A. The History of the Stage-Gating Process The stage-gating process is a systematic framework for managing innovation, designed to break large projects into phases separated by decision points (“gates”). This methodology was pioneered by Dr. Robert G. Cooper in the 1980s. Cooper, a Canadian academic, introduced the concept in his book Winning at New Products: […]
Experimentation is a cornerstone of growth, but without proper validation and discipline, it can lead to hidden costs known as experimentation debt. This debt accumulates when flawed processes and unvalidated results create overconfidence, waste resources, and erode trust in data-driven decision-making. In this article, we explore how experimentation debt builds up, its implications, and actionable strategies to ensure your experiments drive meaningful, scalable outcomes.
Its been awhile since I’ve posted folks, sorry! While on a new journey and as I look back you know, I had this realization. It’s easy to get wrapped up in the shiny, new stuff like OKRs (Objectives and Key Results), but sometimes, we might end up spending so much time on them that we […]
Why would Amazon buy Whole Foods? Ironically, the answer is in the name, Amazon. The amazon jungle is the life blood of the western hemisphere providing the ecosystem and environment to nourish over a billion in population and drives civilizations largest economies. According to Wikipedia, the Amazon represents over half of the planet’s remaining rain-forests, and […]
Folks, it’s been awhile since I posted something and there is generally no good reason not to. Let’s face it, we’re all busy trying to figure out what 2013 will bring to us. I thought I’d share a point of view on a particularly interesting topic, “Innovation” or in my world, specifically, “digital marketing innovation” […]
We all have a few “real life” examples of when we were required to modulate our approach in certain situations between putting a general manager hat on versus your expert hat on. Hindsight is 20/20 and while we take it for granted, you can learn a ton from past mistakes. In the end, I believe […]
Indeed it has been awhile since I’ve spoke at a conference. So thanks to the folks at x+1, an innovative and agile enterprise business platform, I was invited to sit with Verizon and JP Morgan Chase’s key advertisers moderated by Sarah Fay! I think the key takeaway for me was the general management aspects of […]