We’ve been conditioned to ask for direction; to ask for a plan; and ask for permission. But those ways no longer apply. Today that old behavior puts you at the front of the peloton in the great race to the bottom. The old ways are gone. Today’s new ways: propose......
Our threshold for uncertainty is too low. Early in projects, even before the first prototype is up and running, you know what the product must do, what it will cost, and, most problematic, when you’ll be done. Independent of work content, level of newness, and workloads, there’s no uncertainty in......
Accomplishments in 2013 Fourth year of weekly blog posts without missing a beat or repeating a post. (251 posts in total.) Third year of daily tweets – 2,170 in all. (@mikeshipulski) Second year as Top 40 Innovation Bloggers (#12) – Innovation Excellence, the web’s top innovation site. Seventh consecutive year......
You’re busier than ever, and almost every day you’re asked to do more. And usually it’s more with less – must improve efficiency so you can do more of what you already do. We want you to take this on, but don’t drop anything. Improving your efficiency is good, and......
Today is a celebration – four years of Shipulski On Design! To celebrate, I’m introducing my new book — Product Process People – Designing for Change. And as a gift, I’m offering for free (pdf format) to my subscribers. If you’re a subscriber, click below to download the pdf. If......
There’s a lot of negativity around us. But it’s not upfront, unadulterated negativity; it’s behind-the-scenes, hunkering, almost translucent negativity. And it’s divisive. This type of negativity is so pervasive it’s almost invisible. It’s everywhere; we have processes built around it; have organizations dedicated to it; and we use it daily......
I used to believe in control, now I believe in trust. I used to believe in process, now I believe in judgment. I used to believe in WHAT and HOW, now I believe in WHO and WHY. I used to believe in organizational structure, now I believe in personal relationships.......
With websites, e-books, old fashioned books, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and blogs, there’s a seemingly limitless flood of information on every facet of business. There are heaps on innovation, new product development, lean, sales and marketing, manufacturing, and strategy; and within each there are elements and sub elements that fan out......
At the start of projects, no one knows what to do. Engineering complains the specification isn’t fully defined so they cannot start, and marketing returns fire with their complaint – they don’t yet fully understand the customer needs, can’t lock down the product requirements, and need more time. Marketing wants......
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