The Enemies to Business Innovation

According to Business Week and the Boston Consulting Group, lengthy development times is the biggest enemy to innovation. Followed by that, in order, are: (2) lack of coordination, (3) risk-adverse culture, (4) limited customer insight, (5t) poor idea selection, (5t) inadequate measurement tools, (7t) dearth of ideas, and (7t) marketing or communication failure. What to take from this? Get your product out quickly, even if you're still in alpha stage. If you're striving for perfection, like anything else, you'll never release your product.

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