Innovate2Grow Experts

MARCH 8, 2019

This is the second in a series of four blogs on Quantum Idea Generation 2.0. First, it is about innovation in its broadest meaning – whenever you need ideas to make something that exists better and/or to develop something entirely new. Here is a brief review of Quantum Idea Generation 2.0.

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IdeaScale

JANUARY 31, 2019

By definition, using crowdsourcing to generate ideas or receiving feedback for existing ideas speeds up the creation process. You are maximizing the existing resources you have by looking elsewhere to brainstorm ideas; existing resources can be used elsewhere on other important tasks. Diversity of Ideas.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

You may want to consult resources on how to design and run a strategic planning offsite to ensure you’re on the right track. Idea Generation Sessions: Encourage blue-sky thinking with sessions dedicated to generating new ideas without constraints.

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Jeffrey Phillips

AUGUST 26, 2021

I've been writing, speaking and consulting about innovation for over 15 years, and I'm constantly amazed by the different perspectives and definitions about innovation. Lack of training/skills or experience Another problem with innovation as a discrete project is a lack of training.

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Jeffrey Phillips

MAY 22, 2023

We won a few small projects at first and had the idea that what companies needed was a great place to store and manage ideas, so we built an online idea generation and brainstorming platform, and an idea management solution, which completed with industry leaders BrightIdea and Spigit and Imaginatik back when.

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Idea Champions

APRIL 13, 2024

Follow up includes: -- Review two Insight & Ideation Reports -- Two Reality Check Debrief calls (for the Team Leader) -- Coaching and consultation with your team's Point Person -- Project champions do their due diligence 18. The total works hours required for each FTG participant is 3.5 Let's talk.

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Gregg Fraley

OCTOBER 4, 2018

The course covers management mandates, project cycles, resourcing, idea management systems, idea generation tools, concept development, prototyping, and pitch presentations. Brainstorming done effectively, more ideas, better ideas, and powerful tools for amping and refining ideas.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 4, 2024

This allows managers, executives, and consultants to focus on more strategic elements of innovation. Managers, executives, and consultants who embrace these AI advancements position themselves at the forefront of innovation, ready to leverage the full potential of improving design thinking with ai.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JULY 24, 2015

I told her that like most innovation consulting firms our foundations are based on work done in the 1930s and thereabouts by Alex Osborn. Recently I've stumbled upon another historical artifact that illuminates idea generation. Recently a client asked me where we (OVO) based our methodologies.

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Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 26, 2017

It’s a course for innovation project managers, consultants, intrapreneurs, and entrepreneurs who want to have more productive strategy, idea generation, and innovation action plans. It’s being held at the Community Research Center and I’m working with CO local Kim Smoyer of Smoyer & Associates.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This process is widely adopted by managers, executives, and consultants to drive new product development, service innovation, and business model refinement. The integration of artificial intelligence in this stage can expand the horizons of traditional brainstorming methods and lead to unprecedented levels of innovation.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 1, 2018

The secret sauce in the design of a MoshPit session is how fresh thinking is scaffolded through the discovery and idea generation process. Nearly all brainstorming techniques, and even innovation frameworks, fall short in terms of helping people make new conceptual connections. This is not your Dad’s brainstorming.

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Innovate2Grow Experts

MARCH 8, 2019

Stimulus is the second of the four Quantum Idea Generation 2.0 elements we utilize in a creative session to generate at least 12 X more ideas than brainstorming – and a quality of ideas you will never get from brainstorming. Here is a brief recap of Quantum Idea Generation 2.0

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Managers, executives, and consultants involved in product development and business strategy can leverage ai tools for design thinking to enhance their creative processes. For instance, AI can facilitate brainstorming sessions by providing prompts based on emerging trends, leading to a more diverse and innovative set of ideas.

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mjvinnovation

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

To list the Design Thinking tools, we need to remember that it is a process generally divided into four phases: Immersion: research to contextualize the problem. Ideation: collaborative brainstorming sessions with the help of tools to create innovative solutions. This way, the most strategic ideas are prioritized for prototyping.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 8, 2017

When I step into a room to facilitate an innovation, strategy, or idea generation session I always find a great deal of energy. The research that says brainstorming doesn’t work studied groups with no training and no facilitator. Do You Wish To Accelerate Innovation? Get Training! What I also often find is inexperience.

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IdeaScale

JUNE 14, 2017

Michel van Hove is the co-owner and partner of Strategos , a strategy and innovation consultancy that helps companies grow. If a company brainstorms numerous innovative ideas or approaches, how should they go about prioritizing their development or execution and keeping track of their progress? What drew you to Strategos?

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Innovate2Grow Experts

MARCH 8, 2019

While wild and wacky ideas might not be the winning ideas coming out of a Quantum Idea Generation 2.0 Creative Session you may not get those winning ideas unless they start as wild and wacky ideas. Here is a brief review of Quantum Idea Generation 2.0 from previous blogs.

