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Recognizing the Building Blocks of Innovation

Paul Hobcraft

The tool and techniques that stand out for me, in their contribution, value and my use have been, in no specific order, cover the jobs-to-be-done , ten types of innovation, crossing the chasm , blue ocean, business model canvas and value proposition canvas, building core competencies , lean start-up, agile and design sprints.

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Parkinson’s Law and the Peter Principle – are they relevant to innovation?

Idea to Value

This is why “lean” and “agile” have become buzzwords today. There are assessments for nearly everything and big data will probably provide more on the less tangible things like creativity and likeability. Their power structures and jobs are threatened and they mobilize to deny or resist the new developments.

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Beware conventional wisdom in innovation and digital transformation

Jeffrey Phillips

It advocates: Determine a Use Case for the new technology or approach Train people to be more proficient users of the new technology Start small - find small successes This advice was true for the following list of management concepts: ERP Lean Agile Six Sigma Doing business on the internet and I suspect many, many more.

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So Where Is Innovation Heading?

Paul Hobcraft

These are big data analytics, the fast adoption of new technologies, mobile products and capabilities and digital design.See the above for the complete list on where innovation is heading, it makes interesting viewing. So the need to innovate comes from digital as the source.

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Infographic – 5 trends that will revolutionize the energy market in the next few years

mjvinnovation

Their analytical power comes from using Big Data and Machine Learning to design the best scenarios, manage risk, and elevate decision making to the next level of efficiency. Agile Delivery: Use Agile Practices – Agile and Lean. The Action Plan. Expertise: IT Outsourcing / Open Innovation. Did you like our infographic?

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Key Issues in Innovation Management – Revisited – Part 2

Tim Kastelle

Tim’s Comment: There’s one other way that this idea plays out too – figuring out how to use lean startup techniques inside of established organisations. Indeed, BCG research shows that big data leaders generate 12 percent higher revenues than those who do not experiment with big data.

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From end to end: why the union of Design Thinking and Agile has been so successful

mjvinnovation

His proposal combines several technologies such as IoT, Big Data, Augmented Reality and mobile development. The goal of Project UMA is to work soil irrigation in an automated way through sensors that capture data about the soil (moisture, quality, irrigation, lighting, etc.) AGILE METHODS: Lean Startup. Project UMA.