The Elements of Project Management for Rapid Learning Cycles Teams adopting the Rapid Learning Cycles framework for the first time often stumble over the basics of how to manage a program that has such an unconventional structure. Rapid Learning Cycles are, by definition, fast and cyclical. I’ve written elsewhere about how traditional project management tools, […]
Start Here: Rapid Learning Cycles 101
The Path Through the Wilderness
The Elements of Project Management for Rapid Learning Cycles Teams adopting the Rapid Learning Cycles framework for the first time often stumble over the basics of how to manage a program that has such an unconventional structure. Rapid Learning Cycles are, by definition, fast and cyclical. I’ve written elsewhere about how traditional project management tools, […]
Is Your Innovation Program a Long, Slow Learning Cycle?
Most innovation programs are one long, slow learning cycle. Once an idea has passed the screening phase and acquired the budget and resources necessary for execution, it typically passes into a product development process. If it’s a different type of innovation, sponsors still expect teams to make plans for this work. Sometimes teams need to […]
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Rapid Learning Cycle Events Don’t Move: Three Ways the Rapid Learning Cycles Framework Reinforces Project Timeline
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted every team that I work with, in some way. My own staff left the office one Friday afternoon with laptops in mid-March, and I haven’t seen them in person since that day. The temptation in times like these is to put things on hold, to delay, to push things later in order to give the team time to adjust to the new realities.
Health Monitors for Rapid Learning Cycles
Indicators to Assess the Strength of Your Rapid Learning Cycles Program
I celebrated a major milestone in the project to write my second book by purchasing a small desktop fountain. It makes a nice gurgling sound that helps my concentration. Every time I empty it out to put in fresh water, I need to remove the rocks that decorate it, and then rearrange them until the fountain sounds right. If it’s too loud, it’s distracting and if it’s too soft, it does no good. When it’s just right, the room brightens up with its cheerful song.
I can tell when a Rapid Learning Cycles program is going well.
Three Ways to Replan When Your Learning Cycles Plan Needs Updating
How to Adjust Your Learning Cycles Plan
When I went in search of a tool to support virtual Rapid Learning Cycles kickoff events, the main requirement was that it duplicate the experience of working with sticky notes as closely as possible.
“We were huge idiots and didn’t know what we were doing.”
High Velocity Innovation opens with the saga of the Tesla 3’s production challenges. In July of 2018, just as I was settling into writing the 2nd draft, Elon Musk gave an interview to Tom Randall of Bloomberg News who asked Musk how this happened. Musk said, “Because we were huge idiots and we didn’t know what we were doing.”* [Read More…]
Five Components of High Velocity Innovation
In my upcoming book, High Velocity Innovation, I outline the five key components of High Velocity Innovation. These are the things that an innovation team needs to have in place so that they have the pull they need to accelerate innovation. The combination of these pieces builds a “center of gravity” that pulls innovative ideas into the organization. [Read More…]