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Creating an Environment for Product Teams to Thrive
The difference between a good product and a great one is often its design. Great design requires many things, but among them is a thriving product team - one that is creatively engaged, deeply connected to its industry, and equipped with the information necessary to...
AI, Computation and the Human Touch (Thinking, Sensing, and Making)
As I keep joining discussions around generative AI and artificial intelligence technologies in general, I observe people swing between unsettling feelings and excitement. My overall suggestion in every instance is to slow down, think about the ways in which we -the...
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Conversations with Innovators
For healthcare technologies, one challenge is access to the right end-users, essential support personnel and subject matter experts. Many startups will create solutions without engaging the right stakeholders, resulting in technologies that are suboptimal, or worse, they solve a problem that may not exist.
Actionable Ideas from the Innovation Workshop & Tour at Georgia Institute of Technology
“An excellent forum for discovery of like communities to accelerate ideas, insights and real-world case studies.”
Key Insights and Ideas Roundup from the 16th Annual Growth, Innovation and Leadership: The Growth Pipeline Experience
Participants and presenters alike came away with a wealth of ideas and insights gleaned at Frost & Sullivan’s 16th Annual GROWTH INNOVATION AND LEADERSHIP.
Key Insights from the New Product Innovation Workshop at MIT InnovationHQ
Working across the organization brings innovators unique insights. Generalists will support in narrowing down the broader industry to find growth opportunities.
Building a Better Lemonade Stand: How to Strategically Align Resources with Your Product Innovation Portfolio
Culture is key. This is by far the most important element of getting the right people and forming the right product innovation team.
Where the Ventures are Venturing
In this lively and candid discussion, investors will share insights into the top trends on how businesses are integrating startups into their full enterprise strategy.
The Future of Free Time in 2030
We can expect that virtual reality will have a substantial effect on our free time, impacting entertainment pursuits, travel & hobbies.
Enabling Team Agility with Role Clarity
At Johnson Controls, our Global Services team has recently focused on a vital, but often overlooked factor in these teams’ success: role clarity.
Applying Agile and Design Thinking to Humanize Digital Experiences
Design thinking can definitely increase the chances for success, along with handholding the cultural evolution.
Translating Consumer Trends into Business Opportunities: Unblocking Innovation Barriers
Consumers are increasingly embracing sustainability and this unlocks growth opportunities for companies. Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) will play a key role in reducing carbon for the aviation sector.
Diversifying Revenue Streams to Survive and Thrive
Prasoon Saxena, President, Manufacturing, NTT DATA, discusses Diversifying Revenue Streams to Survive and Thrive at Frost & Sullivan’s Growth, Innovation and Leadership event. Saxena explores how the growing ubiquity of digitization, automation, and connectivity is driving business model evolution.
Innovation Agility in a Sustainability-driven Context: Starting a Journey While Map-Making is Still in Progress
The world is changing at a faster and faster pace (at least it feels like it). There are always endless problems to solve, and innovations to offer solutions. How do we manage innovation that solves the targeted problem?
At the Speed of the Customer: Interesting and Disruptive Developments from Starbucks, Taco Bell, Twitter and others
Single industry thinking is dead. Capabilities needed for tomorrow are at the intersection of industries, expertise areas/technologies and the future of work. No one on the industry can teach you this.
Innovation Infrastructure: Enabling Ideas to Impact
Innovation Infrastructure: Enabling Ideas to Impact Presented by Tim Miano Executive Director MIT Office of Innovation
Four Themes for Building A Better User Experience Iteratively
UX Design is an iterative process. We need to understand the most basic user needs that we are designing for. If Google didn’t start with a search, then users would have never known how to use its Map.
Frost & Sullivan’s Growth Innovation Leadership Council to Address these Six Critical Issues in 2022
Data, discussion & important market insights from experts and peers, the Council helps senior executives sharpen strategies.
Replace the Word ‘Culture’ with ‘Purpose’ Every Time You Speak
This ensures a strong commonly understood sense of purpose that in turn drives work methods, processes, behaviors or habits.
How Innovation Management is Radically Transforming in 2021, and What It Means for You
In a recent KPMG survey / report we saw that throughout the pandemic, innovation remained a top priority for business leaders.
Developing A Sales Enablement and Go To Market (GTM) Strategy
The requirements around a Go-to-Market roadmap on using the business intelligence and insights from your customer ecosystem.
Why Corporations Should Invest in Startups
and Not Just Buy Them
Sometimes an investment makes more sense than M&A By Scott Lenet President Touchdown Ventures I’ve personally participated in the creation of...
Case History on Go-To-Market Strategy
Key Insights from a Virtual Event led by Dr. Christina Baune, Director of Digital Product, Sleep Number Corporation
A case history on an organization’s evolution – from retail to a health and wellness company. Leveraging technology to commercialize and optimize the customer journey, Sleep Number advanced omnichannel digitization to continue meeting the needs of their customers.
Headliner – Leading Growth Amidst Disruption and Complexity
The Art of Influencing – Getting the Upper Hand in Product Development
One of the most powerful things you can do when presenting an idea for the first time is to acknowledge the audience’s pain points to a particular issue.
What is the New Model for Innovation Success?
In this 3rd series article, I’ll shift focus to what actions and strategies that I am seeing drive sustained innovative impact, and importantly, set a model for success moving forward.
Navigating Global Supply Chain Snarls – What to Expect?
Businesses will increasingly incorporate just-in-case strategies as opposed to just-in-time manufacturing in order to improve supply chain resilience.
Key Insights and Ideas from the 14th Annual New Product Innovation & Development: A Frost & Sullivan Executive MindXchange
The event, themed Being Dynamic in a Post-Pandemic World, was punctuated by the participants’ excitement in exchanging ideas.
Lessons from the Kitchen for Agile Scientists
At Monument Chemical, we strive to be agile scientists who work quickly, efficiently — and successfully — on behalf of our customers.
My Top Five Books about Creativity and Innovation
Here are five books that, in my opinion, offer practical advice and can be used to teach. The list is not exhaustive.
Three Critical Ingredients for Building Successful and Collaborative Product Teams
Shipping products that provide clear business outcomes and customer/stakeholder delight, on time! By Manash Bhattacharjee Head of Product Management...
Deriving Value from Data: A Go-To-Market Roadmap
The success of this overall approach is only as good as the execution and implementation thoroughness.