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How Government Stakeholders Identify and Embrace Innovation

IdeaScale

The path to identifying and adopting innovation in government is complex and non-linear. Government innovation teams and non-profits will have to work closely to communicate needs, coordinate ideas, and anticipate challenges before they arise. The Challenges Of Government Innovation.

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Innovation project or Innovation Capability?

Jeffrey Phillips

No, today I want to talk about the differences and problems when companies focus on innovation as a discrete project, versus what they really need, innovation as a competency or capability. Plus, innovation as a project demonstrates some investment in innovation but controls for cost and risk.

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How the GSAs 10X Program Advances Government Innovation

IdeaScale

Overview : Founded in 2017 off of a popular crowdsourcing initiative, the Government Services Administration (GSA)’s 10X program internally crowdsources ideas to design new approaches and launch new programs. The General Services Administration, or GSA, has the job of ensuring government employees have what they need to do their jobs.

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Innovation on Steroids: Next Generation AI-Powered Phases and Gates

Leapfrogging

From its inception to the current state, the processes governing the development of new products and services have continuously evolved to incorporate new methodologies and technologies. Traditional Phases and Gates Processes Traditionally, the phases and gates model has been a cornerstone in structuring innovation management.

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Deepening the Thinking Around the Innovation Mandate – part two

Paul Hobcraft

The innovation mandate should clearly define the value goals for the innovation program and how they will be measured and tracked over time. The innovation mandate should articulate the organization’s innovation policy and how it will be implemented. The organization should build these into living dynamic documents.

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Global Prosperity in 2023: Our plan for impact

Christensen Institute

A sequel to The Prosperity Paradox The Prosperity Paradox introduced the concept of market-creating innovations and how this particular type of innovation can not only eradicate poverty but also trigger widespread prosperity. Financing market-creating innovations. Leadership attributes necessary to succeed at market creation.

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Accelerating Sustainable Energy Innovation

Paul Hobcraft

Innovation drives the changes in the Energy transition. If we take the suggested Energy Innovation System outlined in this Whitepaper. Here it is rightly suggested that it is people, the innovation process and the catalysts all combine to enable this system framework. The whitepaper outlines the context.