Jeffrey Phillips

APRIL 30, 2018

Whether we are talking about change in your global markets, in your industry or in your customer base, change is everywhere. The real question isn't: should we change? The question isn't even: should we become more agile or more nimble? It's "which change benchmark should we pay attention to?"

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Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

One of the biggest questions I am getting from businesses at the moment is what the potential impact of a recession or the slowdown of the economy might have on their innovation efforts. And according to a new report by Innovation Leader and KPMG USA called “ Benchmarking Innovation Impact, from InnoLead.”

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Leapfrogging

AUGUST 31, 2022

So, here’s what we did to build a brand and drive tens of thousands of visitors to our website each month, all without any significant marketing investment. Anyone who’s focused, methodical, and willing take the time can do it. Create Expert Content. Content is king. This strategy also builds your brand.

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Innov8rs

MARCH 17, 2024

However, the business environment for corporate innovators has since shifted, and they are now being asked to do more with less. Whilst there’s increased pressure on costs, budgets, and productivity on one hand, on the other hand, we see new challenges for corporate innovators.

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Christensen Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In the report, we describe successes and challenges in bringing social capital–building strategies to a variety of educational settings. Yet, schools and nonprofits in our study discovered that focusing mainly on what students know—as opposed to who they know—was a difficult habit to break. You make it part of the everyday experience.

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Leapfrogging

JULY 18, 2021

But how on earth were we going to cut down over 200 ideas into a few that the company could bring forward? . What is the Innovation Funnel Management Process, and what are best practices, tools and online templates for teams and organizations? . In fact, they were energized. The Innovation Funnel Management Process ?requires

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Commodore Innovation

MARCH 23, 2020

As individuals we are grappling with the fear, disruption and uncertainty brought about by COVID-19. The organizations we work for are scrambling to manage extraordinary challenges. To do that, we recommend preparing to: Demonstrate the value of innovation to the organization. Gather benchmarking data. Run leaner.

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100%Open

OCTOBER 10, 2022

This month we’ve been thinking about how the popularity of all the tools in our toolkits has varied over the years, and why we think that is. The three word business case for open innovation is Better Faster Cheaper , and we have helped organisations to put this to the test in recent projects.

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IdeaScale

JULY 20, 2017

How do you get around your company’s aversion to risk? So, how do you drive innovation in a risk-averse environment? Risk aversion tends to entrench a paradigm of “We Have A Way Of Doing Things” that can be difficult to crack. After all, “industry standard” is a standard we all want to meet.

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Daniel Burrus

JULY 6, 2022

We live in a technological world, but more importantly, we also live in a human world. Human beings are all about relationships and experiences — the emotions and memories derived from these occurrences are what drive us and, largely, what separate us from machines.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

His latest book, What a Unicorn Knows , is available on Amazon and reveals the secrets to building high growth startups. What does it mean in a business context? I had the chance to connect with a longtime friend and colleague, Matt May. Here’s a Q&A with Matt that highlights the key points in the book.

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Innovation 360 Group

MARCH 31, 2020

We know what successful organizations do and with data from more than 5,000 organizations from over 100 countries, we can share that with you. With our on-line assessment tool InnoSurvey®, your team provides input remotely to generate a benchmark of your organization’s capabilities. What does InnoSurvey® do?

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IdeaScale

MAY 11, 2021

It’s best to start with what people should expect. Very few of us get to deliver “the next iPhone,” but we do often get to deliver improvements and suggestions that make a better product or help improve the workplace. They should also know what to expect in the process. Remember Evaluation Is A Tool.

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Boxes and Arrows

OCTOBER 18, 2016

In the user experience (UX) industry, benchmarking is a practice that measures the usability of a website. Benchmarking helps the UX researcher understand the current state of the site so the team can attack problem areas and improve them. It is very difficult to fix or improve something when you don’t know what is wrong.

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Daniel Burrus

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

But contrary to popular belief, competing with other businesses is actually quite counterproductive, especially in the post-pandemic “new normal” we face – something we never expected to be facing as we entered this new decade. In other words, you want to become an innovator and go beyond what is referred to as the “competers.”.

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Innov8rs

JANUARY 12, 2023

HNY from the Innov8rs team- we hope it's off to a great start! For anyone leading and doing innovation in large organizations, we offer a community of peers to learn from and collaborate with. What to focus on, how to do this (better) (faster), and how are others approaching this issue? The good news?

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PlanBox Innovation

JANUARY 24, 2024

In this blog, we aim to tackle the ten most commonly asked questions about ISO 56001 by innovation practitioners. We’ll explore how fostering a culture that embraces a future-fit mindset can be achieved by leveraging ISO 56001 as a tool to enhance creativity and innovation. What Competitive Advantages Does ISO 56001 Offer?

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Daniel Burrus

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Many across the United States are uneasy about what is in front of us economically in terms of the economic downturn. From the moment the world closed its doors for the safety of the general public, we were not going to be the same as a society. We want to be agile, reactionary, and cautious — It is a primordial instinct in many.

