Tag Archives | Operational Portfolio Management

Organizational Models for Breakthrough Innovation

By on March 28, 2015

As we have suggested earlier, innovation activities that are radical or disruptive in nature, should be separated from incremental innovation around a company’s established core business. The main reasons are: Required capabilities, structures, approaches, success metrics and culture for radical/disruptive innovation are highly incompatible with those required for incremental innovation. Radical/disruptive innovation activities need full-time resources to get executed properly and time-efficiently. However, separation is a […]

Continue Reading · Comments { 1 }

Managing Innovation Portfolios – Part 2: Operational Portfolio Management

By on October 26, 2013

This is part two of a two-parts article co-written with Kevin McFarthing from Innovation Fixer. The first part can be found here.   In our previous post, we discussed how Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) ensures that the content of the portfolio is driven by innovation strategy and associated targets. We would now like to move on to […]

Continue Reading · Comments { 0 }

Managing Innovation Portfolios – Part 1: Strategic Portfolio Management

By on September 21, 2013

This is part one of a two-parts article co-written with Kevin McFarthing from Innovation Fixer. The second part can be found here.   Facing increasingly dynamic and unpredictable environments, firms are required to develop convenient innovation strategies, constantly adapt them to changing conditions and properly implement strategically-aligned initiatives throughout their organizations. Innovation portfolio management (IPM) can act […]

Continue Reading · Comments { 6 }