

Growth and Entropy
Blog, Product Line Strategy, Responsive RoadmappingGrowth-induced entropy has two characteristics that managers should understand. First, it can work against your goals. Because it's chaotic, it's not likely to push in the direction you want. And second, when left alone, entropy always grows. You need to spot and tame entropy if you wish to avoid bad outcomes.

Product Lines as Systems Online Workshop
Blog, Masterclass, WebinarsLearn key product line system parts and forces including platform-levers, verb-based market segments, and chain-link synergy.

Digital Transformations and Product Lines
Blog, Digitalization, PLaaS, TransformationCompanies need to focus their digital transformations on improving their product lines’ performance. And they need to do that by focusing on each product line’s velocity. This is a big deal. Pleas take a moment to learn why!

Think Strategy to Innovate Your Product Line
Blog, Innovation, Podcasts, Product Line StrategyThe big innovation game is about entire product lines, not creatively crafting a single new product. And a good product line strategy is not just a sum of single-product strategies. There's much more to it, so much more.

Product Line Strategy and Systems Thinking
Blog, PLaaS, Product Line StrategyA systems view shows us how product lines are comprised of many parts. The forces between the parts drive the product line system. Product line management’s job is to create and alter the system parts and forces to push the line forward.

Video – Product Line Velocity vs. Time-to-Market
Blog, PLaaS, Product Line FlowThis video blog explores the big difference between Product Line Velocity and Time-to-Market And why it matters. Learn more about why Product Lines as Systems and Product Line Velocity are so important.

Video – Product Line Flow
Blog, PLaaS, Product Line Strategy This short video delivers a quick primer on Product Line Flow and Maximizing Product Line Velocity. Click to Start
If this video was of interest, please consider reading our Blog entitled Product Line Flow and Maximizing Its Velocity.
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The Dubious “Best Practice” Moniker
Best Practices, Blog How the Halo Effect Demands Cautionary Advice about Innovation Best Practices
Careful. Innovation professionals should tone down their zeal for Best Practice studies.
These studies suggest you should copy best practices. If you do, your…


Your Product Line Mess Looms Large
Blog, Covid, Product Line Pivot Can you fix it by next summer?
The COVID economy hasn't messed up all product lines. But I'm stunned by how many well-known companies have serious problems. And most customers and shareholders have yet to see the messes. But discussions…

A New Growth Cycle? You Bet!
Blog, Covid, Product Line PivotBut it's not just ‘more of before.’ This growth cycle won’t be a pick up from where we were before our COVID experience. We’re all dealing with major changes and disruptions. Nonetheless, growth is imminent. Get ready!
Consumer demand…