Discovery Driven Planning

A critical part of a discovery driven plan is understanding your assumptions about what makes some assumptions more important than others.  This gets into the question of what we call your ‘key metrics’ – the… Read more »

Although Net Present Value calculations are often blamed for companies’  under-investing in innovation projects, and are a big problem for people trying to drive growth into new areas, it can be useful to get some… Read more »

Although Net Present Value calculations are often blamed for companies’  under-investing in innovation projects, and are a big problem for people trying to drive growth into new areas, it can be useful to get some… Read more »

Here’s another group using Discovery Driven Planning – in this case to develop better marketing plans for health care information technology clients.  What I found interesting about their approach is that they contrast the DDP… Read more »

One of the neat things about discovery driven planning is watching how it has become popular with quite a large set of consultants, venture managers, entrepreneurs and other people for whom conventional planning is just… Read more »

One of the neat things about discovery driven planning is watching how it has become popular with quite a large set of consultants, venture managers, entrepreneurs and other people for whom conventional planning is just… Read more »

One explanation for somewhat sparse postings these days is that I’m busy completing our new book, Discovery Driven Growth.  Can’t say too much about it (publishers get irate) but in the course of researching the… Read more »

One explanation for somewhat sparse postings these days is that I’m busy completing our new book, Discovery Driven Growth.  Can’t say too much about it (publishers get irate) but in the course of researching the… Read more »

I was browsing through this week’s edition of Business Week when I ran across a great story as part of their 50 fast-growth companies series.  The story is about Lululemon, a retailer that has grown… Read more »

I’m often asked to give people a checklist of assumptions that they can use to get started developing a discovery driven plan.  Here are some of the most critical: What is my profit model? Have… Read more »

I’m often asked to give people a checklist of assumptions that they can use to get started developing a discovery driven plan.  Here are some of the most critical: What is my profit model? Have… Read more »

The Mistake Bank is a fascinating new social network concept introduced by John Caddell, a one-time telecom corporate type and now a consultant helping companies become more innovative.  The idea behind the network is to… Read more »