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Brunner

MARCH 31, 2023

How did AB InBev, the world’s largest brewer, drive significant sales growth and move to the top for Cannes Lions awards, the world’s most respected benchmark for creative excellence? What we do here is systemize creativity.” Collaborate with Creative People Do you have partners that can help inspire creativity?

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The Human Factor

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Here we tackle some of the most frequent queries entrepreneurs have relating to legalities, marketing, technology, hiring, accounting and more. How Do I Choose The Right Business Structure? What Insurance Is Essential? What Bookkeeping System Should I Use? Extract the unique essence of what you offer.

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Ecosystems4Innovating

JANUARY 10, 2024

This is certainly is giving me a sense of purpose in exploring ecosystems extensively as it is the way we do need to go in extracting growth, value and give a more significant impact to all the complexity and challenges we are facing in today’s and our future world.

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Idea to Value

APRIL 12, 2021

As we all know, innovating and creating something new is usually seen, for good reason, as an important, yet highly risky endeavor. Now, when we talk about innovation, we often focus on the more practical side of things related to the topic, such as processes , best practices , and tools.

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Michael Roberto

AUGUST 12, 2021

Source: Glenn Francis (via Wikimedia) In Unlocking Creativity , I described how benchmarking practices tend to lead to copycat behavior. Specifically, we know that human beings "become attached to a specific mental set – a way of thinking about a problem based on solutions that have worked in the past.

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Planview

MARCH 29, 2023

According to TSIA’s 2023 Professional Services Benchmark , services account for 25% of overall B2B tech revenue, on average. Figure 1: Approach to PS (Professional Services) Discounting According to the TSIA Professional Services Benchmark, 27% of companies can discount services as much as 20%. Professional services (I.e., Manage risk.

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Planview

JUNE 3, 2022

As executives, we tend to spend a lot of our time and energy on setting strategy – the direction in which we want the figurative ship to go. We search for inspiration, high upon the mountaintops, and emerge only after we have a direction we feel confident in sharing with the company at large.

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Daniel Burrus

OCTOBER 6, 2021

In most cases, the customer thinks they know all the solutions to their problem, and only inquire about something with which they’re already familiar, and too often, a business or organization delivers on exactly what they want, rather than solving a problem the customer doesn’t realize they have. Is Their Problem Real?

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etventure

JANUARY 30, 2017

What is the state of digitization in the German banking sector? In order to answer this question, FinTechCube carried out the benchmark study “Digital Transformation of Banks”. In your view, what is the key finding of the study? In your view, what is the key finding of the study? What do you suggest the banks do?

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Christensen Institute

MAY 26, 2022

While we work to increase universal access to the internet, the edtech ecosystem cannot ignore the hundreds of millions of children currently without connectivity but who are eager to learn. But many of the solutions proffered still focus on internet-based solutions. The highlights were: 4.2

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Innovation 360 Group

JANUARY 17, 2017

We are very proud to announce that InnoSurvey is most likely the first 360° innovation assessment tool compliant with the upcoming Innovation Assessment Standard ISO/TC 279 and CEN TS 16555-7. We have worked hard by collecting 360° data from all over the world.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Often you hear the request made of “can you give us a best practice snapshot; we would like to get a sense of where we are”. We desire the “one-size fits all” as a comfort blanket. We are all presently learning a new practice. We seem to be moving from the world of complicated into the complex.

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Jeffrey Phillips

OCTOBER 20, 2015

I rise today to praise Innovation Leader and Innosight on their publication of the 2015 Innovation Benchmarking Report. The only real head scratcher, from my perspective, is what we are supposed to take away from the research. Doing so quickly and efficiently, and experimenting and failing rapidly, are critical to success.

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Michael Roberto

MARCH 29, 2021

In their experiment, they gave some participants the following instructions: "In this study, we want to help you learn about an effective hack or strategy that someone you know uses as motivation to exercise. It's much better to encourage them to ask for advice rather than telling them what to do. They provide several reasons.

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IdeaSpies

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

The issue has always been how do you provide an open forum for those ideas?”. 90% of employees have had their ideas adopted and 76% said they could contribute more useful ideas than they do now, especially those who are 26-35 years old (89%). I have a strong view that the best source of innovation is your staff.

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Michael Roberto

JANUARY 6, 2022

Source: Forbes.com For the most part, we tend to focus on learning from others within our technical or industry domain. However, adopting this narrow lens means we are missing out on some valuable and impactful learning opportunities. Don't try to copy what they are doing, because naturally, they are in a totally different context.

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Planview

JUNE 23, 2022

As technology solution providers emerge from the unprecedented volatility of the last couple of years, services leaders are asking what are the most important capabilities that they need to master? What are the industry’s most important business challenges? What ways have customer expectations changed and increased?

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CorporateIntel

DECEMBER 3, 2018

For those of us who make our living in any form of consumer business, that usually means two things: We have made it through Black Friday and Cyber Monday , with our projections now being evaluated against actuals. In less than a month it will be a new year, where we can either make the same mistakes again or invent new ones.

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Idea Drop

JUNE 22, 2017

One of the key findings in PwC Innovation benchmark report was that bringing more stakeholders into the innovation process is the most effective way to drive success in innovation. In this post we will consider the five key findings of the report and share our points of view.

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