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Greetings!
Summer is bringing high temperatures and lots of outside fun in North America. It's also a time to concentrate on what matters most - relationships.
Everyone in business today works on teams. And, teams in New Product Development are crucial to success. This issue of The Village address NPD Teams: The Basics.
 This month's recommended reading focuses on when team or relationships become challenging. And just for fun, our innovation fun fact looks at Olympic team work - running the relay for the torch and getting ready for this summer's London games.
Teams are part of a greater organizational culture. In last month's issue of The Village, our monthly thought leadership paper examined Three Ways Organizational Culture Influences Innovation. You don't want to miss this popular paper.
And don't forget, at your request, we're offering a special discount on three reader favorites - a bundle of strategy thought leadership papers for only $15.95 - a discount of over 10% from the cover price. Buy Now
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NPD Teams | |
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The Basics
Global competition is leading to a wide variety of teams to accomplish work tasks
NPD teams follow four foundational designs:
- Functional work groups,
- Lightweight teams,
- Heavyweight teams, and
- Venture teams.
As projects increase in complexity and risk, the team structure needs to become more cross-functional and autonomous.
Self-directed teams provide high levels of job satisfaction to individuals yet are more difficult to manage when team members are dispersed globally. Virtual teams can employ specific meeting protocols to gain higher success rates in NPD.
GNPS Premier Members can access this dynamic thought leadership paper in pdf format. All GNPS Premier members SAVE on NPDP Certification courses.
Otherwise, you can donload a copy now of NPD Teams: The Basics for just $5.95 (tax included). |
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Recommended Reading | |
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Peer Power by Clay and Olitt
Peer Power is a great book to help us all work better on teams. The authors give many examples of failed relationships and provide tools to cope with difficult work team members.
 Especially valuable are the draft conversations at the end of each chapter. These give you a chance to role play and model a conversation before you face the difficult peer or boss in a real-life team situation.
A must read! |
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Innovation Fun Fact | |
An Olympic Team
The Olympic Torch is ignited for each Olympic Games in Greece, where in ancient times, a flame was kept burning throughout the games.
Our modern torch relay was established in 1928 by Carl  Diem during the Berlin Olympic Games.
Click on the image of the 1962 Olympic Torch Relayat the right for a fun video to see the Olympic Torch path for this summer's London Games. (A 3-minute video.) |
