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15 most important Innovation Theories your company should be using

Idea to Value

It is also useful for everyone in a company who might generate ideas (which in my view should be everyone) to have a basic understanding of what the principles are. However, there are more effective ways to innovate, as you will see further down this list. Suggested reading: 14 – Building a Culture of Innovation.

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Open and Closed Innovation: what are the differences?

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When we think of Open Innovation, it is tempting to associate it with the opposite of Closed Innovation, the traditional one, generated by our own efforts in organizations, without the aid of external entities and agents. In fact, the best thing to do is to think of these two concepts as complementary.

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How to choose an innovation consultancy?

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By this point, you must have been struggling to find a consultancy with experience in the market who understands your segment and knows how to drive innovation with speed and consistent results. But, in a market where everyone is looking for innovation, how can we be sure that this initiative will generate satisfactory results?

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4 Ways to Amplify Digital Innovation in 2018

Gregg Fraley

The challenges facing innovation leaders, facing 2018 is — how do you integrate new digital capability? This is not innovation as we once knew it. This is not your Dad’s innovation. It’s not even Your Innovation of five years ago? How do you innovate across your entire value chain?

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Balancing Innovation via Organizational Ambidexterity – Part 3

Integrative Innovation

In this final part, we illustrate that successful ambidexterity requires a well-managed hand-over from the explorative to the exploitative set-up. Furthermore, we also provide some insights and guidance on how this hand-over can be achieved. New research: ambidexterity well done is a key driver for innovation performance.

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Uncertainty is the Innovator’s Friend

The Inovo Group

There are four primary dimensions of uncertainty: Organization, Demand, Design and System (ODDS). All four need to be managed during the innovation process. Efforts such as Six Sigma and business process design are specifically engineered to minimize uncertainty. A Necessary Part of the Innovation Process.

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Key Innovation Issues for 2016 and Beyond

Integrative Innovation

Hence, I gave it some thought, starting by revisting an earlier reflection: Beginning of 2013, Tim Kastelle and I identified four key issues in innovation management for the time to come. Let’s have a brief look at each of them: Differentiating and integrative innovation concepts.