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Presenting the 12th Annual MRT
Conference:
A two-day conference
on how to predict the value of
new to the world
product opportunities, measure return on innovation and
achieve higher levels of organic growth.
Find out what past
attendees have to say
about MRT's longest running annual event:
"Home run! Provocative
concepts for fundamentally changing the games of innovation and
product development excellence. I am walking away with
tools and knowledge that could never have been acquired through
experience alone."
Chris Bardeggia, Whirlpool
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...And Featuring
Keynote
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Jim Andrew
Senior
Partner & Managing Director
Boston Consulting Group
Co-author of
Payback: Reaping the Rewards of Innovation
...on how leading companies
use effective measurement systems to dramatically increase
Innovation ROI and competitive positioning...more
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Bradford L. Goldense
Founder
& CEO
Goldense Group, Inc.
...highly regarded
product development metrics guru, on innovation practices and
metrics to significantly increase organic R&D productivity...more
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Larry Keeley
President and Co-Founder
Doblin Group
...highly acclaimed innovation strategist, on how to identify
impediments to innovation in your company and adopt new methods
to make it a core competence...more
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Don Reinertsen
President
Reinertsen & Associates
Author of Managing the Design Factory
...on why conformance
to schedule, budget, and requirements does not guarantee product
development success...more
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Dr. Dean Spitzer
Performance Measurement
Thought Leader
IBM Almaden Services Research
Author of Transforming Performance Measurement
... on how you can use
emergent and transformational measures to drive much higher
levels of innovation performance...more
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Conference
Chairman: |
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Wayne Mackey
Principal
Product Development Consulting
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By participating,
you will learn:
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Measure and predict the value of early-stage projects –
resource those with high potential return, drop the rest
(even “brilliant ideas” must meet criteria)
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Assess
technology development and business development
opportunities; determine which will lead to long-range,
sustainable growth
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Distinguish truly new-to-the-world ideas from
incremental innovation; apply different metrics for each
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Manage
your ‘innovation portfolio’ for maximum productivity;
balance risk and reward
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How to
integrate and measure innovation in your product
development process
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About
the frontiers of innovation measurement and
metrics—including the unveiling of some entirely new
innovation diagnostic techniques
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Seven
benchmarked actions that top management can take to
increase innovation and productivity
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Emerging techniques and tools being developed and/or
fleshed-out to increase innovation
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How
performance measurement can all too often undermine
innovation strategy and collaboration efforts
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How
leading companies use effective measurement systems to
dramatically increase their innovation ROI and improve
their competitive position
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About
the benefits of using a Learning Based Theory approach
to monitor and measure new business investments
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Choose from
3 Pre-Conference Workshops: |
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WORKSHOP A: AM Half-Day
Metrics 101: Best
Practices
and Framework for Success
Instructors:
Wayne Mackey,
Product Development Consulting, Inc.
More Info
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WORKSHOP B: Full-Day
Linked Metrics PortfolioTM
Instructor: Bradford L.
Goldense & Timothy P. Kirby, Goldense Group, Inc.
More
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WORKSHOP
C: PM Half-Day
Building
the High-Performance R&D Team
Instructor: Wayne Mackey,
Product Development Consulting, Inc.
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Download Brochure |
Metrics2007.pdf |
Conference Info |
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BONUS!
All conference participants
will receive complimentary
copies
of
the following books:
James Andrew’s
Payback: Reaping the Rewards of Innovation
Dr. Dean
Spitzer's
Transforming Performance Measurement |
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Conference Sponsor
Breakfast Session |
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