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Beware of “tar pit ideas”: ideas that receive initial positive feedback but may lead to long-term challenges. However, despite the positive feedback and validation, they can become difficult to pivot away from once their limitations become apparent.

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After working in R&D, Finance, Sales, and Marketing she focused her career on various areas of innovation and new product development. The award started in 1988, and in 2004 the OCI committee was asked to write a chapter for the PDMA Handbook of New Product Development about the OCI award. Intense front-end focus is also important.

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