Thinkers360 - Thought Leader Interviews

MARCH 31, 2024

At a Glance Gijs van Wulfen, Keynote Speaker, Innovation Institute Focus Areas : Innovation, Design Thinking, Creativity. GvW: I am the founder of the FORTH innovation method, and very driven to jump start innovation in organisations, because they are often struggling with the start of innovation in their day-to-day hectic business.

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Jeffrey Phillips

MAY 24, 2021

Previously, I wrote that companies will need to focus on business model and process innovation over product innovation. The good news about the economic rebound is that everyone is going back to work, and the economy is picking up. I've used this quote in other blog posts, but it has never been as relevant as it is right now.

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InnovationTraining.org

JULY 18, 2022

These top Jeanne Liedtka’s books are a great source of information on innovation and design thinking. Design thinking books continue to be a popular topic on our blog, as many find them a useful way to learn about innovation and how to apply these techniques to organizational or personal challenges. Find it here on Amazon.

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Tullio Siragusa

MAY 1, 2023

Embracing the Circular Economy through Enterprise Architecture The concept of a circular economy has been rapidly gaining traction as businesses and governments alike recognize the need to transition from a linear, resource-intensive model to a sustainable, regenerative one.

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Christensen Institute

JANUARY 11, 2024

This was inconvenient, but I didn’t worry about it because I am someone who regularly goes to the doctor for annual checkups, is in good health, and comes from a family of medical professionals. This blog will focus on the first two. I just put myself on the cancellation list and hoped I would get lucky with an earlier appointment.

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InnovationTraining.org

AUGUST 1, 2022

Find examples of how design thinking is used to solve problems, prototype, and innovate. As more organizations and companies across the world adopt design thinking into their operations, it becomes even more obvious just how essential innovation is for continued success and growth. Netflix’s Innovative Updates.

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IdeaScale

JANUARY 30, 2018

In that report, EY shared that “76 percent of survey respondents anticipate natural resource shortages will affect their core business objectives over the next 3-5 years and that 65 percent of respondents stated their CFO has become involved in sustainability.” Want to set-up a sustainability campaign in IdeaScale?

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InnovationTraining.org

JANUARY 20, 2022

It is likely that many of you have heard of, worked with or are experts in design thinking. Design thinking is a creative problem solving methodology brought to the forefront by IDEO at least two decades ago (read: it’s old). I started to work with Rinat and Johan on co-design projects back during pre-iPhone days.

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Christensen Institute

JANUARY 4, 2024

Disruptive Innovations are not breakthrough technologies that make good products better. Now, just because something isn’t disruptive doesn’t mean it isn’t good. We will see more “good money” than “bad money” investments. In that piece, I detailed the Good Money Bad Money theory. Surely this is disruptive.”

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Tullio Siragusa

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Sustainable Business Practices and Innovation: The Path Forward In an era where climate change and environmental degradation are pressing issues, sustainable business practices are no longer just commendable — they are crucial. Contrary to popular belief, these two objectives are not mutually exclusive.

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Tullio Siragusa

AUGUST 8, 2022

Turning Reverse Engineering of Business Goals into Strategies. In business it can be a creative process on how to bring about new change, and innovation. So, be it an engineer or a business owner, everyone can reverse-engineer a business process by starting with the end goal while looking at the business.

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IM Insights

OCTOBER 9, 2023

By Elijah Eilert In an era defined by rapid technological advancement, groundbreaking business models but also large-scale environmental and social problems, ‘innovation’ is often hailed as the beacon of progress. While innovation has undeniably been a force for good, it is not inherently beneficial.

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Tullio Siragusa

JULY 25, 2022

In this podcast recap blog post, we will discuss how innovation derived from creativity, data, and automation can lead to success. The aim to improve and better the lives of pets lead Alex and his co-founders to launch a business to provide foods that were better for them. Data is the lifeblood of any business.

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Christensen Institute

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Without clarity about what constitutes a good indicator of social capital, some had difficulty articulating concrete goals. But by working backward from the goal statement, schools and programs can then design experiences that help students move the needle on these meaningful, relationship-oriented competencies.

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InnovationTraining.org

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

A good data story comprises of the three elements that make up any good story: Setup – Set the scene by explaining what’s been happening. In this video, Scott Berinato, author of “Good Charts” and “Good Charts Workbook”, walks through the three essential ingredients of any story–including those told with data.

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Tullio Siragusa

JUNE 13, 2022

Genuine leaders know that the secret to designing a winning culture is to inspire leadership in others.”. What emerged for me over 10 years ago was that I am a visionary business strategist with high yield results in technology, who creates high performance cultures focused on leadership development. Blog Subscrition Here Email*.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 19, 2017

These were for HYPE and posted on their blogs, mostly under their “Methods & Frameworks ” tag. The first group are recent ones providing a really good depth to them. It does not tell leaders how to manage their organizations” An introduction to Design Thinking for Innovation Managers.

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PlanBox Innovation

MAY 10, 2022

Innovation by definition is very different from typical business processes, and it should be in a constant state of flux. The best place to start is the line of business (LOB) owner that has the highest level of interest and funding to launch the innovation initiative. Waiting until you can get it totally right misses the point.

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 30, 2020

The latest Accenture’s research study asks businesses to “care to do better” – making the case that investing in your employees and building the employer-employee relationship is necessary to doing business best. That’s a very good reason to start capturing and maintaining the trust of the people you hire!

