Project-specific calculations are important but can be optimistic and unrealistic. What’s more constructive is cross-project prioritization. Instead of sweating calculations, ensure your organization starts, completes, and prioritizes the right work.

In innovation, most attention is the work within the project. Before your next project begins, consider what questions your team should answer. This documentation provides transparency, alignment, and sets you up for success.

Documentation is unpopular to build, but once you have it, it’s valuable to your current and future teams. Documentation is valuable for so long, it qualifies as an Asset Portfolio.

At the start of every project, to accomplish the first “A” in ADKAR, notify your stakeholders. An Awareness Blast is a low-maintenance way to let stakeholders know they need to contribute, and they need to help to identify other stakeholders who need to contribute.

A project charter is pretty common. But rigor varies widely. A rigorous template ensures your ensemble asks and answers the right questions early.

Innovation, methodology, projects, processes, documentation … organizations don’t pursue these things for the sake of themselves. Organizations pursue them for the sake of customer value and sustainable profitability. The Economics of Innovation has some common decisions and common mistakes. This blog post explains the most common.

Your organization might not literally be a factory, but you should manage it like one. You care about all the same things: speed, quality, waste, and more! Avoid abandonment and chaos. Pursue movement and rhythm in your methodology and culture.

Details of your Current State that help you determine the most compelling innovations to pursue.

High-level and detailed names of how your customer experiences your products and services, in their language and through their lens.

Transparency for your Current State is instrumental to know what is most valuable and urgent to innovate next.

Every organization must welcome and capture ideas for change. A Change Log is a form of Suggestion Box. Let stakeholders know you understand their ideas, and you are prioritizing them among other ideas.

Every week, every team member should share a snapshot of their recent accomplishments and their near-future plans. “Manage up” without “kissing up.”