8 Strategies For Innovation Success
12 - 13 April 2011
Raddisson Blu Hotel, Sandton, South Africa
A TWO DAY EXECUTIVE WORKSHOP from one of the foremost experts on innovation and NPD Management Practices.
How to balance the often conflicting demands of 'being innovative' and 'having efficient NPD processes.
One of the world's most experienced and respected experts on INNOVATION and NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT (NPD) delivers this seminar based on 40 years of experience with major global firms.
His article "Anticipating Disruptive Innovation" won the prestigious IRI Maurice Holland award
Workshop Instructor: Dr. Jay Paap
This comprehensive Workshop includes, lecture and discussion sessions, question-and-answer periods, and illustrations by way of experiences and examples in other companies. It provides you with the knowledge and examples needed to return to your own business and begin implementation by extensively covering how to:
- Identify the key NPD management practices that have a negative impact on innovation success.
- Use 6 defensible project selection criteria for moving new projects from ‘a good story’ to ‘hard numbers’.
- Add effective tools to existing NPD processes, without threatening current initiatives.
- Scale your projects portfolio to focus on opportunities with a higher probability of new value generation.
- Add effective tools and mechanisms to motivate your innovation teams.
Who Should Attend
This seminar is designed especially for: Senior Managers and Directors in the Cosmetics, Communications, Electronics, Food and Beverage, High Technology, Information Technology, Packaging, Pharmaceuticals and Retail sectors.
Event Sponsors:
Cambridge Design Partnership is a leading research and development consultancy focused on creating value for our clients by converting new ideas and technology into commercial success. Our clients come from the medical, industrial and consumer industries and they have one thing in common: they see investment in innovation as fundamental to growth and competitive advantage.
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