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Steps for Creating a Successful Innovation Program

Wellspring

Since 2001, 52% of the Fortune 500 has disappeared. Disruption is no longer an 'if' but a 'when'. Every organization and large company faces an existential threat from upstart competitors, changing consumer preferences, and emerging technologies.

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2024: A Corporate Innovation Odyssey

PlanBox Innovation

This article originally appeared on Innovation Leader. In the annals of technological evolution, we find ourselves at a juncture akin to the iconic 2001: A Space Odyssey. 2024 beckons us to embark on our own odyssey, a transformative voyage into the heart of corporate innovation.

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job – Disruption and Activist Investors

Steve Blank

Instead of lean innovation programs, there is a mandate to cut $2 billion in expenses by the end of next year, lift profits and raise the dividend. Are lean innovation and the Startup Way a failure in large companies? It’s often a cattle prod to a stagnant company, or one ignoring disruption by new startups.

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Axel Springer & External Innovation. How to turn “Spray and Pray” into “Spray and Succeed”?

CREATORS

While mapping over 160 corporate innovation programs for the CREATORS Corporate Innovation Report 2017, we came across some successful examples of “spray and pray” elements in innovation strategy: Coca Cola invested in Spotify. The following year, Matthias Döpfner became CEO, and radically transformed the business model.

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3 Takeaways from Spigit’s Innovation Forum

Planview

An exclusive group of innovation leaders convened for an evening of sharing best practices and in-depth discussions about innovation programs. Here are three innovation takeaways that grabbed our attention. Build an innovation program with employees to solve problems at scale.

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3 Takeaways from Spigit’s Innovation Forum

Planview

An exclusive group of innovation leaders convened for an evening of sharing best practices and in-depth discussions about innovation programs. Here are three innovation takeaways that grabbed our attention. Build an innovation program with employees to solve problems at scale.

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What is Lean Innovation? Components and Examples

Moves the Needle

Others are being disrupted. The agile manifesto, which was introduced in 2001, prioritizes short product development “sprints” in order to incorporate new information which might come from a variety of places such as new technology, customer input, insights, or development issues. Competition is now global.

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