Innovation Talks

Huub Rutten is the Co-Founder and VP of Research at Sopheon. Before founding the software company, Huub spent over 15 years teaching linguistic disciplines and communication skills. He would then be a strategic development consultant and business processes engineer in several studies. Huub’s focus for the last two decades has been on innovation [...]

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New product development isn’t just forward-looking. It’s also important to utilize knowledge management from previous projects to make the best possible decisions.

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Paul O'Connor is the Founder of The Adept Group, a consulting firm that provides product development, product line strategy, and product management services to clients worldwide. Paul has extensive knowledge of relational database management and working with SQL Server. He is the author of The Profound Impact of Product Line Strategy: Your Guide [...]

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HC Eppich is the Business Development Director at Sopheon, an innovations solutions company that works with clients to provide customized innovation performance tools and expertise. As Business Development Director, HC specializes in competitive strategies, business improvement opportunities, and diverse DACH market experience. HC also obtained certificates from the MEDDIC Academy and LinkedIn’s Unconscious Bias course.

HC joins me today to discuss Excel and homegrown systems and the best time to move away from them. He explains the challenges of scaling with a focus on legacy systems. He describes the problems involved in going for a checklist business model. He deliberates over the right mindset regarding methods and other tools. HC also shares what you can learn throughout the course of a new project, especially when it fails.

"If you want to rig up a playbook or an innovation system, you need many ingredients." - HC Eppich

This week on Innovation Talks:

●     Why Excel is the number one tool for management

●     The drawbacks of relying on checklists for your business goals

●     What paralyzes the development of new projects

●     When to stop using Excel for your business

●     The difficulty of changing templates in a large company

●     HC's opinions on homegrown systems used for innovation

●     The mindset innovators need to have regarding the system their company starts with

●     HC's advice regarding migrating toward a better system

Resources Mentioned:

●     Lotus Notes

Connect with HC Eppich:

●     Sopheon

●     HC Eppich on LinkedIn

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Cris Beswick is the Co-founder of Outcome, a consulting business that offers innovative strategies to its clients. He is the author of the book, Building A Culture Of Innovation, where he teaches leaders to embed a culture of innovation in their organizations. The book includes a blend of personal stories, experiences, and case [...]

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