Ideation and the Designer's Mindset – TEDTalks with Practitioner Insights Read Time: 2 Minutes Ideation and the Designer’s Mindset People ask me, 'Don't you ever run out of ideas?' Well, in the first place, I don't use ideas. Every time I have an idea, it's too limiting and usually...
Leadership Ted Talks with Practitioner Insights Read Time: 2 Minutes The anti-CEO playbook by Hamdi Ulukaya Click Here to Watch Profit, money, shareholders: these are the priorities of most business leaders today. But at what cost? Chobani founder Hamdi Ulukaya calls...
Sustainable Product Design - TEDTalks with Practitioner Insights Read Time: 2 Minutes Sustainable Product Design “If it can’t be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbished, refinished, resold, recycled, or composted, then it should be restricted, designed or...
Relating Portfolio Management to Strategy When asking small and medium enterprises about how they select their portfolio, it can be surprising to observe that the CEO’s intuition is a common “method” to select the projects in which they will invest. According to PDMA’s Body of Knowledge ...
An innovation culture or a culture of continuity Read Time: 8 Minutes I've been reading and thinking a lot lately about what is described as a "culture of innovation". While I would like to think that such an animal exists, the more skeptical side of me doubts it. I think a culture of...
TED Talks on Team Leadership Read Time: 2 Minutes Lead like the Great Conductors Click Here to Watch Watch Time: 20 Minutes In this video Itay Talgam talks about leading a team the way a conductor leads an orchestra – producing music out of chaos. Practitioner Points: ...
Simplicity in Design - TEDTalks with Practitioner Insights A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. Antonine de Saint-Exupery How do we make things as simple, inexpensive, functional, and...
Creativity - TEDTalks with Practitioner Insights Read Time: 2 Minutes The Power of Imagination Designing products and services involves deeply understanding consumers’ beliefs, attitudes, and inner selves as product managers; the journey to a fine and competitive product is a function...
Read Time: 2 Minutes When asked “How would you know a good decision if you saw one”, audience members at PDMA’s Inspire Innovation conference September 18, 2023 in New Orleans said things like “Alignment with goal and vision” and “Aligned with expectations” and “True alignment (not just...
The Application of Jobs to Be Done in B2B Markets: Unlocking Value and Driving Innovation Read time: 4 minutes As the speed of innovation increases, understanding customer needs and creating products and services that address those needs is crucial for success. The Jobs-to-Be-Done ...