Exago

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

In 2006, an IT visionary, an innovation hunter and an algorithm doer met for coffee and an idea came up. In November 2007, Exago was born. Now, on our 10th anniversary, we celebrate the results of our brilliant customers and the over one million users who have taken part in building their organisation’s future. From […].

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 24, 2021

Ibbaka is a consulting and technology development company focused on helping companies bring innovations to market and to help them to scale. This relates to pricing, because if you’re not sure what your value is then you’re not able to price effectively which means you’re not able to continue to innovate and grow.

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Idea to Value

JULY 20, 2023

Diamonds are formed under pressure There are numerous examples of companies who allowed staff to take time to work on their own innovations and creative ideas. Science has shown that people are more creative when they are happier and have better sleep , not when they are stressed.

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Open Innovation EU

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

A while ago I sat down with Machiel Wetselaar & David van Dinther to create a list of innovation methodologies for a course we’re developing. Up to now we’ve gathered 71 different methodologies for implementing innovation in your organization. Innovation Cycle (Avans). Open Innovation (Chesbrough).

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Crowdsourcing Innovation Open Innovation LEAN 81

IdeaScale

MAY 12, 2021

Steve Jobs as a leader offers a simple set of lessons on innovation: You need to accept failure as part of the process; have a tight focus with clear and simple goals; ensure leadership takes ownership of the entire process, to think ahead of the current industry; and have high standards. Think Beyond Incremental Innovation.

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IdeaConnection

AUGUST 17, 2018

When NASA wanted help for the design of its next robot it knew just where to go for innovative insights – the crowd. The space agency launched an open innovation competition to design an arm for a space robot named Astrobee, and the first winners have just been revealed.

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Wazoku

JANUARY 9, 2020

The need for people and organisations to innovate has always been there but what’s much harder to comprehend, and therefore navigate, is the rapid pace of change we’re experiencing, on a scale we’ve never seen before. Most organisations today understand the importance of innovation but there was a time when it was a dirty word.

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Tullio Siragusa

AUGUST 14, 2023

Sometimes, a fresh perspective from outside the industry can catalyze innovation and drive unprecedented growth. When he took the reins at Ford in 2006, the company was facing dire financial straits. This method involves empathetic understanding, ideation, and experimental phases to address challenges innovatively.

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hackerearth

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

“Open innovation is the use of purposive inflows and outflows of knowledge to accelerate internal innovation, and expand the markets for external use of innovation, respectively. Open innovation (OI) uses a mix of approaches, thereby affording higher responsiveness and flexibility while trying to grow beyond its core business.

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Innovation 360 Group

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Recapture your innovation investments. Three actions you can take to improve your innovation ROI. Too many companies see ‘innovation’ as something abstract from solving real problems and creating real value. Linking innovation investment to value is easier when companies know where to look. Penker (2008-2011).

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Innov8rs

JANUARY 16, 2023

Susana shares more about Telefónica, a Spanish multinational telecommunications company that employs more than 100,000 people that has been investing in startups since 2006- for a total of 1000+ startups. They typically get access to incredible assets such as customers, platforms, infrastructures, technologies, and networks of experts.

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Innovation Excellence

JUNE 26, 2018

In 2006, Blockbuster Video launched Total Access, a service that allowed its customers to rent videos online and return them to stores. The strategy was an immediate hit with customers and before long its online unit was making big gains against Netflix. It seemed that the video giant had finally cracked to code to renting.

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Destination Innovation

JUNE 13, 2016

One big innovation that came directly from this exercise was the touch-tone phone which generated millions for AT&T in time saving on calls. Based on a chapter in The Innovative Leader by Paul Sloane published by Kogan Page. [i] i] Idealized Design, Ackoff, Magidson and Addison, Wharton School Publishing 2006.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 24, 2016

A Question: If you could ask those that lead innovation, your senior organizational leadership, a series of questions that might help unlock innovation blockages, now would that be valuable? Getting to a root cause of innovation blockage. So what does block innovation? It underpins innovation engagement.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 24, 2016

A Question: If you could ask those that lead innovation, your senior organizational leadership, a series of question that might help unlock innovation blockages, now would that be valuable? Getting to a root cause of innovation blockage. So what does block innovation? It underpins innovation engagement.

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Christensen Institute

JUNE 6, 2023

That’s down from nearly nine years in 2006. Understanding their success has much to teach leaders about how to manage innovation and change. Click To Tweet They must understand how much the campus agrees around the goals as they apply to any given innovation (consensus on goals).

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Legacy Innovation Group

APRIL 1, 2019

Ignoring the Reflection⃜ Innovation Through a 2-Way Mirror. In the grand pursuit of business innovation, one of the commonly used approaches is a deconstruction / reconstruction model. Sometimes a conceptual model, such as The Innovation Radar for example, is used as a tool to aid in this process.¹

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

The word “crowdsourcing” was first used in 2006 and in the context of Flickr. What if the next innovative idea for fighting cardiovascular disease, obesity, or any other ailment came from crowdsourcing? A common misconception is that crowdsourcing and outsourcing are the same thing, when in fact they are unrelated.

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Planview

JUNE 22, 2017

How does tech titan Amazon out-innovate its competition time-after-time? It revolutionized cloud computing with the launch of Amazon Web Services in 2006. That’s a lot of innovation and disruption of an industry for one company. Most companies would feel lucky to have one innovative or disruptive idea. Final thoughts.

