HYPE Innovation

JANUARY 10, 2016

John Bessant is Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Exeter University. Back in May 2015 he gave a talk at our Innovation Forum in Bonn (he’s coming back again in April 2016). One of the interesting ideas he talked about was spaghetti innovation, and the need to weave more connections in and out of your innovation network.

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Digital Tonto

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

While we talk about transformation more and more, we seem to be doing it less and less. Change and transformation aren’t about coming up with the idea and doing a fancy kickoff event followed by an extensive communication campaign, it’s about converting those ideas into impactful solutions to problems people care about.

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Idea to Value

JULY 9, 2021

A few years ago I had a very interesting discussion with Lisa Bodell , CEO of Futurethink and bestselling author of innovation books Kill the Company and Why Simple Wins. She told me about how most employees waste far too much time in meetings and answering emails. They were too busy to get any real work done throughout the day.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 22, 2024

Being explicit about ecosystems in the context of organizational strategies provides several distinct advantages compared to traditional approaches. Deep Understanding of Complexity: Why it Matters: Complexity is inherent in modern business environments. We increasingly need to consider ecosystems in our thinking and design.

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Digital Tonto

MARCH 31, 2024

The simple fact is that it’s much easier to talk about genuine transformation than produce it. Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Listen To Them: first appeared on Digital Tonto. Here’s Why We need to move fast and break things. Ed Hansen and I call this “Transformation Theater.” The post Pundits Love To Blame Bureaucracy.

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Digital Tonto

OCTOBER 15, 2023

A natural disaster occurs, a pandemic arises or a crisis erupts in a far off place that we know little about and we need to show more humility about what we think we know and why we think we know it. CLICK TO READ MORE… The post Why Is There So Much B t? Here’s What We Can Do About It. It’s an effective practice.

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Idea to Value

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

In today’s episode fo the Idea to Value podcast, we speak with Tamara Ghandour, founder of Launch Street, author of INNOVATION IS EVERYBODY’S BUSINESS and developer of the IQE assessment. Topics covered in today’s episode: 00:02:30 – Why everyone needs to understand how they can be involved in innovation.

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Idea to Value

JUNE 26, 2023

Most people know more about themselves than they know about others. This is true partially because people tend to pay more attention to themselves than to others and in part because people have privileged access to information about themselves (e.g., private thoughts, emotions) that is unavailable to others.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

The Imperative of Culture Change Understanding the Stakes: Innovation and Business Growth Culture change within an organization is not just about altering the workplace environment; it is a strategic imperative. Innovation is not simply about new ideas; it’s about transforming those ideas into value-creating strategies.

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Digital Tonto

MARCH 24, 2024

In two decades researching innovation, transformation and change, one constant I have found is that you can’t control your luck. Incredibly, Camus imagines Sisyphus, returning to his labors at the foot of the mountain, as happy, having found meaning in his task. Anything can happen. We Need To Prepare For Luck.

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Jeffrey Phillips

APRIL 1, 2024

I've been reading and thinking a lot lately about what is described as a "culture of innovation". I think a culture of innovation is kind of like a unicorn: it would be cool if it existed, and some people claim to have seen one, but when you get up close it's just a normal animal that happens to be missing a horn.

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Idea to Value

APRIL 11, 2023

Recently, I was speaking with a corporate client about a challenge they were having with their innovation process. They had just run an idea-generation challenge and received a decent number of responses from their employees about new innovations they could pursue.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 3, 2024

Here are some reasons why explicit consideration of ecosystems is valuable, not just for considering but also for debating and forming an opinion of how and where they can fit in your organization’s future design. The appeal of Adaptability and Resilience: Why Ecosystems? Extending into Collaborative Innovation: Why Ecosystems?

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Idea to Value

DECEMBER 22, 2021

No, I am not talking about what you and your company’s high level goals are: … Increase market share … … Improve profit margins … … Be innovative … I am asking what specific ambitions you and your company have for next year. This is why they fail. This is why they are frustrated.

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Idea to Value

OCTOBER 13, 2022

So why do we appear to think that sharks are more likely to kill you? As a result, there is a phrase used in media called “ If it bleeds, it leads “, meaning the worst, most tragic news is often given the most time and attention available, and talked about long after it really happened. Cows are far more deadly than sharks.

