Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

It serves as a cornerstone for innovation and drives superior business outcomes. Enhancing Innovation and Business Results Effective team collaboration is a catalyst for innovation. Improved Productivity Synergy among team members enhances performance. Collaboration also influences tangible business results.

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IdeaScale

APRIL 14, 2021

What are the different types of innovation? With so many types of innovation and even more definitions, it can be confusing to discuss innovation in your organization. It seems like new innovation types arrive at the scene all of the time, leaving people reaching for Google to get up to speed. Open Innovation.

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Leapfrogging

JULY 18, 2021

Depending on your industry, size and company structure, driving innovation within your business can be a huge undertaking. Some companies are founded with innovation in mind, while others may have struggled to innovate from the very beginning. So how do you determine which innovation strategy fits your organization best?

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 4, 2024

Introduction to Design Thinking Design thinking has become a cornerstone methodology in the worlds of innovation, business strategy, and product development. Businesses have recognized its potential for fostering innovation and tackling complex challenges.

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Idea to Value

JULY 7, 2021

As a management consultant, I was instantly thinking of ways this business could expand, grow and become more profitable. They proved, there is more than one way to make a business “ better “ Sometimes, it is about innovating a product and scaling it as fast as it can go. What is your strategy?

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Qmarkets

JULY 31, 2023

Qmarkets is pleased to announce a new partnership with OmniStrada , a digital consultancy based in Singapore advising businesses across Asia on areas including digital transformation, omnichannel, and more. OmniStrada will support businesses in tailoring the platform and implementing innovation management programs and processes.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Companies don’t fail at innovation due to lack of ideas. They often don’t create the right innovation structure to implement their opportunities. Most organizations struggle with innovation. That’s because they try to apply processes and structures that don’t fit their business strategies and cultures.

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IdeaScale

MAY 28, 2019

Companies in every industry are accepting that complacency and failure to innovate are tantamount to negligence. Failing to innovate can cause even a large established business to lose ground to competitors that more fully embrace innovation. It requires more than just saying “Innovation is good.” Innovation Consultant.

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Innov8rs

APRIL 17, 2024

Now, imagine that something special is a groundbreaking innovation that could change the world. But here’s the catch: you don’t know how much that innovation will cost, or how long it will take to achieve. It’s a classic case of the innovation dilemma: balancing the need for innovation with the limitations of available resources.

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Innov8rs

APRIL 17, 2024

Innov8rs | How Zurich Insurance Group uses its annual Innovation Championship to harness the innovative potential of startups for long term success. Innovation at Zurich Insurance Group is characterized by a mindset that embraces challenge head-on. The Zurich Innovation Championship is an important link in this chain.

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Leapfrogging

OCTOBER 8, 2021

As a consultant, I’ve had the chance to work with some of the world’s biggest businesses and organizations to help guide innovation initiatives and business strategies. A Value Proposition Canvas is used to ensure that the product or service being created is centered around customer wants and needs.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Introduction to Design Thinking Design Thinking is a non-linear, iterative process that teams use to understand users, challenge assumptions, redefine problems, and create innovative solutions to prototype and test. It involves a deep interest in developing an understanding of the people for whom products or services are being designed.

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Leapfrogging

AUGUST 25, 2021

As a consultant, I’ve had the chance to work with some of the world’s biggest businesses and organizations to help guide innovation initiatives and business strategies. A Value Proposition Canvas is used to ensure that the product or service being created is centered around customer wants and needs.

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Tools Innovation Processes Software Review Software 130

CMOE

MARCH 6, 2023

An organization’s success depends on a business strategy that establishes the organization’s mission and what decisions or actions must be taken to achieve it. Every individual in the organization, from front-line worker to Chief Executive Officer, is responsible for implementing the strategy and ensuring the organization’s success.

Strategy 98

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Embracing the Evolution: AI Meets Design Thinking The intersection of artificial intelligence and design thinking is poised to redefine the landscape of innovation and strategy. This process is widely adopted by managers, executives, and consultants to drive new product development, service innovation, and business model refinement.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

It is a non-linear, iterative process that teams use to understand users, challenge assumptions, redefine problems, and create innovative solutions to prototype and test. This process encourages businesses to focus on the people they’re creating for, leading to better products, services, and internal processes.

Design Thinking 140

Design Thinking Artificial Inteligence Design Analysis 140

Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

I spent some time taking a deeper look at Atos and its positioning in the decarbonized digital services through its sustainability consulting capabilities. Atos recently completed the acquisition of EcoAct, a climate strategy consulting firm with a team of 160 climate experts. Can this be extended to shipping or air travel?

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Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

These sessions allow product designers and senior executives to work together to co-develop ideas which align with larger business strategies and innovation initiatives. Saturate and Group is a brainstorming and ideation process used in the design thinking phase of innovation. The Saturate and Group Tool .

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Innovation strategy needs to be aligned with business strategy, explaining how innovation creates value for customers, captures that value, and what kind of innovation the company must pursue. The strategy will need to cut across departments and be built to evolve over time.

