Christensen Institute

JANUARY 4, 2024

I think that’s because in most conversations about education innovation today, skills are the “what”, and tech-enabled efficiency is the “how.” Against that backdrop, this year I’m watching innovations that explicitly humanize an environment where skills and AI will likely dominate the mainstage.

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Christensen Institute

AUGUST 24, 2023

Here’s one taxonomy that I’ve created to distinguish different policies designed to support and foster innovation in education: permission granting, changing what’s valued, infrastructure development, and research and development. This grants educators the flexibility to innovate and pursue ideas that may not have been possible otherwise.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JUNE 17, 2019

I'm writing a series of blog posts to document some of the things I've learned in innovation along the way, over 15 years of leading corporate innovation work. So far I've written several blogs, the first about the importance of d efining a why and a how for innovation , the second about the importance of an idea sponsor.

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Exago

JANUARY 26, 2021

Exago has just been recognised as a Top Performer by FeaturedCustomers, in its “Winter 2021 Customer Success Report for the Idea Management Software Category”, having been distinguished last year for the first time.

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Business Innovation Brief Submitted Articles

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

This article received the 2020 Business Innovation Brief Most Valuable Post Award in the Innovation Strategies category. When it comes to the trifecta of innovative Project Portfolio Management (PPM), PPM, Continuous Innovation and Agile come together to create a complete framework for innovation success.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 16, 2021

Amazon’s unique approach to innovation helps teams “work backwards” to create breakthroughs. This means envisioning customer problems as well as ideal solutions to those problems before actually developing a product or service–and this is exactly how Amazon innovates.

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Today we are going to talk to Atul Dubey, Chief Strategy Officer at Wolters Kluwer, about innovation. He has a broad set of responsibilities collectively focused on the company’s growth agenda, including the stewardship of the company’s Global Innovation Awards process. What does this say about your innovation strategy?

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Seasoned innovation managers know that one of the best strategies is looking to feature requests obtained from customers for direction. Think of feature request management as a way of transforming all those feature requests into a source of innovation for your team. Collect More Outside Ideas for the Innovation Team.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 16, 2021

Amazon’s unique approach to innovation helps teams “work backwards” to create breakthroughs. This means envisioning customer problems as well as ideal solutions to those problems before actually developing a product or service–and this is exactly how Amazon innovates.

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Yet2

AUGUST 22, 2023

Opportunity is to be found worldwide and with yet2’s innovation tours, an ordinary business trip can become the beginning of the next big innovation. Follow along to find out what is an innovation tour, why they are so valuable, and why we’re the best at organizing them! What is an Innovation Tour?

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Assess each of your opportunities using two categories: External Environment and Internal Capabilities. For each of these two categories, determine up to three specific variables that are the most important success criteria for your organization. This article was originally published on Inc.com and has been syndicated for this blog.

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Innovation 360

MAY 25, 2016

We at Innovation360 Group proudly congratulate our CEO Magnus Penker to the Business Worldwide Award in the two categories ‘Most Innovative CEO Sweden 2016’ and ‘Growth Strategy CEO of the Year Sweden 2016’. Read the full interview here.

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Yet2

APRIL 25, 2022

As providers of both Proactive Technology Scouting services and Open Innovation Portals, we often get asked when to use each approach. Here we discuss how they compliment each other, and create a holistic approach to accelerating innovation. This concludes our three-part blog series on OI Portals vs. Proactive Technology Scouting.

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Christensen Institute

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Analyzing a school’s value network reveals which types of improvements and innovations it will or won’t adopt. The concept of value networks explains why districts often struggle to make major changes to their organizational models and why charter schools often find it easier to innovate. Click To Tweet. What are value networks?

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Why Innovation is a Critical Theme for Keynotes Innovation is a driving force in today’s business landscape, making it an essential theme for keynotes across industries. An innovation keynote speaker brings a forward-thinking perspective and stimulates a culture of creativity and progressive ideas within organizations.

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Innovation 360

MAY 25, 2016

We at Innovation360 Group proudly congratulate our CEO Magnus Penker to the Business Worldwide Award in the two categories ‘Most Innovative CEO Sweden 2016’ and ‘Growth Strategy CEO of the Year Sweden 2016’. The post Magnus Penker is awarded with Business Worldwide Award in two categories appeared first on Home of Innovation.

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Innovation Excellence

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

This article was inspired by a recent blog by Seth Godin, where he discussed some challenges that start-ups who rely on early adopters may face when they scale up. link] a start-up, early adopters who are highly engaged in a category, and/or know they have a problem, often represent easy sales. They typically need little.

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PlanBox Innovation

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Anyone leading in innovation will tell you that managing the complete idea lifecycle is an uphill battle. So let’s look at some practical ways you can maximize your innovation potential and overcome the top 3 innovation challenges with the help of ChatGPT. Improve Decision-Making What informs your innovation strategy?

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Brunner

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Agency takes home four awards for three clients in the home category. The event honors local organizations, agencies and businesses as well as communicators for their innovative work across all aspects of public relations and marketing communications. The Home Depot Rental: Integrated Marketing Campaign. The result?

