Baker’s “Scoring a Whole in One.” First, individuals must understand the enterprise context they operate in; second, leaders must serve and connect; and third, practice is necessary for improvement but does not lead to perfection.
Three Insights from Dr. Edward Baker’s “Scoring a Whole in One” Read More »
Etienne Garbugli looks at finding product opportunities, and how entrepreneurs deliver value and gain a foothold inside businesses.
Etienne Garbugli on Opportunities: Finding New Products Read More »
Sean Murphy recently explained to a client his perspective on change agents inside a business and the signals that he looks for to identify early adopters.
Markers That Startups Can Use to Identify Early Adopters Read More »
Ash Maurya makes the case that entrepreneurs must start with mindset to drive the skill development that will create traction and success.
Start with Mindset with Ash Maurya Read More »
Martha Ryan and Terry Frazier offered a briefing on how to “Scale by Understanding Your Value Stream” at the Lean Culture Meetup on Feb-25-2021. Here is a recap of the event that includes slides and video.
Scale by Understanding Your Value Stream: Slides and Video Recap Read More »
A simple view of organization structure is management and workers. The reality is three structures: formal controls, informal collaboration, and value creation networks.
Cultivate Formal Controls, Informal Collaboration, and Value Creation Networks Read More »
An intrapreneur is an employee who adopts the mindset of an entrepreneur to foster innovation inside of a larger firm. This blog post outlines key skills that an intrapreneur must master to identify useful inventions and get them adopted inside a firm to bring new value to customers.
Intrapreneur Mindset and Key Skills Read More »
This is a first pass at development dependency “pinwheel” model for intrapreneurs fostering new capability development and executives adjusting a product roadmap for development risk.
Mapping Capability Development to New Product Design and Delivery Read More »
Jeff Allison offers a June-1-2017 briefing on how to blend new capability development and new product development. Innovation requires experimentation that allows for the possibility of failure but the whole point of creating a program commitment process is to avoid failure.
Jeff Allison: How To Blend New Capability and New Product Development Read More »
It always seems simpler to be able to start with a blank slate, and even better to be given just one project so that you can focus, but the reality is that innovation inside an organization requires balancing priorities.
Innovation Inside an Organization Requires Balancing Priorities Read More »
I ran into Shane Reiser (@ShaneReiser) at the Intrapreneur Conference in Silicon Valley and was impressed by his new startup (Your Ideas are Terrible) with cofounder Carie Davis to bring lean thinking to corporate innovation. What follows is a Q&A we conducted over email with hyperlinks added for context.
Interview With Shane Reiser On Your Ideas Are Terrible Read More »
We are excited to announce that Jeff Allison will be collaborating with us on a new set initiatives for intrapreneurs in 2017, including a new Mastermind group specifically for intrapreneurs and change agents.
Jeff Allison joins SKMurphy Team to Drive Intrapreneur Focus for 2017 Read More »
We see a number of entrepreneurial opportunities for innovation in medical care in practice areas where the patient pays for outcomes.
Entrepreneurial Opportunities for Innovation in Medical Care Read More »
