Processes, Engineered, Perfected: Understanding Product Development Processes

NOTHING BREEDS SUCCESS LIKE SUCCESS

These are powerful words from our special guest today, Ken Blakely, a Senior Business Management Consultant. Join Andy and Ken as they talk about the definition and key components of the Product Development process. The benefits and challenges of streamlining this process, as well as some tips for organizations looking to improve their product development.

HUMANIZING MOMENTS:

• The human side of Ken Blakely
• The parallels between art and engineering
• Defining the product development process
• Engineering challenges of the remote setup of work
• The human aspect of communication
• Important implementations when starting up or solving
• Success begets success
• Start small and celebrate successes

HUMANIZING MESSAGES:

Ken: Defining product development

“I would say, product development, to me encompasses everything from cradle to grave about a product from the time it's conceived until the time that's thrown away if you will.”

Ken: The extra mile to communicate

“I think with COVID and the challenges that are brought Andy I think people have got to take the extra step to communicate with their, with their colleagues and their peers and whatnot.”

Ken: The pain and change to achieve success

“Nothing breeds success, like success. So you want to show people the pain of doing it well and people don't like change. So they'll consider it a pain doesn't matter what the change is, by the way, they'll consider it a pain. So you want to show them that there's a benefit to be gained by this.”

Get to know our guest, Ken, and what he’s up to:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-blakely-3279b85/

Learn more about our host and his Human Side:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/andydeo/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/155047/admin/dashboard/

https://saratech.com/

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