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A Blueprint to use Progress Metrics for Pre-Market Product Portfolios

In my previous article, I introduced the Progress Metric Framework as a tool for measuring the success of pre-market ventures, where expediting time-to-market needs to be balanced with risk mitigation through evidence-based decision-making. In this article, I will guide you through the practical implementation of the framework. A Unified View of a ‘Product’ The starting place for any type of funnel measurement is...


What Are Progress Metrics?

My childhood was filled with the captivating storytelling of Mark Twain in classics such as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. Unbeknownst to me at the time, each of these literary gems bore a lesson ingrained in the pen name's significance—"Mark Twain."  Samuel Clemens achieved fame under the pen name...


The Next Horizon

In contemplating the inevitable nature of change, I'm reminded of the insightful words of Heraclitus, the Greek philosopher from Ephesus. His assertion that 'There is nothing permanent except change' strikes a chord as I navigate the next horizon of my professional journey. Over the past six years, I embraced the challenge of establishing an innovation practice within Roche, one of the...


The Friday Four: September 7, 2018

1. The Little Phoenix “Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.” Bruce Lee 2. The Man in Black “How well I have learned that there is no fence to sit on between heaven and hell. There is a deep, wide gulf, a chasm, and in that chasm is no place for any man.” Johnny Cash 3. The Spokesman...


The Friday Four: August 31, 2018

1. Continually Build Mental Models All of us tell ourselves stories about how the world works, how our relationships are going, and who we are whether we realize we’re doing it or not. Some of us build more robust stories than others. Psychologists refer to these stories as cognitive mental models. These models shape what we think, how we react, and...


The Friday Four August 24, 2018

Valuable lessons have a way of continually working their way back to the surface time and time again. This week’s repeating lesson: having the right people in the room. In my work, it makes sense to be vigilant about the details. The right venue can create an open environment. Great facilitators can move things along. The content is critical. But...


The Friday Four: August 17, 2018

I spent the week developing and facilitating an innovation strategy with one of the most recognized CPG companies in the world. It’s been fascinating and challenging work. One of the challenges is the word strategy itself. It has become a bit of a business “suitcase word” used as a catchall in attempting to articulate what we’re working on and how...


The Friday Four: August 10, 2018

In the last week, we ventured to the North East side of the island and spent our time hiking in the tropical rainforest, exploring the breathtaking Onomea Bay, and taking in one of the most incredible sunsets I’ve ever seen in between the Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea volcanoes. The highlight, for me, was the time I got to spend with...


The Friday Four: August 3, 2018

For the last few years, I’ve been coming to the Big Island Hawaii for many reasons. The largest of which is something about Hawaii – the land, the people, the ocean, the traditions – that “vibrates at a different frequency” in a such a way to recharge and focus me from my core. It’s hard to explain precisely what this...


The Friday Four: July 27, 2018

Admittedly, when audiobooks started to gain traction I felt a sense of Ivy League defiance – listening to a book is not the same thing as reading a book, after all. Beyond my arrogance, I found this had little to do with the format itself and lots to do with my tactile need to interact with the content through scribbles...