View Article  How to assess projects - simple weighted averages
This approach provides a simple way to compare the 'attractiveness' of different candidate projects.    more »
View Article  Just changing job titles is not a change process
You can't create a change in behaviours by changing a job title (sadly - it would be much easier if you could). The person will return to work on Monday morning, sit down and start doing the same things they were doing before you changed their title.   more »
View Article  Monitoring the effectiveness of innovation
Innovation is like a sales funnel, you get prospects in one end and hopefully ‘sales’ out of the other end. The costs associated with generating concepts, clustering, evaluating etc. can be very significant and the business should really understand how these costs are spent throughout the process.   more »
View Article  Matrix organisations
I love matrix organisations. I love seeing them done well and I take secret pleasure at seeing a group of intelligent people in an organisation occasionally tie themselves in knots with them.   more »
View Article  Portfolio Management and Tyrannosaurus Bossus
Part of the point of having portfolio management processes and, in particular, decision making criteria is to ensure that individual projects are not derailed   more »
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Richard A D Jones.
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My life is developing innovative ideas through to successful corporate or standalone ventures (including taking one to Nasdaq (post-acquisition).

I have helped create products in telecoms, healthcare, computing, electronics as well as software and in use with companies such as Universal Studios, BT and the BBC... more

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