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Jeffrey Phillips

OCTOBER 6, 2021

For many years, in writing this blog, and in leading innovation projects for my clients, I tried to advocate for the benefits of innovation. Worse, some of these, Kodak in particular, were potential leaders in innovative technologies or business models but "stuck to their knitting" and lost market share and profits.

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Idea to Value

JANUARY 21, 2020

Gary Pisano, a Harvard Business School Professor, wrote an excellent article in HBR last year on the hard realities of what innovative company cultures actually look like, which I highly recommend every aspiring innovator to read. It’s also quite likely that some good ideas that the organization could really benefit from will come up.

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Values Centered Innovation

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Over the last 75 years, the field of corporate innovation has dynamically evolved from the 1950s-60s’ NASA innovation process models and the Osborn-Parnes creative problem-solving process to today’s popularity with Design Thinking and Agile Development. A future blog will go into 3 other signs of this evolution. .

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Tullio Siragusa

AUGUST 15, 2022

Recession Proof Your Business the Design Thinking Way. We know that recessions are fearful and can be catastrophic to businesses and people. Various questions might ponder in the mind of business owners. No matter that the questions, you can prepare yourselves ahead of time without disrupting the business.

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The BMI Lab Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

As used clothing is taking over our wardrobes, we have decided to explore the phenomenon of resale from a business model perspective – and investigate how it can be applied to other industries. Definition – What is a re-commerce business model? Giving used items a second or third life is not just good for the consumers’ wallets.

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Values Centered Innovation

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Over the last 75 years, the field of corporate innovation has dynamically evolved from the 1950s-60s’ NASA innovation process models and the Osborn-Parnes creative problem-solving process to today’s popularity with Design Thinking and Agile Development. A future blog will go into 3 other signs of this evolution. .

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Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 24, 2019

If everyone else is jumping off the Design Thinking bridge shouldn’t we? Just kidding, Design Thinking can be a good choice, as can Agile, or Lean, or your own blended system. So, a good starting point for innovation is defining or clarifying your purpose, coupled with an assessment of your innovation culture.

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Christensen Institute

JULY 30, 2023

Prepared testimony Good morning Chairman Owens, Ranking Member Wilson, and distinguished members of the Committee. There’s a saying in efficient markets for goods and services. They were designed originally as peer-review organizations to determine what is a college and to help institutions improve. Taxpayers are as well.

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ImagineNation

JUNE 1, 2021

In the first blog in our latest series, “Developing a human-centric future fitness focus” we shared the three characteristics that offer senior executives a “unique unfreezing opportunity” from the COVID-19 hiatus. Being altruistic in serving the common good in ways that potentially add value to the future of humanity.

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IM Insights

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Discover the fundamentals of what Eric Ries calls Metered Funding and how to design an effective incremental funding approach for innovation. . Otherwise, designing the first gate around desirability is probably a good bet. Ideally, each decision point or gate is dictated by uncertainty. Topics and Insights . (02:00)

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IM Insights

MAY 25, 2022

Whether a sceptic or a fan of well told stories, the question arises, how do we best design a system that fosters evidence-based storytelling? Good stories are irresistible. 28:30) How humans are not designed to think probabilistic . To what degree does storytelling need to be encouraged or even regulated? Tendayi’s Books.

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Christensen Institute

APRIL 21, 2022

Apple’s AirPods bluetooth headphones switch smoothly between an iPhone, a Macbook, and an iPad because Apple designs all of these devices and their interfaces, and can therefore optimize how they work together. They were easier to use and crashed much less often than computers of non-integrated design. Shifting the basis of demand.

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mjvinnovation

APRIL 12, 2021

Over the past decade, UX designers and researchers have dedicated themselves to enhancing each touch point of interaction with customers. Years later, this user-dedicated style had been established with new parameters, inaugurating a new moment in business. Watch: “So can we forget about that user-centric business?”

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IdeaScale

APRIL 4, 2017

Day-to-day actions and decisions show whether leaders are actually committed to innovation or whether it’s simply a popular tagline that sounds good but has no real support. Recognize and quickly adopt new ideas within your own team or business unit. Businesses don’t fail—leaders do. Become a living example.

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ImagineNation

APRIL 5, 2021

In last month’s blog at ImagineNation we opened the door to a threshold for a new kind of co-creative, collaborative and cohesive team spirit to catalyse change through “innovation evangelism”. In fact, businesses that were able to rapidly adapt and focus on innovation(in 2020) are poised to outperform their peers in the coming years”.

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Mills-Scofield

MAY 13, 2019

I’m honored to host a blog by one of my amazing mentees, Yuna Hur ‘18. The class was called Iterative Design of Retail Value Propositions and Experiences - a blend of design and engineering. I never took courses related to business nor art, as I concentrated in cognitive science and education studies. Thank you, Yuna!!

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mjvinnovation

MARCH 29, 2021

“Innovation” used to mean the difference between dictating trends in your sector or following the trail of your competition’s success, but today the term refers to a fundamental condition of existence for businesses in the volatile and demanding Digital Age. We know that fast growth is the dream of any business owner or shareholder.

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CMOE

MARCH 6, 2023

An organization’s success depends on a business strategy that establishes the organization’s mission and what decisions or actions must be taken to achieve it. To be good leaders, managers must continuously foster a learning approach in themselves and their team members. As industries continue to evolve, so must we.

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