Imaginatik

APRIL 24, 2015

For example, when entering the Initiated phase, a full-blown strategic plan for innovation is overkill. But this is very different from being an organization that understands, across the board, how to innovate together. The “correct” moves to build innovation capability vary wildly with maturity level.

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Imaginatik

DECEMBER 18, 2017

In particular, the GDS (UK Government Digital Service) is a great example of a citizen-driven design that has increased weekly visitors and decreased operational costs by millions. Imaginatik’s take: The Digital Cities of the (near?) Ralph Welborn Imaginatik CEO ). “75% future are coming sooner than you might think.

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Imaginatik

JUNE 19, 2015

Here’s an example from this month – just one of many. At Imaginatik, we’ve been helping clients with hackathons for more than five years. It’s official: hackathons aren’t just for developers and entrepreneurs anymore. NBCUniversal held a successful hackathon in London June 6th & 7th – the winning results are already posted here.

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Imaginatik

JANUARY 15, 2018

Imaginatik’s take: Uber is well-known for disrupting the taxi business, and more recently for reports of bad corporate behavior. UberEats is an example of how the company is thinking of its technology and customer base as leverage to expand beyond transportation. It has also long been a firm interested in moving the larger ecosystem.

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Values Centered Innovation

MARCH 17, 2017

For example: To transform GROWTH, innovative solutions are needed for: Generating disruptive business models – and responding to competitor disruptions. These innovation management platforms are either developed in-house or provided by vendors such as Spigit, BrightIdea, Qmarket, Imaginatik, and Hype Innovation.

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Imaginatik

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

For example, is a lot of new value coming into your market through start-ups who leverage the Internet of Things trend? For example, in retail, brick & mortar are less desirable while on-line shopping is more desirable. For example: Engage employees using on-line platforms and methods. Where is value being created?

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Imaginatik

JANUARY 13, 2017

An obvious example is a clue from 2011 – the public launch of Uber’s ride-sharing program in San Francisco. For example, “What if autonomous vehicles completely replaced human drivers?”. “ For example, “If only we didn’t have to spend time commuting to work.”. “ One common way to scan the ecosystem is through human effort.

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Imaginatik

AUGUST 10, 2016

What it is, how to measure it and arguably, most importantly, how to understand the operational implications of value in an ecosystem is what expands, and what Mark's example illustrates. For but one example of how it did, let’s go back to Mark. The notion of value is no different. That was the starting question for Mark’s executives.

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Imaginatik

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Just to take one example, executives in charge of sustainability – whether at Nike, Boeing, CitiGroup, Caterpillar, or wherever – tend to define value in terms of reducing a company’s carbon footprint, among other sustainability-sensitive ways. And, each of these *is* measurable.

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Imaginatik

MARCH 23, 2017

For example, innovation is also leveraged to drive culture change – but how is that really being measured and monitored? Common examples include: Cost Savings. Measuring innovation requires partners. Process efficiencies. Incremental revenues. Learn about these financial return metrics in The 4 Types of Innovation Metrics paper.

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Imaginatik

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Just to take one example, executives in charge of sustainability – whether at Nike, Boeing, CitiGroup, Unifrax, or wherever – tend to define value in terms of reducing a company’s carbon footprint, among other sustainability-sensitive ways. . – that give rise to them. And, each of these *is* measurable.

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Imaginatik

MAY 3, 2018

Facebook, for example, generates tens of billions of dollars (and growing) a year in revenues from advertisers looking to use your highly targeted data, based on your social habits, hobbies, preferences etc. to sell their products and services.

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Imaginatik

JANUARY 25, 2018

Although this particular app has some usability issues, and perhaps business model snags as well, it is an interesting example of a crowded area rife with innovators. Watch this space in 2018 and beyond. Grace College [link].

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Imaginatik

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

For example: • How are you building your roadmap to accommodate your new products or services? • Do you truly have the desire to change the status quo at your company? After ideas are in place, you need to focus on execution. If those are already in place, you need to take a look at what you are doing with your ideas today.

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The Inovo Group

OCTOBER 10, 2018

This one example (among many) illustrates a key distinction between two very different types of entities that have evolved to be ‘fit’ within their two very different ecosystems. The Corporate-Startup collaboration trend is one example of that. A corporation is dealing with many startups and a startup is dealing with many corporations.

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Imaginatik

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

On the surface, both of the example companies did everything right. The "surface" innovation agenda explicitly defines all the new activities designed to facilitate innovation. Organizations typically create this agenda with justifiable optimism, careful planning, and sound judgment.

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Imaginatik

JULY 29, 2016

As an example, the CFO of an industry leading global company with a $2b+ innovation portfolio was challenged to find a way to even estimate when parts of their portfolio would become cash positive once the innovations proceeded into production. More things can go wrong. There is no track record.

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Imaginatik

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Financial services companies and FinTech start-ups provide the most high profile example. The open innovation process here self-organizes the proper fit for start-up-to-problem-solution pairing. The above two models provide a great deal of value to organizations.

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