Idea to Value

JULY 15, 2020

When it comes to innovation, there are countless ways things might go wrong. If you manage to get the timing just right, your innovations will obviously benefit from huge tailwinds when entire industries are transitioning from the old to the new with you riding at the top of the wave. The importance of timing in innovation.

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Phil McKinney

AUGUST 14, 2023

Innovators know that in the era of AI, they must not only stay relevant but also pass the test of time. The challenge thus is how innovators evolve and maintain relevancy. What are the challenges that innovators face in the rapid advancement of AI? What are the challenges that innovators face in the rapid advancement of AI?

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 19, 2017

Recently, well actually, over the past twelve or eighteen months, I was asked to explore and explain different frameworks that the innovator might need to know or at least have an opinion upon. These were for HYPE and posted on their blogs, mostly under their “Methods & Frameworks ” tag. Let me know.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 26, 2021

You’ve probably heard the term ‘business innovation’ being hailed as a practice to drive business success and to sustain growth during turbulent times – but what does it actually mean? We’ll also dive into how innovation helps drive business success and longevity. What Exactly is Business Innovation?

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Today the world’s most innovative companies are also some of the most successful. Innovation lends itself to success by provoking organizations to continuously push for improvement and always be on the lookout for new opportunities. The ideas are continually evaluated and are also shared with other innovators at the company.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 26, 2021

You’ve probably heard the term ‘business innovation’ being hailed as a practice to drive business success and to sustain growth during turbulent times – but what does it actually mean? We’ll also dive into how innovation helps drive business success and longevity. What Exactly is Business Innovation?

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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). Enter your name and email.

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 29, 2017

I think about what refreshments they’ll want upon arrival, who I should introduce them to, how to best engage them so they have a memorable experience. And our talented group of Innovation Advisors are always ready to respond to questions about crowdsourcing and innovation management. Maya Angelou.

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Qmarkets

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Too often, leaders in the corporate sphere assume that once a new project – such as the implementation of an innovation management platform – is announced, users will naturally ‘get the message’ and adopt it as a standard business practice. Let’s dive in. This brings us to our next tip.

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Qmarkets

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Enterprise businesses are constantly on the lookout for their next ‘eureka’ moment – an innovative solution to a strategic business problem. Of course, most recognize that simply happening upon these solutions is not an option, and that innovation needs to be cultivated and managed effectively in order to become sustainable and repeatable.

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PlanBox Innovation

AUGUST 31, 2023

The increased interdependence has birthed countless collaboration opportunities, leading innovators to strategically weave a network of partnerships throughout their supply chain to continuously drive better, more sustainable results, especially when it comes to evaluating emerging technologies and engaging with startups.

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Stephen Shapiro

DECEMBER 27, 2022

So I decided to see if ChatGPT could write a blog entry for me. I asked it: “ Please write me an 800 word blog entry on why innovation is important to large organizations. Be sure to include your definition of innovation and 5 steps on how to make innovation a reality.”

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Qmarkets

MARCH 24, 2021

At Qmarkets we have spent the last 15+ years helping leading organizations to build and implement effective innovation initiatives. Along the way we have seen a wide variety of approaches and formats, from small-scale hackathons with a few hundred participants, to long term innovation programs involving tens of thousands of users.

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Innovation Programs Innovation Culture of Innovation Strategy 59

IdeaScale

APRIL 4, 2017

Innovators listen to what leaders say, but most of all, they watch what leaders do. 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. However, there is one more very important aspect to innovation leadership.

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PlanBox Innovation

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Open innovation (OI) can be a powerful approach for organizations to find groundbreaking ideas, develop new products and solve difficult problems. I have been involved in hundreds of open innovation projects — I have seen huge successes and, of course, many failures. Don’t Do it Once. Don’t Do it Yourself.

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Innovators Alliance

JULY 19, 2023

What is the most important asset that can predict your team’s ability to innovate and drive the growth of your company? In fact, the best predictor of success with innovation is your team members’ broad life experience combined with self-awareness. Why should innovative organizations examine beliefs and mindsets?

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 14, 2018

There I’ve said it, it is out in the open, “ I suffer from SMRD”. To be honest I am struggling with social media in innovation, struggling to get my head around it for my business, for me for a long time. What is the best social media to have as part of your communicating strategy, how much time do you network?

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ImagineNation

OCTOBER 27, 2021

In our last blog , we proposed, rather than living in a world where everyone hates to fail, why not adopt a rethink, respond, regroup, thrive pattern, and experience failure as an opportunity for change, unlearning, and re-thinking? Critical art of re-thinking. Making time and space for re-thinking. The vital role of unlearning.

