Forbes Magazine recently published this article about Agersens, the company featured in Chapter 3 of High Velocity Innovation. This company’s disruptive technology aims to do away with physical fencing, allowing ranchers to use more sustainable grazing practices. Chris Leigh-Lancaster, CTO recognized that…
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When we were developing the Rapid Learning Cycles framework, we intentionally chose to create our own terminology for the elements of the framework instead of leverage them from the Agile methods we were using. We did that because we didn’t…
I always cringe a little inside when I hear someone say, “You can’t innovate on schedule.” While it’s true that no one can predict exactly when someone will come up with a breakthrough idea, it’s also true that the idea…
the majority feel their company is lagging behind in its innovation efforts — and already paying for it with sluggish revenues, slow growth and little innovation outside the R&D department. Yet, these issues are mere harbingers of what could lie…
I know you can because I’ve seen it happen over and over again, as innovation leaders and teams move away from using “silver bullets” that don’t work, following experts that have never shipped their own product, or listening to advice…
At the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in 2017, journalist Carl Bernstein of Watergate fame described the philosophy that guided his reporting during the crisis that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974: “We tried to get the…
When the Wright Brothers set out to build an airplane, they knew that if their design had any flaws, their test pilot may not survive to make a second attempt. It had to be right the first time. Not every…
Research from the Product Development Management Association showed that in 2012, 70% of U.S. product development organizations managed their work with phase-gate Product Development Processes (PDPs). While Agile has started to eat into that adoption rate, almost all companies that…
