IdeaScale

JUNE 27, 2019

Nearly 80 percent of executives surveyed by The Boston Consulting Group’s tenth global survey on innovation considered innovation to be either the most important priority at their company or in the top three. They’re already overloaded and adding “innovate” to their task load may not get a good reaction.

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Destination Innovation

OCTOBER 14, 2018

The Innovation Journey Map (IJM) is a similar concept showing the journey that an innovation takes from initial conception through to final implementation. The IJM would typically include: A flowchart or diagrammatic representation of the journey which the innovation takes. These might include: Where do good ideas originate?

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 5, 2020

We are facing greater disruption and an increasing innovation pace. The prospect of new innovation potential will eventually work through into the world of Industry 4.0 Innovation is ready for those accelerating and being fully committed to their 4IR journey. Innovation is the unlocking mechanism.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 23, 2023

What do you think about when you hear the word innovation ? For many people, it evokes brands that created something so new that it changed the way we interact with certain products or services forever: Uber. First Things First: What is Incremental Innovation? Let’s get started. Take Microsoft’s operating system Windows.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 27, 2024

Every successful company has one thing in common: a deep-seated commitment to innovation. Innovation isn’t just about the next big idea; it’s a multifaceted strategy that businesses employ to navigate through the twists and turns of today’s dynamic markets.

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Destination Innovation

OCTOBER 22, 2017

Innovation should be a regular topic item on the agenda of company board meetings. If you have not had a fundamental conversation about innovation with your key corporate stakeholders and senior executives then these are some of the questions and topics to discuss at the first such meeting. How good are we at innovation today?

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Sopheon

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The food and beverage industry is one of the most interesting and competitive industries when it comes to innovation and new product development. I recently joined Stefan Gates on the Food Matters Live podcast to discuss the latest in food and beverage innovation and new product development.

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Flying Fish Lab

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

What if you pilot test your innovations? But that’s not the path the innovation process should take. It makes sense to pilot test your innovations before making that final commitment or laying down that final chapter. So, “what if” you take this path of exploration when innovating your products and services?

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Flying Fish Lab

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

What if you pilot test your innovations? But that’s not the path the innovation process should take. It makes sense to pilot test your innovations before making that final commitment or laying down that final chapter. So, “what if” you take this path of exploration when innovating your products and services?

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 9, 2019

Throughout the past couple of years, I have been constantly arguing about the need to put innovation management on a digital platform. These have come in different thoughts on digital platforms, ready for cross-industry and having in place, a rapid digital innovation process that scales and evolves on new technology and insights.

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Are you looking for ways to take your innovation strategy to the next level in 2020? Check out our top innovation blogs from 2019 for tips on transforming your product, process, market, and more. Brainstorming is where innovation and product development strategy begin, but sometimes you need a little push to get started.

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Jeffrey Phillips

AUGUST 11, 2021

I've been thinking a lot about how innovation, both how it is done, and who does it, has changed. Going back into history, innovators were the rare people (Newton as an example) who had time and talent to innovate. Innovation remained the same - but the people doing innovation and the methods changed to some degree.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JUNE 16, 2021

I'm writing a series of blogs based on questions that I regularly receive about innovation. In my last post, I wrote about the staffing plan necessary to sustain growth and innovation , basing it in part on the Pareto rule. Most people are reasonably good at creating small, incremental changes to existing products.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 23, 2019

There is still a real reluctance that the supplier of innovation software solutions has to change. Secondly, if open innovation has gone way beyond a one to many relationships into a many to many then does the reliance on single entity software provision makes sense? So often client solutions and their needs have considerable lag.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 14, 2022

How much time should you spend improving your existing processes as opposed to innovating new ones? There are two types of companies: those who innovate and those who improve. Regardless of size or scale though, many businesses struggle to decide whether they should invest their resources in innovation or improvement.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 22, 2017

As many of our business organizations seek to optimize their processes across the company, they are constantly reaching more outside to gain growing partnerships and greater innovation interactions. They are looking to complement and reinforce existing capabilities through more open innovation thinking and approaches.

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Jeffrey Phillips

AUGUST 2, 2019

I've been struck by the importance of two rapidly converging forces - digital transformation and new product innovation. As we've discussed, here and elsewhere, ad nauseam, there is increasing demand for new products and services, making stretching the capacity of tenuous innovation processes and teams.

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Qmarkets

JANUARY 17, 2023

For vehicle manufacturers and service providers in the global transport industry right now, innovation isn’t so much optional as existentially vital. In this blog, we’ll explore some of these trends and make a case for an effective innovation management program to capitalize on them. Take sustainability.

