Posts by Pamela Soin
How to Protect Breakthrough Innovation
A company’s portfolio can generally be segmented into three types of innovation: incremental, adjacent, and breakthrough. Incremental innovations are minor improvements to existing products or small steps in to a new market. Adjacent innovations are more novel than incremental innovations and often involve applying an existing core competency in a new area. Breakthrough innovations, often…
Read MoreWhat Types of Innovation Projects Should Be Included In Your Portfolio?
Question: We’re a very large, well-known consumer products company, and our portfolio is actually quite complex, as we have many different types of initiatives included, all at vastly different stages. In fact, we often debate whether certain projects should be included at all. Do you have any leading practices related to defining what should be…
Read MoreJumpstart Your Innovation Results Transformation with Portfolio Management
Do you have a clear innovation strategy that directly links your innovation investment decisions to expected results? Many companies don’t. Here’s how to get started and close the gap quickly with Portfolio Management.
Read MoreA Simple Equation for Innovation Success
A bad economy, globalization, consumer attention deficit disorder, lack of resources, poor technology infrastructure, corporate politics, bad luck and loads of other excuses exist in companies that are not getting good innovation results. It’s just doggone hard. But what in life isn’t hard?
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