From leading people, we discovered that 
tangible business value comes from
application-relevant learning 
synchronized with the organization's overall approach
 to meeting a challenge or objective.

We spend time upfront to understand your situation.
We adapt to your terminology and examples.
We collaborate to determine impact measures.
 To schedule training, click here and tell us when you need it.

#PL1
A Product Life Cycle (Stage-Gate) Framework, What Makes It Work, What Makes It Fail

Pick a life cycle or a stage gate framework. At their core, they're all the same. So why do some organizations succeed using them while others fail?

[1] Discover the essence of a life cycle; how to align and unite multiple dispersed functions, outsourced partners and suppliers; what the success factors are; what can kill the best framework.

[2] Explore your specific use, identify ideas for improvement using top creativity techniques, define an action plan. Receive a creativity/innovation tool.

Select from:
(A) 2 Hour Awareness Session (includes [1] above)
(B) 1-2 Day Action Learning Workshop (includes [1 & 2] above)
Follow-on services to launch or improve your life cycle or stage gate framework available.


#PL2
Leading Product Development in a Complex Environment

The tenets of leadership are well-known and can be found in thousands of books and training offerings. But how do they specifically play out in a product development environment?  Especially a complex one that includes cross-functional teams, global teams, accelerated schedules, fast-changing industry, newly merged teams, cost constraints.

[1] Connect by learning how popular leadership tenets have been successfully applied by others in the product development environment.

[2] Explore the specific leadership challenges you or others in the organization are dealing with, identify ideas for improvement using top creativity techniques, define an action plan. Receive a creativity/innovation tool.

Select from:
(A) 2 Hour Awareness Session (includes [1] above)
(B) 1-2 Day Action Learning Workshop (includes [1 & 2] above)
Follow-on coaching available.



#PL3
The Product Ecosystem: Who Needs to Know What and How Will It Be Communicated?

We have found that an "ecosystem-aware" worker avoids defects, decreases cycle time, inspires innovation and is motivated. Most people like to know the big picture in which they work. The problem is that there's so little time to absorb the information even if it were communicated. Who needs to know what, when and how will it be communicated and consumed?

[1] Learn about how others have been successful, how to determine the components of your ecosystem and the target audiences, what communication methods and techniques can be used, which techniques can be leveraged with minimal efforts.

[2] Identify the different components of your ecosystem. Identify your target audiences. Determine which target audiences need to know about which components and when. Select the communication method, the frequency and an owner for each.  Craft an action plan.


Select from:
(A) 2 Hour Awareness Session (includes [1] above)
(B) 1 Day Action Learning Workshop (includes [1 & 2] above)
Follow-on services to development a full communication approach available.



#BL2
Process Isn't Always The Answer

Understand why we tend to cite "the process" as the culprit most of the time, what the other factors could be, how to identify them, how to create a holistic problem solving culture.

2 Hour Awareness Session
Follow-on analysis services to identify process issues available.


#BL3
Powering Key Decision Points in Your Process with the Best Thinking Available

Not all decisions are of equal importance. What are the key decision points in your process?  The ones that most significantly influence business results? 

Imagine if you could harness the best thinking in the organization or even the industry when making those pivotal decisions, despite the fact that perhaps only a handful of people may be making the decision at the time.

Discover your key decision points.  Learn techniques to collect, organize and integrate the best thinking quickly and easily into your process. Put an action plan together to focus on your key decision points.

1 Day Action Learning Workshop
Follow-on services available to power all your key decision points.


#BL4
Don't Lose Your Intellectual Capital: Integrating Key Thinking into Your Processes & Tools

Who holds the key knowledge in the organization?  The knowledge that is critical to things working right or working quickly? 

With today's dynamic workforce movements and attriting baby boomers, the lose or the unavailability of intellectual capital can cause significant risk to a business.

What can be done that will capture some of the key knowledge nuggets? But more importantly, how can the nuggets be integrated into the daily processes, tools and training so they are easy to use by relevant parties?

Discover your key decision points.  Learn techniques to collect, organize and integrate the knowledge into your processes & tools.  Put an action plan together to focus on one key individual or job function.

1 Day Action Learning Workshop
Follow-on services available to collect, organize and integrate key knowledge into your processes & tools.