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How to Boost Innovation by Recycling Existing Ideas

IdeaScale

In these early stages of product development, it can sometimes seem like all of the good ideas have already been taken. When you apply this train of thought to innovation, it becomes apparent that some of the most successful products and services in human history were developed by recycling existing ideas. Take the iPod for example.

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IA Summit 10 - Day 2

Boxes and Arrows

In his presentation, Paul Adams speaks about what he has learned from over two years of research into people’s online and offline relationships. Richard Dalton and Rob Weening discuss two solutions they’ve developed at Vanguard to address this question. Sometimes it’s poor methods, poor team members, or the market.

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IA Summit 09 - Day 1

Boxes and Arrows

Portable Research: Observing Users on the Go – Nate Bolt As technology becomes increasingly portable, mobile, and ubiquitous, new challenges to traditional ethnographic user research arise. He distinguishes good rules from bad and offers a framework for designing and documenting them. and “Why should I care?&#

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What is Lean Innovation? Components and Examples

Moves the Needle

When facing uncertainty, we need processes that allow us to optimize learning, not just execution. When designing something, (ie: a technology, a product, a marketing material…) it is paramount to keep the needs of the end user in mind. In this way, lean innovation and design thinking go hand in hand. Competition is now global.

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Designing for Harmony

Boxes and Arrows

Intuit had developed its mobile platform late in the game, creating an inconsistent experience. Hanson, in turn, put together a team of nine people to help her. This core team would become known as the Innovation Catalysts. This wasn’t Intuit’s first time at the rodeo: they had introduced QuickBooks Online in 2001.

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