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Yet2

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Another category of data segmenting was Class I and Class II products by regulatory certification, which was already captured in the CMO database. This collaboration showcased the power of Big Data capabilities at yet2 while uncovering innovative opportunities in the Chinese market. Join 20,000+ innovation and R&D leaders.

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Yet2

MARCH 7, 2023

Since 2014, we have scouted innovation across 19 industries and 44 categories. Project diversity exposes us to creative and unexpected possibilities allowing us to stay on innovation’s cutting edge. We give clients this edge by finding complete and innovative solutions beyond the scope of their industry.

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Imaginatik

MARCH 1, 2018

It highlights the importance of a new concept that every corporate innovation leader needs to internalize: the Path-to-Value for each innovation. Like many companies, Acme Corporation has a new (ish) corporate-level innovation program. Executives are hoping for big things from the innovation group.

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IdeaScale

JULY 21, 2021

Grant Thornton International, a Fortune 500 company, is a winner of the IdeaScale 2021 Innovation Management Award for Best Innovation. This year, one of our winners was Grant Thornton International in the category of Best Innovation for their ability to deliver the IASC – a process and product innovation with global appeal.

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Betterific

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

She started an innovation conference in the mid 90s, before innovation was a buzzword. At Betterific, we faciliatate both convergent (thru our crowdsourced innovation challenges ) and divergent thinking (thru our concept refinement and crowdselect challenges ). She is a thinker and a doer. It is reposted with her permission.

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Matthew May

JULY 24, 2015

My three areas of focus — strategy, innovation, and lean — are all founded on the ground-level, everyday application of Roger Martin’s Play-to-Win framework (strategy), IDEO/Stanford d school-originated design thinking (innovation), and Toyota-born systems thinking (lean). Here’s all you have to do: 1.

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Phil McKinney

MAY 22, 2023

There’s a commonly held belief that being a first mover is the key to success in innovation. So, why aren’t more innovators and entrepreneurs focused on playing the “improver” role? Each bore the full cost of creating a new product category based on an idea that had never been tested in the market.

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Tullio Siragusa

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Having spent time as an advisor to an AI application company focused on smart cities, what I’ve learned is that the smart cities market can be segmented into several categories based on the type of service providers. Let’s explore the market opportunities by categories and regions. Blog Subscrition Here Email*

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Board of Innovation

JULY 26, 2023

10 trends fueling food and beverage innovation Table of content 1. Here are 10 trends that are fueling food and beverage innovation. Consumers are willing to pay significantly more for high-quality, handcrafted beverages, driving the growth of this category. Non-alcoholic beverages 2. Functional food and beverage 3.

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IdeaSpies

MAY 6, 2019

We assume that innovators are never short on ideas, that their problem tends to be focus and follow-through. In my years of talking with innovators, I have met many who fit the garage-dwelling idea junkie. But I have met just as many who don’t come at innovation with their own ideas. Let’s call these innovators “Integrators.” (Or

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Idea to Value

MAY 24, 2016

Robert’s Rules of Innovation: A 10-Step Program for Corporate Survival set forth a fundamental framework of 10 Key Imperatives. After all, innovation without implementation is mere ideation. There are innovation -obliterating assassins lurking in all parts of your organization. Why Does This Happen? That’s not in our budget!”.

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Brunner

MARCH 18, 2021

Step one : R ate where you want your brand to be on the Challenger Spectrum, where 1 is we are happy to follow what others do as long as we do it well and customers are satisfied, and 100 is we want to be a brand that defines the category and has passionate fans. . Challenger focus questions . . those they?identify?in

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 10, 2021

Every year, IdeaScale hosts the Innovation Management Awards to award organizations who have demonstrated a level of sophistication in their innovation strategy that has had a measurable impact on their business. Innovation is extremely vital to our organization. It has to do mostly with engagement though.

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Legacy Innovation Group

APRIL 1, 2019

Seven Roads of Innovation–Based Growth. Given a business environment characterized by rapid change and global economies, the best ways to find growth at a scale that has strategic significance is through innovation. There are seven ways your business can pursue growth that is rooted in innovation. Nov 15, 2014 | Anthony Mills.

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IdeaScale

APRIL 21, 2021

Innovation requires both ideas and data. Even within a narrow category, asking for ideas is just a different beast from asking specific questions. It can be paired with crowdsourcing to drive customers to an innovation platform to expand on their ideas. Surveys: Pros And Cons.

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Daniel Burrus

MAY 25, 2022

What people want and need changes almost daily, and companies are always introducing new, innovative solutions to the average person’s everyday problems, but more importantly, are trying to stay ahead of those changes in what consumers want and need. But how, exactly, can a retailer or hospitality industry business accomplish that feat?

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Christensen Institute

JANUARY 12, 2023

Higher education’s fastest-growing institutions are those that serve what the Theory of Disruptive Innovation calls the underserved—those who prefer a simpler, cheaper, more accessible option than what an industry has traditionally had on offer. . As Clayton Christensen and Michael B. Discretionary time is more precious to them.

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Norbert Bol

JANUARY 21, 2018

Last week I received quite some interesting feedback to my blog about the circular economy. In the innovation literature it is a normal phenomenon that both creative thinking and critical thinking are present. Many of the reactions were about the way to approach the broad concept of the circular economy. Norbert Bol. Literature.

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