We’re Not Bouncing Back
Mid-size and Large Companies Must Quickly Pivot Product Lines and Build Responsive Roadmaps. V, U, and L are shapes that represent paths the US economy may take in our recovery from the current Covid pandemic. There’s no question about the direction of the left side of each letter. It’s been straight down and we’re waiting […]
Products and Innovation in the Covid World
Large companies have unique challenges. See why doubling down might be a bad idea. Like most people, I’ve swirled in many thoughts about our Covid-19 experience. My first instinct was to call on my strengths to address the challenges I see. And my approach was to re-visit models and techniques I’ve used with many clients. […]
A Kodak Moment for Xerox and HP
In the early part of the negotiations (with HP), Xerox CEO John Visentin expressed concerns that his company was out of organic growth opportunities and must either expand through an acquisition or be acquired itself. Icahn Proposed Buying HP If It Didn’t Pursue Xerox Merger Bloomberg News, February 27, 2020 By Ed Hammond and Scott […]
Decision-Flow and Product Line Strategy
A disjointed decision-flow can cause many headaches. Years ago, I stumbled on a powerful insight into product development. It came to me while working with a large enterprise software company. The job was to help set up their new software to support product development and portfolio management. Today we call this workflow automation. The insight […]
Trapped in The Single-Product Mindset
Many companies have created a difficult problem for themselves. As they grew, they mastered a host of practices to innovate and launch new products. They advanced their staged-development and concept screening practices. And they developed speedy Agile and waterfall methods. Plus, they embraced a long list of creative techniques. All of this is great. At […]
