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All Good Things Start with Our Customers Smoking Crack with Our Customers
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Story of Stalking, Speed Dating, Smoking Crack, and Snowmen. Didn’t always know what we were doing but we did it with purpose.
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Our Purpose: To deliver technical and innovative solutions that enhance the quality of life of people with disabilities.
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Strategy “Strategy, Smategy, you’re smoking crack”
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Getting to Know our Customers “Its Not Sausages and Toothpaste!”
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Getting to Know Our End Users Freedom to compete Freedom to have fun Freedom from anxiety Freedom from prejudice Ride Connectivity Health End User Emotional Need States
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“Users aren’t the economic buyers, you shouldn’t be talking with them, you’re smoking crack” Getting to Know Our End Users
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Getting to Know Our Customers Wheelchair Manufacturer/Designer Therapist/PrescriberClient/End UserProvider/Dealer I want my products to stand out Programming needs to be easier I want the electronics to be able to be personalized Costs are increasing but revenue isn't I don’t have time to properly set up my client’s chairs The electronics make me feel stupid Solution needs to meet all of client’s current & future needs, and be flexible I need stuff that’s simple I want to feel confident driving my chair I need to know what's gone wrong and what to do if something goes wrong I want to stop damaging my home I want to be seen for who I am and what I do I need programming to be easier There are too many systems to deal with Set up and maintenance needs to be simple I want to control my costs and manage my cash flow Value Chain Personas
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Wheelchairs Are a Gateway … Connectivity - Wheelchairs and Beyond … Serious Crack Problem Advise
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Customer Insights Problem Solving Tools Good Processes Make a Difference Culture – Good to Great Purpose, Leadership, Values, Excellence
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Measuring Progress - Business Fitness 2008 Results 320 2010 Results 495 2011 Results 606 2012 Results 625 2013 Results 688 2014 Results 698
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Speed Dating with Our Customer KPIs – 2 x Customer, 1 x Excellence
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NPD – LiNX and Agile Goal June 2014: 22 Products 4 yrs US$16M “New” Goal July 2014: 22 Products 2 yrs US$8M
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NPD – LiNX and Agile Accidentally SAFe … or, 100s & 1000s and Licorice Allsorts LiNX Bubble Agile approach 11 x scrum teams 10 x 10 wk Integration Milestones
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NPD – Preaching to the Converted What’s great about Agile? Customer centric... Very G2 Product Owner concept Iterative / Flexible even in regulatory space Visible Good and Bad – lots of prototypes, some customers not sure how to deal with Helps us challenge ourselves and the way we work broadly
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Happy Ending So Far
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Stay the Course... Smoke crack Custom er Purpos e Strate gy Cultur e NPD Happy Ending So Far
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Crack or Snow “This is a snow flake”
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