Top 10 Signs You Need Help With Innovation Management
April 24th, 2008 by binnur
Inspired by David Letterman, here is my Top 10 Signs You Need Help With Innovation Management.
Number 10. Just like a neurotic dog chasing its tail, you seem to be caught chasing a tail. You just can’t tell whose tail you are chasing: yours or your competitor’s.
Number 9. Your managements’ version of thriving on chaos feels more like the final hours on Titanic.
Number 8. Your company wrote the book on bureaucracy: the corporate barber offers volume discounts on pointy hairdos.
Number 7. You missed so many product launch windows that you are thinking about installing garage doors.
Number 6. Your product roadmap has taken its cue from NASA. You retired your core product without a replacement in the works, leaving your customers lost in space.
Number 5. Your data sheets read like John Kerry’s campaign speeches…
Number 4. Your employees refer to your idea management system as the roach motel. Ideas check in, and nothing checks out.
Number 3. Your strategic planning process resembles contestant elimination on a reality show.
Number 2. To reduce casualties, you erect a wall with security checkpoints between your R&D and marketing departments. Remember to use the buddy system: no one crosses the line alone!
And finally, Number 1. You are reading this blog 
Happy weekend everyone!
Guilty as charged on all points except #2. I can’t wait for school to start!