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Innovation in Practice

JULY 3, 2017

What has inspired this small nugget of innovation? It just so happens that this newly issued stamp is a great example of the Attribute Dependency technique - one of the five innovation methods that make up Systematic Inventive Thinking (SIT). And, anyone can learn to create by utilizing these innovative methods, including you!

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Innovation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Games can also be applied to innovation, which is the topic of the book “Innovation Games: Creating Breakthrough Products Through Collaborative Play.” The book was published in 2006 and the games have had a significant impact on numerous companies, non-profits, and government organizations since then.

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Planview

DECEMBER 12, 2022

My first experience with it was back in 2006 when I took a call from Carey Schwaber of Forrester. After six years of innovation by many thought leaders and vendors, it is amazing to see how VSM has become the core underpinning of successful digital transformations. Category creation can be a long, winding, and rewarding road.

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Planview

JUNE 22, 2017

How does tech titan Amazon out-innovate its competition time-after-time? It revolutionized cloud computing with the launch of Amazon Web Services in 2006. That’s a lot of innovation and disruption of an industry for one company. Most companies would feel lucky to have one innovative or disruptive idea. Final thoughts.

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Destination Innovation

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Following the collapse of Enron In 2006, Skilling was convicted of federal felony charges relating to Enron’s financial collapse and served 14 years at the Federal Prison Camp in Montgomery, Alabama. appeared first on Destination Innovation. The post Can you take Criticism? And was the Reformation really necessary?

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Innovation Excellence

OCTOBER 24, 2023

(or How Assumptions Stifle Innovation) GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton In the room were two single beds, each with a fluffy white comforter folded neatly on top. Yeah, this is not gonna work.”

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Idea Champions

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Ever since Twitter made its appearance on the scene in 2006, millions of people have become enamored with the prospect of delivering a message in 140 characters or less. Quick way to spark innovation. Short and sweet has become the name of the game. Brevity rules. And why not? These days, we don't have time. What are you waiting for?

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Innovation in Practice

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Apple’s successful launch of the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus leaves people wondering if the superstar company has lost its innovative edge. I say that not based on what they have or haven’t launched, but rather based on the methods they use to create new innovations. This simplistic innovation let to the highly successful iPod Shuffle.

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Guide 4 Innovating

JUNE 11, 2018

So what does block innovation? For instance a lack of resources, an overcrowded portfolio of ideas, a lack of dedicated people, treating innovation as a one-off, keeping it isolated and apart from mainstream activities. Here are ten really important barriers, that can hold innovation back. How do we set about this?

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Guide 4 Innovating

JUNE 7, 2018

So what does block innovation? For instance a lack of resources, an overcrowded portfolio of ideas, a lack of dedicated people, treating innovation as a one-off, keeping it isolated and apart from mainstream activities. Here are ten really important barriers, that can hold innovation back. How do we set about this?

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IdeaSpies

MARCH 16, 2018

We tend to think innovation is about ideas, but it depends on people even more. Here’s how you create an innovative culture. The one thing I found in common in every fantastically innovative place I looked at was a disciplined passion for identifying new problems. That company, Pixar , was sold to Disney in 2006 for $7.4

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BrainZooming

JUNE 20, 2016

We introduced the first Brainzooming strategic planning workshop resembling what we do today as The Brainzooming Group ten years ago, June 19-20, 2006. Chuck facilitated multiple engaging, high-energy strategic innovation sessions for us at Yellow Corporation. Find New Resources to Innovate !

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

I like to argue (for example, here ) that one of the major reasons crowdsourcing has not yet become a mainstream innovation tool is a paralyzing uncertainty over the question which technical or business problem can be successfully solved by using this approach. Sustaining innovations. Efficiency innovations.

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Guide 4 Innovating

MARCH 30, 2017

So what does block innovation? For instance a lack of resources, an overcrowded portfolio of ideas, a lack of dedicated people, treating innovation as a one-off, keeping it isolated and apart from mainstream activities. Here are ten really important barriers, that can hold innovation back. How do we set about this?

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David Marks

OCTOBER 27, 2017

He is in charge of the innovation and development in his company. I was telling him about the innovation assessments I conduct. “ The innovations required by a fashion retailer are not equivalent to those of a pharmaceutical or a telecom company. There is clearly a need for industry specific innovation services.

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David Marks

OCTOBER 27, 2017

He is in charge of the innovation and development in his company. I was telling him about the innovation assessments I conduct. “ The innovations required by a fashion retailer are not equivalent to those of a pharmaceutical or a telecom company. There is clearly a need for industry specific innovation services.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

I like to argue (for example, here ) that one of the major reasons crowdsourcing has not yet become a mainstream innovation tool is a paralyzing uncertainty over the question which technical or business problem can be successfully solved by using this approach. Sustaining innovations. Efficiency innovations.

Crowdsourcing 40

Crowdsourcing Innovation Tools Design 40

David Marks

OCTOBER 27, 2017

He is in charge of the innovation and development in his company. I was telling him about the innovation assessments I conduct. “ The innovations required by a fashion retailer are not equivalent to those of a pharmaceutical or a telecom company. There is clearly a need for industry specific innovation services.

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Industry Innovation Management Management Technical Review 40