4th Generation Spiral Process

Spiral Innovation Process of Fourth Generation R&D The spiral process shown in the “Spiral Innovation Process of Fourth Generation R&D” figure incorporates tests of many business assumptions including the attributes of value described by the Eighth Principle of 4G. The spiral process helps build a business model in the outer process loop shown [...]

2021-01-02T10:23:36-08:00

Design Considerations for Organizational Structures

Organizational Design Options 7S Organizational Model There are a variety of ways, shown in the Organizational Design Options" figure, in which people can organize to create successful societies, communities and organizations. When designing the organizational structure for innovation organizations the “7S” model provides an overall framework to think through that design. This is [...]

2021-02-07T12:39:28-08:00

Conflict Improves, not Weakens, Decision Quality

7 "S" Framework The Golden adage “stick to your knitting” becomes an epitaph if a corporation doesn’t engage in constructive conflict that innovation brings about. This is because our fixation on “what is” obscures the necessity of worrying about “what isn’t” and “what might be”. Although organizations do need to drive themselves towards [...]

2020-12-23T12:11:27-08:00
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