Jeffrey Phillips

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Since I am an innovation consultant, working with Fortune 500 companies to build innovation capacity, and I regularly blog on this site about innovation topics, I often have the opportunity to review new books about innovation. In this blog, I am going to be reviewing the book Built to Innovate by Ben Bensaou.

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 1, 2017

Recently a customer asked me if I could share some insight as to what type of incentives really work to drive engagement across divisions and companies. Recently a customer asked me if I could share some insight as to what type of incentives really work to drive engagement across divisions and companies.

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100%Open

JULY 26, 2018

We have published almost 500 blog posts on the 100%Open blog over the last decade. The great thing about blog posts is that they are not meant to be perfect and they just reflects a series of thoughts at a moment in time. How to Measure Open Innovation Value – The very first 100%Open blog post when we launched 100%Open 8.5

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In this blog, we will recommend strategies for choosing the best features for your innovation roadmap along with the do’s and don’ts of feature prioritization. . Customer Pain Points. Customer Journey. This model helps you understand what features users expect from your product and those that will delight them. .

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Tullio Siragusa

JULY 25, 2022

No matter what your path is, it’s important to stay up to date on the latest trends and technologies to stay ahead of the competition. In this podcast recap blog post, we will discuss how innovation derived from creativity, data, and automation can lead to success. Let’s look at the value of all three. Creativity.

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IdeaSpies

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Have a view on the future Startups are eyes and ears on what’s changing in markets, customers, regions, tech, culture and other factors that are impossible to stay across yourself. Spotting new trends and maximising insights on future customer demands is what startups do well (the good ones anyway).

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 19, 2018

I have a somewhat (cough) vested interest in writing a blog post about why you should work with an innovation consultant. The real purpose of this blog is to answer the question: why should I work with an innovation consultant? Good innovation depends on understanding unmet needs and emerging trends. But I digress.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JUNE 9, 2021

What's more, most organizations don't think about staffing this way. Signals What signal does this send? While the company had a handful of good product managers, almost all of them had taken over existing products. None had created a new product from scratch based on a new idea and customer insights.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 24, 2016

Jeffrey Phillip s and I are launching our fourth collaboration together, this time we are exploring innovation ecosystems and the growing impact they are having in the business world through their ‘conecting and collaborating difference’ that can lead to vastly different final customer experiences. But, one step at a time.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 30, 2022

Learn how to generate more and better ideas in this blog. Click the links here to read through Part 1: What is Design Thinking , Part 2: Attitudes That Hurt Design Thinking & How to Change Them , Part 3: Challenge, Ideas, and Action: A Design Thinking Framework in Action , and Part 4: Design Thinking Empathy. . Scenario Mapping.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JUNE 16, 2021

I'm writing a series of blogs based on questions that I regularly receive about innovation. Most people are reasonably good at creating small, incremental changes to existing products. But that's not what gets you to the next and the new. What skills are critical to next and new innovation First, we need to define our terms.

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Idea to Value

MAY 18, 2020

The people we met with were very smart and knowledgeable, and I think they have what it takes to succeed in achieving that goal. I recently met with a very successful company that is seen as a highly innovative global pioneer that others in their industry, which is facing many structural headwinds and inevitable changes, look up to.

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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. Customers know best what improvements they would benefit from the most. In other words, they won’t always see what’s missing to make your product truly well-rounded. source: pexels.com.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 24, 2020

Often each group possesses its own rules, its own judgment of what is important, and this ‘creates’ the absolute need to have a mechanism that ‘cuts’ across these potential barriers. Let’s make clear distinctions on what we think we know of the persons involved. So can you recognize the traits of your innovation leader?

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Planview

MARCH 8, 2024

Here’s what they said. I learned about her frequent interstate transfers, exposure to customers and colleagues from diverse social backgrounds, the many ways in which gender bias manifested in her surroundings, and how they could never hold her back. Planview is proud to participate. Despite our age disparity, we gelled well.

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Jeffrey Phillips

MAY 20, 2022

As you know if you follow my blog, I generally write about the intersection of strategy and innovation. What these electronic ledgers and the associated databases and reporting applications created was the ability to capture and report data much more easily. Increasingly, however, we need to invite data into this mix.

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Business Innovation Brief Submitted Articles

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

You were probably asked this question at some point or another while ordering a hamburger—and for good reason, too. After all, what goes better with a mouthwatering burger than some golden-crispy french fries? It’s a match made in heaven. Project Portfolio Management – The Burger. This is where Continuous Innovation comes in.

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Jeffrey Phillips

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Let's review the deliverables and the activities between them to understand what I mean. To ask for innovation without defining a need or opportunity is useless - but to innovate based on a key insight, opportunity or problem is exceptionally valuable. What are the issues? What are the challenges?

