There are a number of ways for generating great ideas. The key is to create an environment for divergent thinking and most often this is down to the types of questions that get asked.
Risk – the seven biggest mistakes
As the title suggests, let’s take a look at what we believe to be the seven biggest mistakes related to dealing with risk (and opportunities).
Socrates, Ladders and Chains – what do you really want?
Recently I met with some Lean practitioners and we spent some time discussing the use of the Five Whys questioning technique for discovering to a root cause or underlying reason. Here I add a comparison with Socratic questioning and also a modification based on Means-End Chain Theory.
Controlling the Dimensions of Innovation Risk
The risk associated with developing and deploying integrated systems has many dimensions – complexity, novelty, speed, technology, social, political and others. The greater the risk the greater the need for some form of overarching governance and the adoption of risk mitigating approaches.
the Problem with Requirements
When developing a new product, system or service there are two primary ways you can end up going down the wrong path: (a) inadequate requirement capture means that you are developing something that may not work properly, (b) inadequate requirement validation means that you may be building something that nobody wants.
Verification and Validation – begin with the end in mind.
Developing any new product, service or system requires that it be both verified and validated. Providing the necessary assurance can require considerable time, effort and infrastructure to enact and it is important that this is considered from the outset.