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Leapfrogging

JUNE 21, 2021

How does your team allocate time to driving innovation within your business? . The 70-20-10 Rule is a strategy for determining how to allocate time and resources in order to make a successful innovation. However, this framework has been proven helpful for successful innovation. . . 70%-Core Innovation .

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Open innovation is a core strategy for transformative growth amongst a growing number of enterprise companies around the world. The days of boardrooms and R&D departments keeping innovation under lock and key are waning, as companies are increasingly preferring a more collaborative approach with startups and other external parties.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 5, 2022

A new partnership between Amsterdam-based growth specialists RevelX and Qmarkets will drive strategic innovation and growth for their joint clients. With enterprise customers spread across every continent, Qmarkets works with a variety of consulting partners to offer specialized guidance and support across a wide range of use-cases.

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Software Innovation Management Management Crowdsourcing 98

Qmarkets

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Qmarkets has launched a partnership with Swiss-based strategy and innovation consultancy hpo to strengthen strategic innovation activities in medium and large enterprises in the DACH region. The focus lies on the integrative design of strategy, business processes, business models, innovation, and culture.

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Technical Review Innovation Management Management Software Review 98

Qmarkets

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Qmarkets has launched a partnership with Swiss-based strategy and innovation consultancy hpo to strengthen strategic innovation activities in medium and large enterprises in the DACH region. The focus lies on the integrative design of strategy, business processes, business models, innovation, and culture.

Technical Review 98

Technical Review Innovation Management Management Software Review 98

Jeffrey Phillips

JUNE 24, 2019

In my continuing series of posts about lessons learned from corporate innovation, today I'd like to expand on the idea of innovation language, and go even further. I'd like to riff on the idea of innovation as central, organizing idea in a business rather than an occasional distraction.

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Strong leadership is key to enterprise innovation. Enterprise products are a complicated sector of any industry. An enterprise product not only must be all things to all stakeholders, it must also meet exactingly high standards, which can vary widely from industry to industry. Innovation is about more than ideas.

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

A new partnership between Qmarkets and boutique management consultancy SteepConsult will enable enterprise companies across Europe to benefit from a 360-degree service combining SteepConsult’s extensive innovation expertise with our own innovation management software solutions.

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Open-source innovation (or simply ‘open innovation’) is developing into a core strategy for transformative growth amongst enterprise companies around the world. We caught up with the founder and CEO of AccelIQ Digital, Ariana Smetana, to find out more about the business and its approach to open-source innovation.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JUNE 11, 2019

I'm going to start a series of blog posts about what 15 years of innovation consulting has taught me. I'm happy to say I've learned a lot about innovation in corporations, and also somewhat excited to say I'm still learning, because the pace and nature of innovation is changing so rapidly.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The best business strategies focus on meeting and exceeding customer needs and expectations. This means envisioning customer problems as well as ideal solutions to those problems before actually developing a product or service. And this is exactly how Amazon innovates. Step 2: Define the ideal product solution.

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Ecosystems4Innovating

APRIL 16, 2024

Is it the lead company recognizing the value of building a more robust partner ecosystem or bringing in a specialized consultancy able to facilitate the significant amount of work this usually means? There are numerous partner ecosystem facilitation and management consultants to consider. You should.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JUNE 21, 2019

In my continuing series of lessons I've learned from 15 years of corporate innovation, I've tackled issues including the reasons ideas need sponsors , or why ideas are easy and good ideas are difficult. I'd like to discuss the problems with innovation definitions, labels and language and what you can do to avoid all this confusion.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 25, 2022

I’ve seen a lot of organizations create strategies, programs, and projects focused on optimizing operations, streamlining processes, and driving innovation. Strategy Without Successful Execution Is Just Brainstorming. Here’s how to use both of these indicators to translate strategy into tangible implementation plans.

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Strategy Strategy Brainstorming Examples 130

Jeffrey Phillips

JUNE 20, 2019

I'm writing a series of posts that examine some of my lessons learned after over 15 years of corporate innovation consulting. Past posts have included the concept of needing a why and a how for innovation , why ideas need a sponsor and how to understand the range of innovation options your company will consider.

Technical Review 235

Technical Review Idea Generation Strategy Strategy 235

Qmarkets

DECEMBER 8, 2023

FORVIS is a top 10 public accounting firm in the US, focused on providing an Unmatched Client Experience through the delivery of assurance, tax, and consulting services. Denny Ard (pictured left) is the National Director of EDGE, the Innovation Lab of FORVIS. One is the emergence of new technologies. “As

Idea Management 90

Idea Management Management Crowdsourcing Culture of Innovation 90

Jeffrey Phillips

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

I've been a consultant most of my working life, doing all kinds of consulting - starting out in software development, moving on to process improvement, data analytics, new product development and strategy. To paraphrase an old saying, all consulting is good, and some of it is useful. Why do we miss the trees?

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Innov8rs

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Innov8rs | Innovation departments are continuing to fail. Of course, innovation projects are supposed to fail in great numbers, but the idea of a corporate innovation department itself is under tremendous pressure. You rarely win without a strategy. You rarely win without a strategy.

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