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Jeffrey Phillips

MARCH 15, 2016

Henry Ford is perhaps one of the most well-known innovators in the US. After all, it was his mass production line that helped people make the shift from horses or high cost / low quality automobiles to a reliable, affordable car - the Model T. Ford was a synthesizer and a manufacturing innovator.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The problem of scaling can confuse those innovating and can this be changed? You can follow their work over on innovation-3, where they help companies to set the Scaling-Up of a fully validated innovation concept up for success. The shedding of legacy can equally liberate innovation.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

It is equally holding a new form of innovation back, one that is highly collaborative where partners come together to work on more complex problems. Innovation is one powerful catalyst ripe for leveraging in this 4th Industrial Revolution. We are facing greater disruption and an increasing innovation pace.

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Qmarkets

JANUARY 17, 2023

For vehicle manufacturers and service providers in the global transport industry right now, innovation isn’t so much optional as existentially vital. In this blog, we’ll explore some of these trends and make a case for an effective innovation management program to capitalize on them. Take sustainability.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 26, 2021

You’ve probably heard the term ‘business innovation’ being hailed as a practice to drive business success and to sustain growth during turbulent times – but what does it actually mean? We’ll also dive into how innovation helps drive business success and longevity. What Exactly is Business Innovation?

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hackerearth

JANUARY 28, 2018

Continuous innovation is critical to achieving and maintaining a steady competitive advantage. There are three types of innovation: product innovation, process innovation, and business model innovation.A What does process innovation mean? What process innovation is not.

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IM Insights

OCTOBER 12, 2023

About the Episode Elijah Eilert is talking to Kumuda Suppayah an Innovation strategist, and business transformation expert in the Oil and Gas sector. Part 1 of the episode is designed around three main questions: What is innovation? How should innovation be measured? Topics and Insights [02:28] What is Innovation?

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 26, 2021

You’ve probably heard the term ‘business innovation’ being hailed as a practice to drive business success and to sustain growth during turbulent times – but what does it actually mean? We’ll also dive into how innovation helps drive business success and longevity. What Exactly is Business Innovation?

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eZassi

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Invest in Intrapreneurs – Innovation Management Supports Your Organization’s Greatest Change Makers Intrapreneurs are those important team members with the optimism, intellect, initiative, and discipline to champion bright ideas and drive new project pipelines, establishing innovative change across the business.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 7, 2015

Shifting Radically the Innovation Business Model. I have been spending some significant time on questioning the current innovation business model, from both the customers (clients) perspective and the innovation consultants’ one. For me, the process and management of innovation really does need to be definitely questioned.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Innovation — a necessary component of any successful business in the modern world. Regardless of the industry your business falls in, innovation can keep your team ahead of the trends and competitors and foster stability and consistency within your strategy. Building a Robust Innovation Strategy: The 5 Innovation Misconceptions 1.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Innovation — a necessary component of any successful business in the modern world. Regardless of the industry your business falls in, innovation can keep your team ahead of the trends and competitors and foster stability and consistency within your strategy. Building a Robust Innovation Strategy: The 5 Innovation Misconceptions 1.

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hackerearth

JANUARY 28, 2018

Continuous innovation is critical to achieving and maintaining a steady competitive advantage. There are three types of innovation: product innovation, process innovation, and business model innovation.A What does process innovation mean? What process innovation is not.

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Norbert Bol

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

In the December edition of Research Policy there is an interesting article by Tavassoli & Karlsson (2015) about the persistence of innovation. The research of Tavassoli & Karlsson (2015) shows that innovation is persistent. Product innovation shows the most clear path-dependency. Norbert Bol. Literature.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

An article in The Wall Street Journal by Paul Ziobro shares an report on how toy manufacturers, including Mattel and Hasbro, are accelerating their new product innovation processes. Thus, the need to catalyze innovative success by streamlining the steps between ideas and implementation. Involve Customer-Facing Employees.

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Jeffrey Phillips

MARCH 23, 2016

Accenture has recently published an innovation survey of 500 executives in the US. I'm particularly partial to portions of this survey because the authors identify a real and growing problem - the gap between what executives want from innovation, and the organization's ability to deliver. This isn't new.

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Innovation Excellence

MARCH 21, 2017

They needed a new product, in a hurry. From concept to packaging, they needed it all: RTB, packaging design, product name, name and product fit with top benefits, and fully baked complete concepts to test against legacy products and competitive products. Competitive pressures were high.

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InnovationManagement

JULY 2, 2020

The post Four Ways to Innovate Right Now appeared first on InnovationManagement. While the pandemic has been difficult for all us economically, as business owners, we never run out of opportunities. No matter the business climate, there is always a chance to do something new and something better—you just have to find it.

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100%Open

AUGUST 27, 2019

Innovation, I hear you say. Innovation can be driven by numerous factors. An example of technology driving innovation was the ATM in the banking industry. . According to Harvard Business School, the supply side of innovation also impacts the financing of technological development. This is the beauty of open-innovation!

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