Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 22, 2018

Training Accelerates Innovation. 94% of managers are unsatisfied with their companies innovation performance. 70% of CEO’s see innovation as a key driver of growth. Why then is corporate America so woefully undertrained in innovation fundamentals? Energy is Not Enough, Get Training in Innovation .

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2024

Traditional Stages and Gates Framework The traditional stages and gates process is a project management approach used to drive new products and services from concept to launch. By integrating AI into the innovation process, companies can uncover valuable insights, streamline workflows, and make more informed decisions.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 30, 2016

Projects, Projects, Projects. Innovation is complex and difficult — but one thing about it is not. What’s quite simple about innovation is that projects are what make innovation real. are Not Innovation. Unless they are in the context of an actual project. Some will fail.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Drive Results : Focused on impact, they turn innovative concepts into tangible outcomes that contribute to organizational growth. These programs should focus on enhancing innovation leadership skills that align with the organization’s vision for innovation.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 28, 2018

It examines culture assessment, strategy, and on-going project management. In addition, it covers management mandates, project cycles, resourcing, idea management systems, idea generation, concept development, prototyping, and pitch presentations. Gregg is an entertaining teller of real-world innovation stories.

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The top innovative companies in the world know that hosting effective, engaging meetings makes all the difference. Empowering their teams with technology and creative tools that guide their brainstorming sessions goes a long way in changing the outcome. A follow-up innovation meeting can push further on these three ideas.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 4, 2024

Adapting to the use of AI not only enhances creativity and productivity but also leads to more informed decision-making and ultimately, better outcomes in new product development, service innovation, and business strategy. These tools can prompt new lines of thinking, challenge assumptions, and ultimately lead to more innovative outcomes.

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Idea to Value

JULY 21, 2017

Companies which want a structured system to manage a funnel of ideas and projects (e.g. Additionally, software systems like this do not replace people in the innovation process and cannot automate its management. But I would also recommend the following books: 8 – Effective Brainstorming.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

It also allows those who aren’t trained as designers to use creative tools to address a vast range of challenges. The Five Stages of Design Thinking The process of Design Thinking is divided into five stages that guide the problem-solving process.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 25, 2022

This is based on the three basic thinking stages of the process. From identifying the problem to brainstorming ideas and taking action to solve your problem, this simple framework can be incredibly easy to follow and helpful when you begin planning and implementing your own innovation or design thinking project.

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The BMI Lab Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Creativity is not a gift but a skill we can train with proper tools. When we introduce somebody to innovation methodologies, especially those focused on business models, the role of creativity topic usually comes up. The most common question is whether we need to use creativity or not to innovate. Analogy cards.

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Idea Champions

JULY 8, 2020

We help people make meaningful adjustments of vision, insight, and perception so they can acknowledge, embrace, and apply their innate ability to be more creative on the job -- and, for those clients who want to reinvent their "innovation process", we help them figure it out. And we can train your people to do the same thing we do.

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Idea Champions

DECEMBER 25, 2018

We help people make meaningful adjustments of vision, insight, and perception so they can acknowledge, embrace, and apply their innate ability to be more creative on the job -- and, for those clients who want to reinvent their "innovation process", we help them figure it out. And we can train your people to do the same thing we do.

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Gregg Fraley

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Using experiential learning tools like drawing isn’t really new in innovation process. Sunni Brown , Dave Gray , Dan Roam, and yours truly all use experiential learning tools in innovation projects. Most corporate innovators have no training in using experiential tools. The reason? Get in touch!

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Idea Champions

JULY 13, 2017

We help people make meaningful adjustments of vision, insight, and perception so they can acknowledge, embrace, and apply their innate ability to be more creative on the job -- and, for those clients who want to reinvent their "innovation process", we help them figure it out. And we can train your people to do the same thing we do.

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Idea Champions

MAY 17, 2017

We help people make meaningful adjustments of vision, insight, and perception so they can acknowledge, embrace, and apply their innate ability to be more creative on the job -- and, for those clients who want to reinvent their "innovation process", we help them figure it out. And we can train your people to do the same thing we do.

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Idea Champions

MARCH 23, 2018

We help people make meaningful adjustments of vision, insight, and perception so they can acknowledge, embrace, and apply their innate ability to be more creative on the job -- and, for those clients who want to reinvent their "innovation process", we help them figure it out. And we can train your people to do the same thing we do.

