It can be an appealing career choice. Is it the right one for you?
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Have you entertained the notion of becoming an independent consultant? It can be a very appealing career choice. It isn't the right one for everyone. Is it right for you?
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Good can often be plenty good. It depends on how you choose to look at it.
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"Perfect is the enemy of good enough" is often used in connection with efforts to balance speed to market with product design optimization. There can be much more to it than that.
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Making and enabling professional connections is a business. Here's a look at it.
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Professionals attach value to having someone selectively connect them with another professional to explore collective benefit. What's this service worth?
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The Economics of Networking
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No, this is not a post about snug fitting men's underwear. Instead, it is about the importance for clients and consultants to negotiate and agree upon clearly worded and unambiguous engagement briefs.
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The Importance of Tight Briefs
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In new product development, teams usually don't seriously consider technical feasibility until they've selected a product concept for commercialization. Then, it's up to R&D to figure out how to make the product viable. As resourceful as a company's technical team may be, it can be challenging and risky to wait until after the project clock starts ticking before working to identify, develop or source feasible technical options.
However, what if project teams could begin this work prior to concept development activity? They can and they should.
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Go Find It BEFORE You Need It
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In our dealings with professionals, each of us has undoubtedly experienced instances where someone has not met their commitment. These failings can range from minor to considerable. They can be isolated or chronic. They can be mildly irritating to exceedingly vexing. They are never welcome.
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"I've Been Really Busy" And Other Tall Tales
The smarter we work, the luckier we get.
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Roman philosopher Seneca once said, "Luck is what happens when preparedness meets opportunity." O.K., I'll accept that. However, since opportunity doesn't routinely come looking for me, I like to go out and make my own luck. How about you?
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"Do You Feel Lucky?"
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Participants in group ideation sessions share their ideas, but rarely the insights that inspired them. That's a shame as these could serve as springboards for even more attractive business opportunities than the ones that are shared.
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Underwear as Idea Inspiration?
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Design thinking practitioners tackle new product development challenges by imagining a superior customer experience, versus simply seeking to improve existing products. Is this how your team currently approaches its new product development challenges?
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Imagine the Experience, Then Design The Product
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Intelligent detail gathering and synthesis can require substantial time and concentration investment and won't always yield revelations. But if we consistently do our homework, our chances are good that we'll be rewarded for our diligence.
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Details, Assumptions and Sweat...
"The devil is in the details, but so is salvation"
Hyman G. Rickover
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A couple of weeks ago, I described how technology translation can be applied to help identify new, unexpected and superior solutions to challenges that would otherwise be approached through more conventional means. An extension of this thinking is to explore a technology's ancillary benefits to expand its applicability and utility beyond its targeted purpose.
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Still Lost in (Technology) Translation?
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As with individuals making housing decisions regarding whether to rent or build/buy, corporations now must decide whether to invest in internal technology development or pursue external technology licensing or acquisition instead. Decisions, decisions...
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Technology: Rent or Buy?