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Gregg Fraley

JUNE 27, 2017

Working with Kim Smoyer of Smoyer & Associates , a Colorado based consultancy that focuses on non-profits. More ideas and better ideas. Cost savings by not paying outside consultants to facilitate innovation process. How to plan and execute training, ideation, strategy, and brainstorming sessions.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 28, 2018

In addition, it covers management mandates, project cycles, resourcing, idea management systems, idea generation, concept development, prototyping, and pitch presentations. More ideas, better ideas, and tools for amping and refining ideas. Hands-on practice of advanced innovation tools and techniques.

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Gregg Fraley

OCTOBER 19, 2019

Yes, I’m an innovation writer, trainer, and consultant, AND, without a creative culture you’re building innovation on a mound of sand. And yes, that includes brainstorming, but more importantly, problem framing. With creativity activated, facilitators like me help others innovate, using advanced frameworks and tools.

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hackerearth

AUGUST 2, 2017

It is an arduous journey, inherently risky.But innovation partners, consultants, and innovation management software offer much promise in this space. Brainstorming, idea jams, live framed challenges, mind mapping, hackathons, and brain writing are examples of ideation techniques. Innovation consultants.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 10, 2019

In this blog, we’ll take a closer look at how TSYS launched their revolutionary Project WOW (War on Waste) – a ground-breaking process improvement methodology developed by management consulting firm Above + Beyond and powered by Qmarkets software.

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Idea Champions

JANUARY 19, 2018

Flying in an outside consultant to lead a workshop or training can sometimes be cost prohibitive. Every company is looking for new and better ways to do more with less, differentiate themselves from the competition, and unlock the hidden genius of their workforce. At the same time, many organizations are budget-constrained. This I understand.

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mjvinnovation

JUNE 8, 2020

You should also understand the necessity of the acquisition of professionals (data scientists, analysts, consultants, among others) or specialized companies (which have prepared teams) to operationalize the strategy. This step focuses on brainstorming and prioritizing the different data sources you have.

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Idea Champions

JULY 8, 2020

Edwards Deming, one of America's most revered management consultants, was a big proponent of removing fear from the workplace. Open-mindedness, listening, idea generation, original thinking, full engagement, and the kind of commitment that drives meaningful change. Idea Champions. Brainstorm Facilitation Training.

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Idea Champions

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Flying in an outside consultant to lead a workshop or training can sometimes be cost prohibitive. TOPICS INCLUDE: Mindset, Culture of Innovation, Creative Thinking, Idea Generation, Brainstorm Facilitation, Storytelling, Leadership, Teamwork/Collaboration, Listening/Feedback, Problem Solving. This I understand.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

At the renowned international design consultancy IDEO, play is in fact an important part of innovation, acting as an intuitive form of learning. Studies show that once evaluation apprehension arises from criticism or screening, creativity and new idea generation declines. What is play for IDEO? A state of mind.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Ideas aren’t innovations in themselves. Innovation happens when ideas are implemented and add real value for customers. The problem is that most brainstorming sessions stop with a big list of ideas. There are many collaborative tools out there for generating ideas. Get focused. Impact (low to high).

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Idea Champions

APRIL 11, 2024

Since 1987, Idea Champions has been designing and facilitating a wide range of brainstorming sessions, creative thinking trainings, and innovation workshops for more than 130 organizations in 11 different countries. During that time, we have worked with just about every industry on planet earth and every kind of mindset.

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Innovate2Grow Experts

MARCH 8, 2019

You will get an overview of how you can consistently generate at least 12 X more ideas than brainstorming for any need, at any time, in any kind of business. Quantum Idea Generation 2.0 Here is what is in this blog: You will confidently know that there is a powerful alternative to traditional brainstorming.

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Idea Champions

DECEMBER 25, 2018

Edwards Deming, one of America's most revered management consultants, was a big proponent of removing fear from the workplace. Open-mindedness, listening, idea generation, original thinking, full engagement, and the kind of commitment that drives meaningful change. Idea Champions. Brainstorm Facilitation Training.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

At the renowned international design consultancy IDEO, play is in fact an important part of innovation, acting as an intuitive form of learning. Studies show that once evaluation apprehension arises from criticism or screening, creativity and new idea generation declines. What is play for IDEO? A state of mind.

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Idea Champions

JULY 13, 2017

Edwards Deming, one of America's most revered management consultants, was a big proponent of removing fear from the workplace. Open-mindedness, listening, idea generation, original thinking, full engagement, and the kind of commitment that drives meaningful change. Idea Champions. Brainstorm Facilitation Training.

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Idea Champions

MAY 17, 2017

Edwards Deming, one of America's most revered management consultants, was a big proponent of removing fear from the workplace. Open-mindedness, listening, idea generation, original thinking, full engagement, and the kind of commitment that drives meaningful change. Idea Champions. Brainstorm Facilitation Training.

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Idea Champions

MARCH 23, 2018

Edwards Deming, one of America's most revered management consultants, was a big proponent of removing fear from the workplace. Open-mindedness, listening, idea generation, original thinking, full engagement, and the kind of commitment that drives meaningful change. Idea Champions. Brainstorm Facilitation Training.

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Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 30, 2019

The course includes extensive take home materials, including: a shell innovation cycle and innovation mandate documents, idea development templates, post-session coaching, and strategy and ideation session design consultation (after the course). Ideation sessions (how to plan and execute, also known as “brainstorming”).

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