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Gregg Fraley

MAY 1, 2018

For results, leaders need to foster innovation fundamentals and integrate them into organizational culture. More structure is needed as fundamentals take hold, and that means an innovation process framework. This series of posts on innovation fundamentals is not about frameworks. Projects change culture.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 1, 2018

New Service Offering for Digital Technology Innovation. Discover Ideas for Long Term and Tactical Innovation Projects. Chicago, IL, August 1, 2018 — The MoshPit Innovation Service is an innovation project discovery service marketed by GFi (Gregg Fraley Innovation). GFi guarantees its work.

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Gregg Fraley

MAY 9, 2017

The quotes above are all from larger company high level managers who already have highly defined innovation processes in place. This post is to make a simple point about innovation. The managers above have read a lot of that literature, taken it to heart, gotten training, and put processes in place. Are you lost?

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

We call it Project WOW. Project WOW. For many organizations, brainstorming, building, and implementing new processes can take anywhere from 6 months to 2 years to put into effect, and that doesn’t include the time it takes to train internally and get everyone on-board with embracing the change.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

AI in the Define Stage of Design Thinking As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly integrated into various business processes, its role in design thinking emerges as a transformative force. Expanding the Ideation Process with AI Artificial intelligence systems are adept at processing large amounts of data much faster than humans can.

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IdeaScale

MARCH 13, 2018

When you apply this train of thought to innovation, it becomes apparent that some of the most successful products and services in human history were developed by recycling existing ideas. Take the iPod for example.

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Moves the Needle

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Eventually, they determined that Lean Innovation principles would be the best way to tackle this uncertainty. Their objective was to minimize potentially wasted time and money by taking an iterative learning approach to the project. The Lean Innovation principles utilized by Edmunds were not theoretical training exercises.

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Gregg Fraley

DECEMBER 11, 2017

How do you innovate across your entire value chain? How do you integrate all this new fancy stuff into strategy and ideation to create actual projects? Why is this challenge so different from previous innovation challenges? Classic innovation frameworks and IT-centric team composition are not going to get it done.

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hackerearth

AUGUST 2, 2017

Internal innovation teams or labs also use hackathons as an external source of innovation. These open-innovation based models are often combined to achieve the desired effect by companies. The Innovation Process. “In In too many organizations, innovation occurs by serendipity rather than by deliberate management.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 6, 2020

Once a company submits a challenge, it is open for other users from relevant companies to brainstorm around it and contribute potential solutions – adding comments and attachments (documents, videos, images, etc.) The innovation management solutions offered by Qmarkets are completed by a commitment to customer success.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 15, 2021

It wouldn’t be difficult to completely reimagine the professional learning space or teacher training. These are just a few ideas on how we could use these spaces to promote innovative teaching and create a culture of innovation. Providing structure to the innovation process does not need to be difficult.

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Econic

MAY 23, 2019

Unrealistic expectations of first projects Out of the gate, most organizations put too few resources on too few ideas and expect too much out of them. What makes this even more dangerous is that the further away the first projects are from the core business, the more likely they are to fail.

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Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

YWE: 2016 was defined by us as the “Year of Creativity and Innovation” at the ISA, and administrators and senior staff were introduced to tools and brainstormed with on how to implement these tools into our ongoing work. Our project with Qmarkets was a natural continuation of this intensive year which we went through.

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Econic

APRIL 10, 2018

Unrealistic expectations of first projects. What makes this even more dangerous is that the further away the first projects are from the core business, the more likely they are to fail. Instead, organizations need to look for quick wins in their first projects. No process in place for funding new projects.

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Econic

MAY 23, 2019

Unrealistic expectations of first projects. What makes this even more dangerous is that the further away the first projects are from the core business, the more likely they are to fail. Instead, organizations need to look for quick wins in their first projects. No process in place for funding new projects.

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Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 30, 2019

Innovation Training. “Innovation Intensive, beyond Design Thinking” Public Course* With Master Trainer Gregg Fraley. Comprehensive Immersion Course for: Innovation Project Managers, Teams, Executives, Facilitators. Send new project leaders, managers, facilitators, and essential innovation team members.

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The Inovo Group

APRIL 27, 2020

Organization-level advantages include the ability to hire from a global talent pool, 24-hour follow-the-sun project execution, more efficient meetings, more creative meetings and better decision-making. For corporate innovators, there is a unique set of WFH concerns and questions. Tools do matter.

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Innovation processes may differ, but they share some of the same qualities. Different organizations name and order stages slightly differently but everything moves between periods of broad brainstorming to concentrated decision making – sometimes in a cyclical manner.

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Idea Champions

JUNE 17, 2016

We help people make meaningful adjustments of vision, insight, and perception so they can acknowledge, embrace, and apply their innate ability to be more creative on the job -- and, for those clients who want to reinvent their "innovation process", we help them figure it out. And we can train your people to do the same thing we do.

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