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429: Innovation practices of the best companies – with Sally Kay

Product Innovation Educators

Sally spent 36 years with The Dow Chemical Company and GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare. From 1988-2004, winners were early adopters of Stage-Gate, cross-functional teams, and voice-of-the-customer. One of those elements is solving a significant customer problem. It’s important to talk to the customer.

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Developing a Test Strategy for the Agile World

Centercode

How you involve real users in beta testing? Then I moved on to telecom, military simulation software, cloud SaaS, consulting and finally healthcare. What’s your prediction on companies leveraging customers to test their products – will it continue on? Thank you for these great insights, Adam.