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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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Cris Beswick

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

As a leader, you need your people to perform at their best if innovation is going to happen. If you want your organisation to be able to innovate repeatedly, protecting the environment for healthy dialogue around differing views must become a regular part of the culture you create.

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Imaginatik

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

A great deal of activity has been happening under the topic of ‘open innovation’, however we have found very different initiatives launched by our clients that challenge a common definition of the term. The open innovation process here self-organizes the proper fit for start-up-to-problem-solution pairing.

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

They take a long-term view of their staff and see innovation projects as an opportunity to stretch their employees’ capabilities and to help them achieve their aspirations. Depending on the scope of their ideas, innovators’ careers can be significantly shaped by this journey. The M entor Role in I nnovation . Gaining customer insights.

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ImagineNation

AUGUST 3, 2020

In our last blog “Leading and managing human transitions through disruption and adversity,” we described the importance of leaders and managers becoming more generous, tolerant, caring, empathic not only with themselves, and also with others they interact with. Mining decades of stability. Embracing the freedom of non-resistance.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 1, 2018

Thinking about ecosystems certainly allows us to go out of our normal scope of invention, innovation and being creative. It allows you to search and build on others specialization that “greater” innovation. It allows you to search and build on others specialization that “greater” innovation.

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Acuvate

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Water Management & Treatment Optimizer An innovative solution leveraging IoT, AI, data integration, and predictive analytics to monitor and control water quality parameters, resolve quality issues faster, optimize chemical usage, improve operational processes, and reduce complaints and carbon footprint. So, let’s get right into it.

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Idea to Value

JUNE 4, 2021

As all of us working on innovation know, it’s quite an opaque topic that many innovators and organizations don’t talk about openly. As a result, innovation is an area that’s fraught with many common myths and misconceptions. But, without further ado, let’s get to these myths and misconceptions on innovation. The Reality.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

This offers the chance of seeing something completely differently, by being simply aware and open to new possibilities, detaching yourself from your own (comfortable) environment. We all value those times when we can slip away from our desk, from the computer or phone and just simply step outside. Going cross-industry.

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Design more innovative innovation meetings that boost creativity and strengthen engagement. Far too often, engaging and innovative meetings are rare and fall short of accomplishing their goals. You can host more innovative innovation meetings that inspire. What environment is best suited for their success?

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Planview

MARCH 18, 2022

For this month’s blog spotlight , we are going to travel to Bangalore and follow Geetika to spend a day in the life of a Software Development Engineer Test manager. These meetings are based on automation strategy for the Enterprise One product. I manage the Automation team in Bangalore where I direct a team of 7 members.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Innovation lends itself to success by provoking organizations to continuously push for improvement and always be on the lookout for new opportunities. Amazon , SpaceX , Apple , and Salesforce are far better placed to innovate than others, but this is not by chance. Amazon’s Founder, Jeff Bezos has famously said , “.

Culture 52

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Qmarkets

JULY 22, 2021

Employee ideas are the backbone of any corporate innovation initiative, and therefore a strong idea generation process that can be scaled across your organization is key. However, there are various approaches for each step of the process which can be chosen based on what is best for your business and employees.

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The BMI Lab Blog

MAY 2, 2022

Airbnb) Innovation Platforms These serve as a basis for others to innovate and develop applications on top (e.g. Airbnb) Innovation Platforms These serve as a basis for others to innovate and develop applications on top (e.g. What do eight out of ten of the most valuable companies worldwide have in common?

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hackerearth

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

One of the vital contributors to digital transformation, along with a few other factors, is innovation management. “It Netflix is one of the best examples of digital transformation since the digitization of films, which paved the way for this new business model of movie streaming.

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Idea to Value

JUNE 7, 2016

The new innovation in business book Robert’s Rules of Innovation II: The Art of Implementation explains that the main reason even the most promising innovative ideas fail is due to the organizational failure to implement the innovation plans. Why is it that organizations shy away from innovation implementation?

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IdeaScale

MARCH 28, 2017

When playing the role of culture creator, the leader’s primary task is to ensure the spirit of the innovation process is understood, celebrated, and aligned with the strategy of the organization. The importance of fostering beliefs and behaviors that encourage innovation within your team and organization cannot be overstated.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 25, 2020

Are innovations really born out of these miraculous moments of insight? Let’s not beat around the bush: the unfortunate truth is that almost every one of these stories is either fake, or at best, an exaggeration or oversimplification. We’ve all heard the story of Newton and the apple. We love to hear stories of these great aha moments.

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Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Management Examples 189

Qmarkets

JANUARY 16, 2020

Herman Kahn – futurist, author, and inspiration for Stanley Kubrick’s “Dr Strangelove” – once described risk taking as “the essence of innovation”. Afterall, innovation often means abandoning an old, well-established practice in favour of something potentially greater, but less predictable. It’s a fair assessment.

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