Posts by Austin Locke
Six Symptoms that Signal a Need for Portfolio Management
I’ve only been really sick once in my life. And by “really sickâ€, I mean ready-to-hang-it-up kind of sick. It happened at the worst time and in an unfortunate place. I was living in the Amazon in northern Brazil. One day, I took a seven hour boat ride down the Amazon River, from one small…
Read MoreFive Tips for Successful Adoption of a PPM System
“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” Winston Churchill Change can be difficult. Organizations, like people, are creatures of habit. We tend to stick to paths, plans, and processes that are familiar to us. Portfolio & Pipeline Management (P&PM) involves driving change throughout an organization. You enable your business with…
Read MorePhase Gate and Portfolio Management: Two Processes, One Goal
Last month on a short flight home I was asked by my seatmate what I did for work. I told him that I worked for Kalypso, a consulting firm exclusively focused on innovation. He explained that he worked at a large food and beverage manufacturer and that for his company, like many others at the moment, innovation had become an increasingly popular topic of discussion.
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