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Thinkers360 - Thought Leader Interviews

MARCH 22, 2024

Readers & Writers: To contribute your own content and to browse amazing content – including articles/blogs, books, interviews, podcasts and videos, from our opt-in B2B thought leader, analyst and influencer community – Join Thinkers360 today ! Thinkers360: What are your current responsibilities and what is your typical day like?

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Jeffrey Phillips

JUNE 5, 2018

The new game, as demonstrated by a number of emerging disrupters, is captured in the book Unscaled and discussed at length in this nice blog post - one I wish I could have written. As more and more of what we consume becomes virtual, scale doesn't matter. Scale is giving way to agility, speed and customer experience.

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Phil McKinney

JULY 11, 2023

These disruptions have had a major impact on how people get around, consume entertainment content, and even shop for goods or groceries. For industries, failing to keep up with disruptions could mean becoming obsolete and unable to serve their customers adequately.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In our last blog for Qmarkets we introduced you to the concept of Three Horizons and explained how this methodology can help you create a balanced long-term innovation portfolio. Together with a team, we are deploying Qmarkets at Barenbrug , one of the oldest and most established players in the grass seed industry.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 15, 2015

You start writing blog posts , stick with it nearly every day , repeat that for nearly eight years, and suddenly, you have two thousand blog posts. At least that’s what has happened with the Brainzooming blog! Today, based on the post counter in WordPress, is our two thousandth blog. MM, 2K, 2000.

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Jeffrey Phillips

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

We are in the very beginning of one now - a gold rush to find, mine and refine data and turn the insights into value. You may have heard it said data is the new oil Let's get this out of the way - there must be at least one cliche in every blog post so there it is. Data has a lot about it that makes it a good analogy for oil.

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whataventure

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

A guideline on how to make your cold calls successful and get your first paying customers. Too many startups invest much of their time and money in marketing for their products and they often stop right there, thinking the customers will just come on their own. What is cold calling and why is it so important?

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Jeffrey Phillips

OCTOBER 3, 2017

As a sometimes writer of blogs, white papers and even a few books, I understand the challenge of facing a blank page, trying to form the words into meaningful and insightful sentences. What's more, writing, especially stories, takes real creativity. So perhaps we innovators can learn something from good writers.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 7, 2022

In 2016, I wrote the article What is innovation? 15 experts share their innovation definition in order to answer the question of “What is innovation?” I asked them all: What is your definition of “innovation”? What mistake do companies often make when they talk about innovation? Introduction. Rita McGrath.

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InnovationTraining.org

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

But what exactly is it, and how do you develop it? In this guide, we’ll cover what empathy for design thinking means as well as how to learn empathy to apply to your innovation- and design thinking-focused projects. Empathy in Design Thinking: What It Is. Be a good listener – listen attentively and carefully.

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Tullio Siragusa

JUNE 7, 2022

Specifically, waterfall project management models might not be a good fit for M&A integrations. What is Design Thinking? Design Thinking Applied to M&A Integration. Merging companies is complicated. However, if merging is done right, it might lead to competitive advantages. Let’s first look at why many mergers fail.

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Idea to Value

JULY 21, 2017

So what can you do about it? What it is: TRIZ is a problem-solving, analysis and forecasting tool derived from the study of patterns of invention in the global patent literature. Every company says that innovation is important, and that they value the ideas of their people. Let’s get started: 15 – TRIZ.

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 1, 2017

Recently a customer asked me if I could share some insight as to what type of incentives really work to drive engagement across divisions and companies. Recently a customer asked me if I could share some insight as to what type of incentives really work to drive engagement across divisions and companies.

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Idea to Value

JUNE 4, 2021

That’s unfortunate, because those less experienced in innovation often end up going about it all wrong, and as a result, we as customers, and as a society, get less bang for our buck – and have to deal with challenges that could’ve already been solved. But, without further ado, let’s get to these myths and misconceptions on innovation.

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Acuvate

DECEMBER 31, 2022

We set out last January to build for some of the world’s most complex problems, using tech for good and helping SLG and enterprises prepare for a more sustainable future with the combined power of technology and empathy. A time of gratitude for the successes of the past.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

I am convinced my working days are shorter or the clock is moving faster or worse still, I am being “deflected” even more by everything “digital” I never seem to finish what I had intended to complete by the end of a day or week. We can connect with customers real-time. We do need to make some real changes.

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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. This can help them attract and retain customers, as well as stay ahead of their competitors. College students are writing papers using it.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 25, 2022

Click the link here to read through Part 1: What is Design Thinking and Part 2: Attitudes That Hurt Design Thinking & How to Change Them. . In this blog post, we’ll look at a design thinking framework that can be used to help you design innovative solutions to your challenges. ” Stage 2: Ideas. .”

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 24, 2016

Jeffrey Phillip s and I are launching our fourth collaboration together, this time we are exploring innovation ecosystems and the growing impact they are having in the business world through their ‘conecting and collaborating difference’ that can lead to vastly different final customer experiences. But, one step at a time.

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