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Shark Tanks are the Pumpkin Spice of Innovation

Innovation Excellence

Since its introduction in 2003, the Pumpkin Spice Latte has attracted its […]. It was the earliest ever launch of Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte and it kicked off a season in which everything from Cheerios to protein powder to dog shampoo promises the nostalgia of Grandma’s pumpkin pie.

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How Jobs Theory can help address the loneliness epidemic

Christensen Institute

His advisory reports that not only do approximately half of American adults feel lonely, but also that the number of close friendships people have and time spent with others declined from 2003 to 2023. Christensen and his longtime collaborator Bob Moesta, Jobs Theory is a useful framework that helps us understand customer behavior.

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Nine Short Innovation Lessons from Lego

Destination Innovation

But in 2003 the company was $800m in debt and on the verge of bankruptcy. Collaborate to innovate. Lego is now revered as one of the most innovative and successful companies in the world. The turn around in its fortunes has been spectacular. There are many books and studies describing the company’s approach.

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Innovation Lessons from the Master, Steve Jobs

Destination Innovation

Because Apple lacked the technical skills in this field he sought to collaborate with a dominant player in mobile telephony, Motorola. Jobs was diagnosed with a pancreatic tumour in 2003 and after a long struggle he died in October 2011. However, this did not work well so Jobs made the decision to go it alone. Lessons for innovators.

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Coopetition

CREATORS

Why Collaborating with your Competitors Can Be the Key to Innovation ** This is a continuation of the blogpost about different innovation governance models. the similar pursuit of collaboration and competition between firms producing or developing complementary or related products. What is Coopetition?

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LEAD Innovation Selects Qmarkets’ Platform to Help Global Businesses Crowdsource Solutions to COVID-19 Challenges

Qmarkets

LEAD Proactive makes use of Qmarkets’ extensive idea collaboration and co-creation features. We have already seen some very encouraging outcomes from our customers during this crisis, so we’re excited to see what happens when the door is opened to facilitate collaboration.” where required. “We

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A Remote Innovation Brainstorm Method

Destination Innovation

In 2001 two musicians, Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tambrello, wanted to collaborate on some new compositions. In acknowledgement of their method they called themselves ‘The Postal Service’ and the album they released in 2003 was called ‘Give Up’ It was well received and sold over one million copies.