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Digital Tonto

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

The first is that, while having a flatter structure leads to more innovation and creativity, you need good leadership and governance to execute well. Which is why when you take a closer look at often cited examples of “leaderless organizations,” there is much more hierarchy that it would at first seem. first appeared on Digital Tonto.

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Digital Tonto

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Discussions about change tend to gravitate to one of two poles: Either change has to come from the top or it has to be grass roots. If people feel free to experiment with new things, more innovations will be adopted. As I explain in Cascades, transformation isn’t top-down or bottom-up, but happens from side-to-side.

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Digital Tonto

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

People take it for granted that small organizations are more innovative than larger ones, that flatter organizations outperform those with high levels of bureaucracy and that business is more competitive today than in earlier eras. The truth is that size has little to do with innovation.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 29, 2024

So why are we not doing this today? In the suggested Hierarchy of Business Ecosystems , recognizing the value of an interconnected series of (dedicated) Ecosystems that build out innovation, business, dynamic flexibility, and connected enterprise layers does need to address the natural instincts to resist.

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Innovation Excellence

MARCH 25, 2024

GUEST POST from Greg Satell Every once in a while I get a comment from an audience member after a keynote speech or from someone who read my book, Mapping Innovation, about why so few women are included. Embarrassed, I try to explain that, as in many male dominated fields, women are woefully underrepresented in […]

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Jeffrey Phillips

JUNE 27, 2022

After years, no decades, of working in and on the margins of innovation, I think I had an epiphany recently. For me, one epiphany that happened this week was when I was thinking about how valuable truly disruptive innovation is, and why it is done so rarely. First, you are working with a proven entity.

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Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

In today’s episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we speak with award-winning author and innovation specialist Whitney Johnson. With nearly 2 million followers on Linkedin, she is one of the most popular speakers and experts on innovation, and we speak about her new book Smart Growth: How to Grow your People to Grow your Company.

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Business and Tech

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

We talked to Blue Diamond Grower’s director of sustainability about how (and why) more businesses should pursue green initiatives. Why is it important for businesses to adopt more sustainable practices? Sustainability requires holistic thinking about our impacts on society and the planet, and how to continuously improve.

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Destination Innovation

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Why would you ask a question that everyone knows the answer to? But by getting us to think about things in new ways they provide valuable insights. The post Ask an Absurd Question appeared first on Destination Innovation. The great thinker and astronomer Carl Sagan asked this question, ‘Is there life on Earth?’

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

For a comprehensive guide on the building blocks of organizational culture, consider exploring what is organizational culture and why is it key for business performance. A culture that is adaptable, innovative, and collaborative can better withstand market fluctuations and respond to challenges swiftly and effectively.

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Idea to Value

APRIL 11, 2022

This way, you and your team may identify innovative ways to improve these operations. This is how you can identify areas for improvement, such as by noticing something unexpected and asking why until the root cause is identified. One of the most popular ways of doing this is called the Gemba Walk.

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Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

” Always ask this question honestly and without bias when you are listening to advice about a new idea, innovation proposal or service offering. Did your department head list out multiple reasons why your proposed innovation project isn’t a good idea? Would they benefit by keeping the status quo?

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Idea to Value

JANUARY 24, 2023

It is called the Stereotype Threat, and came from a groundbreaking 1995 research paper by Steele & Aronson which looked at why African American students seemed to underperform on certain tests, even when their intelligence was at the same level as other groups. And as we known, innovation fails at the handover.

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Comparison Groups Creativity Study 248

Idea to Value

OCTOBER 21, 2022

I already told you about their excellent episode on Disruptive Innovation. Today I want to highlight another great episode on a topic I learned a lot more about: Taylorism. In particular, I found two things especially interesting about Taylorism. What is Taylorism?

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Digital Tonto

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

For all the talk about disruption and change, the status quo usually prevails. The post Why Is What We Know So Different From What We Do? Consider that in the US per capita GDP has nearly doubled since 1985 but median household income has risen only 27% and you begin to see the problem. CLICK TO READ MORE.

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Idea to Value

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Do you know what disruptive innovation is? No, I am not talking about every start-up trying to disrupt their industry. I am talking about the original theory of disruptive innovation, as outlined by Professor Clayton Christensen in his groundbreaking Harvard Business Review article in 1995.

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Sopheon

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Innovation is something every business should be doing. It shouldn’t be done, though, without a valid why. It’s not just about coming up with great ideas. It’s about coming up with great ideas that support your wider business and product strategies and help to drive genuine growth.

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