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Design thinking brings clean drinking water to India

In 2007, Paul Polak established Windhorse International, a private company with the goal of creating social ventures benefitting 100 million people or more. The first project of this innovative company was Spring Health, aimed at bringing clean drinking water [...]

Effectiveness trumps efficiency

When you observe and interact directly with your customer, you get much richer information than with a simple survey. It’s true that this requires more effort on your part, but it is ultimately a much more effective way of gathering data and will help you [...]

What are the major trends in Medical Devices and Healthcare for 2015?

[slideshare id=42321319&doc=healthcareandmedicaldevicetrendsfor2015-bytriode-141203135824-conversion-gate01]   Patrick Sirois www.triode.ca At Triode, we specialize in developing new products and services for complex industries like medical [...]

How to succeed in the fuzzy front end

Everything you do before starting an innovation project is called the “front end.” Some call this the fuzzy front end…because they’re unsure of what should happen. Most managers have a tendency to manage the fuzzy front end like all other phases, [...]

Medical devices, the FDA and reimbursement

At the recent AdvaMed conference, held in Chicago in October 2014, many of the speakers discussed changes in the medical device industry, especially regarding FDA and reimbursement procedures. In past years, the FDA was much criticized, but this year the [...]

5 tips for creating a strong product strategy

[slideshare id=41068229&doc=ss-5tipsforcreatingastrongproductstrategy1-141103140442-conversion-gate01]   Following these five guidelines will help your project team become a lot more agile and improve your success rate. Patrick Sirois www.triode. [...]

Voice of Customer is not dead!

At a recent international management event, a renowned NYU professor claimed that the Voice of customer (VoC) is dead. In his tirade against VoC he said that he now relies on "customer interviews." Am I missing something here or is he? What this gentlemen may [...]

AdvaMed 2014: The finance behind medical devices

Much of the discussion at this year’s AdvaMed conference concerned the financial aspects of medical devices production. Pricing, consolidation and innovation were among the main topics of conversation. As a result of websites like Amazon and TripAdvisor, [...]

Kill the stage-gate process

Recently, during a Design Thinking workshop, attendants started to talk about the issues facing their organizations. It did not take long for the stage-gate process to be the main topic under discussion. Some mentioned that they were considering killing the [...]

Medical Solutions for an Aging Population

The population of the world is aging. People are living longer and staying healthier for more years. In developed countries, 23% of the population is above 60 and that number is expected to increase to 32% by 2050. The healthcare needs of this population are [...]