Helping Products Thrive: A global organizational perspective

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This presentation was delivered for the "Organizational Innovation in Global Companies" class at the Haas School of Business.

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HELPING PRODUCTS THRIVE: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVEDutta Satadip

Guest lecture for the Organizational Innovation in Global Companies class at

Customers

Organization

Culture

Markets

Industry

Economy

Products

Organization

Culture

Customers

new product introduction

product management people management product launches sales support

organization

culture

customers

enter new

marketdevelop

new product

case study: new product introduction1.multiple development teams 2. complicated product3. different expertise levels4. low political leverage5. rapid go to market

lessons learned

tactics

• listen listen listen

• never assume what you hear is correct

• remember local holidays

strategies

• understand –acknowledge – translate

• be genuinely interested – including politics

organization

culture

customers

lessons learned

tactics•recruit local trusted advisor•be prepared to be not included•cross geography collateral is a must

strategies•understand organizations before product•align with customers internal processes

skills to nurture

1. develop cultural empathy2. evaluate risk based on social

context3. neutralize your own value bias

dutta satadipdutta@mba.berkeley.edu

408.828.2413http://www.linkedin.com/in/duttas

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