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Product Lifecycle
Developing An 

Innovation Culture
Team
Product lifecycle   developing a global innovation culture
● Approx 44,000 employees worldwide
● Institutional sales & print background
● The world’s largest publisher and learning company
● Operates in over 70+ countries
● Growth through acquisition
● 170 years old
Learner At 

The Centre
The World Has Changed
SOFTWARE IS EATING 

THE WORLD
Marc Andreesen
Larry Downes is co-author, with Paul Nunes, of Big Bang Disruption: Strategy in the Age of Devastating Innovation
Traditional Models Are Changing
Big Bang Market Adoption
Roger’s
Market
Segments
Investment Strategy
High Probability
Low Probability
Low Impact
Most
Organisations
High Impact
Start Ups
The good news is that big-bang disruptions hold immense
potential for those who can quickly learn the new rules of
unencumbered development, unconstrained growth, and
undisciplined strategy. Your current business may be replaced
by something more dynamic and unstable but also more
profitable. And the change will come not over time but suddenly.
Opportunity For Change
Larry Downes is co-author, with Paul Nunes, of Big Bang Disruption: Strategy in the Age of Devastating
Innovation
“
”
Governance 

Capability to Innovate
New Ideas
Products
Long development time
18 months+
Bottleneck of ideas
Product lifecycle   developing a global innovation culture
Product Lifecycle
Key Questions
Can you
identify a
core user
problem
in a
target
market?
Are there real
customers who
get value from
your concept?
Is there a
viable business
model for this
product?
Can you
demonstrate
Product/

Market Fit 

or validated
business
model?
How fast are
you growing
the business at
scale? Are you
continuing to
deliver
outcomes to a
broader user
set?
Are you delivering
revenue and outcomes
while reducing costs?
What residual
value can be
gleaned from the
business?
Idea Explore Validate Grow Sustain Retire
15
Open Source Product Lifecycle Criteria V1.0
Learning about
practice
Common extensions
can be incorporated
into later versions
A Non Linear Process
Learn Build
Measure
http://www.ted.com/talks/linda_hill_how_to_manage_for_collective_creativity?language=en#t-168239
Product Development - Non Linear
Adaptive Strategy And The Product Lifecycle
Product Lifecycle - A Strategic Lens
Bansi Nagji & 

Geoff Tuff
https://hbr.org/2012/05/
managing-your-innovation-
portfolio
Core Products

These are existing 

products that are
optimized for existing
customers
Adjacent Products 

These represent incremental innovation
targeted at adjacent markets
Transformational 

Products
These represent breakthrough 

innovation in which the company 

develops new products for new markets
20% 

of investments
are in adjacent
innovation
10% 

of investments
are in
transformationa
l initiatives
70% 

of investments
are safe bets in
core products
Product Lifecycle Principles
More Ideas, More Bets, More Tests
New Ideas
Not all the ideas
survive but all the
learnings are recorded
All the ideas are
quickly captured 

and tested
One to three 

months turnaround
Learn Fast Culture
Lean And Agile Adaptive Culture
Agile Principles
Ideas
Data
Data
Learn
Measure
Build
Data
Lean Startup
Principles & Metrics
● Quality at the front of the line
● Move from doubt to certainty
● Avoid waste
● Work in small batches
● Measure outcomes and
impact, not simply output
2011 2012 2013 2014
Time
Visits
1.000.000
Cumulative # visits
Monthly # visits
Principles Over Processes
Outcomes Over Outputs
Safe Environment To Try New Things
MVP - Product Growth
http://blog.mercdev.com/mvp-when-less-is-more/
Not like this…
Like this…
Business Model Innovation
Deliberate Diversity
Turning Sparks Into Fires
29
London Food
17693 Restaurants

Top 10 food Cities Michelin Star
Yesteryear Today
30
Startup Capitals Centred Around Diversity
http://startupblink.com/
Become Bilingual
Don’t Limit The Source Of Ideas
Companies Creating More
Sparks Leading To More Fires
33
Big investment in one spark
Smaller investments in lots of spark
Only takes one good spark 

to start a fire
Product Lifecycle
Knowledge Network
Systems Thinking
Approach To Product
Development
Design 

Lead has 

been identified
Slice is engaged 

with the lifecycle
Everything is wrapped 

in Principles & Values,
Governance and Quality.
34
Roles
35
Leader/champion
UX
HE
School
NPS
XYZ
36


Today Tomorrow
Decentralized
Network
Distributed
Network
37
Product team
has better
access to all
parts of the
business
Product team
has restricted
access to other
parts of the
business which
can hinder or
slow progress
38
Don’t Leave
Serendipity 

to Chance...
Deliberate Diversity!
39
Key Ingredients
● Active vs Adaptive Portfolios
● Be Deliberate About Diversity
● Culture Eats Strategy For Breakfast
● Data Driven Decisions
● Experiment, Experiment, Experiment
Thank You
craig.strong@pearson.com
@craigstrong

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