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5 Ways to Fail at Innovation

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Recognize that best practices of innovation are different from how you’re used to working, and force your team to learn the real tricks of the trade – Discovery, Lean Startup, Ideation, Creative facilitation, Design Thinking, etc.

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Slaying the Two-Track Innovation Agenda

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The "surface" innovation agenda explicitly defines all the new activities designed to facilitate innovation. They followed best practices of design thinking, lean startup, and rapid prototyping to turn early-stage ideas into high-potential opportunities. On the surface, both of the example companies did everything right.