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  1. Advanced Project Management for Product Development

    Audio Session: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 1:00pm

  2. Open Innovation Masterclass

    Workshop: Jun 20 - 20 / Chicago, IL

  3. Second Generation Lean Product Development: Applying the Principles of Flow

    Workshop: Jul 16 - 17 / San Diego, CA

  4. Between the Lines: Turning Customer Input into Customer Insights

    Workshop: Aug 6 - 7 / Boston, MA

  5. Technology Scouting Implementation Masterclass

    Workshop: Aug 13 - 14 / MIT Endicott House, Dedham, MA

  6. Advanced Project Management for Product Development NEW!

    Workshop: Aug 22 - 22 / Chicago, IL

  7. Product & Technology Roadmapping for Future Growth: Linking Markets, Products and Technology

    Workshop: Oct 1 - 2 / MIT Endicott House, Dedham, MA

  8. CoDev 2014

    Conference: Jan 27 - 29 / Scottsdale, AZ

MRT News & Updates

Wm Wrigley Jr. Co's Dr. Ed Getty to speak at OI Master Class

Ed GettyDr. Getty, Global External Alliance Lead, will address how organizations master the building and management of global external innovation networks that will define who the economic winners will be over the next decade. Mastering can include creation, operating and/or participation in these external innovation networks “Collaboration Networks”. Trusted organizations will be able to access the collective wisdom of the globe in real time and competition will be network centric. This discussion section will focus on some key guiding principles for creating and managing a successful open/external innovation (O/EI) program within a corporate environment.  For more information, click here.

Follow our Live Tweet on May 22

Follow us on Twitter to read our Live Tweet of our webinar on May 22, Advanced Project Management for Product Development with John Carter of TCGen, Inc.  We will be tweeting highlights and augmenting the content in real time. Our Twitter handle is @mgmtroundtable and we'll be using the hashtag: #AdvancedPM.  There is also still time to register for this FREE 90-minute webinar that starts at 1:00pm ET, for more information,click here.

Tech Scouting & Open Innovation: Practices of Industry Leaders - Free Download

How are companies such as Procter & Gamble, Unilever, GE, GlaxoSmithKline, Kraft, Monsanto, Corning and other global leaders innovating new products, expanding boundaries and growing their businesses? How do they choose their scouts, their partners, and the best opportunities?  For an overview, please download our recent research on the top practices.

Voice of the Customer Research Technique that Works (Free Download)

Visiting customers can be a very effective way to gain insights that can help differentiate your product in the marketplace by discovering unmet customer needs that your next release can help address. However, it is important to conduct customer visits properly. Dr. Ed McQuarrie author of Customer Visits offers 16 tips to make your customer visits as effective as possible in this free download.

Are You Actively Monitoring More than 5 Metrics?

If so, you could be wasting time and money. According to Wayne Mackey, impractical and inefficient metrics detract from work and waste time by becoming ends in themselves. A metrics program should include only the “critical few,” says Mackey. To read more click here. [requires brief site registration or FastTrack Membership]

A Maturity Model for R&D Collaboration

Where does your company stand with respect to global R&D collaboration? Maturity model describes four stages of offshore engagement, from least to highest potential value. [Requires site membership]

Examining the Strategic Impact of Investing in External Innovation

Survey by Goldense Group Inc. examines investment in external innovation assets versus innovation training - and the likely strategic impact.  [Requires site membership]

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