February 2008 - Posts

Patterns and Practices for Visual Studio Team System
I thought it might be helpful to walk through a deliverable so you can see my current approach for building prescriptive guidance in patterns & practices. Stage 1: Knowledge Base We start by building the knowledge base: VSTS Guidance KB (Knowledge Read More...
Posted 29 February 08 08:14 by J.D. Meier | 4 Comments   
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Lessons Learned from the Most Successful Innovators
What practices can we learn from the leaders in innovation?  How can you improve the success of your R&D efforts?  In "Smart Spenders, the Global Innovation 1000," an article in strategy+business magazine, Barry Jaruzelski, Kevin Read More...
Posted 25 February 08 07:34 by J.D. Meier | 4 Comments   
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Innovation Life Cycle
What are the key stages in the innovation life cycle?  What is the end-to-end value chain for bringing innovation to market? In "Smart Spenders, the Global Innovation 1000," an article in strategy+business magazine, Barry Jaruzelski, Kevin Read More...
Posted 25 February 08 06:53 by J.D. Meier | 4 Comments   
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High-Leverage Strategies for Innovation
What are the high-leverage strategies that the leaders in innovation use?  In "Smart Spenders, the Global Innovation 1000," an article in strategy+business magazine, Barry Jaruzelski, Kevin Dehoff, and Rakesh Bordia write about the successful Read More...
Posted 25 February 08 06:26 by J.D. Meier | 6 Comments   
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Top 100 Blogs in Technorati
I created a snapshot of the top 100 blogs according to Technorati . I'll be starting with these blogs to identify patterns and practices for effective blogging. I'll be analyzing blog design, user experience patterns, key features, content, style, frequency, Read More...
Posted 24 February 08 03:22 by J.D. Meier | 5 Comments   
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5 Keys to Improving Your Reading Speed
How can you read faster while improving your comprehension? A few of my colleagues who follow my Book Share blog asked me how I read books. Simply put, I don't focus on reading faster. I focus on learning faster. 5 Tips for Reading Faster Here's the five Read More...
Posted 19 February 08 07:25 by J.D. Meier | 5 Comments   
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Start With Something Simple
What's the best way to build momentum and get results? Start with something simple. Seriously. I get to see folks who get results and those who don't. The difference nine times out of ten isn't smarts. It's simply action. The smart folks who don't get Read More...
Posted 10 February 08 01:59 by J.D. Meier | 6 Comments   
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2007 Post Roundup
I'm in the process of analyzing my blogging strategies and practices. As part of the process, I'm doing a post roundup for this blog. I did a 2007 post roundup for my Book Share blog and it helped me get a bird's-eye view of my post content. Seeing my Read More...
Posted 05 February 08 04:15 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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The Change Frame
How do you improve your results?  How do you consistently increase your success?  Have you ever wondered why somebody's *advice* was useless for you at the time?  Maybe, they were giving you ideas to change your thinking when what you really Read More...
Posted 04 February 08 04:00 by J.D. Meier | 3 Comments   
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Use the System to Educate
Hitting a wall?  Sometimes pushing an idea from the inside-out, doesn't work.  Sometimes you need an outside-in approach.  One of my mentors has a simple way to phrase this -- "Use the system to educate." Examples Use customers Read More...
Posted 02 February 08 09:25 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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