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Options-based Strategy: An Approach for Uncertain Times

The Inovo Group

This is the second in a series of articles about the convergence of strategy and innovation. For more information about the series, and a list of published and upcoming articles, please visit A New Era of Strategy and Innovation. Most strategies are built on specific beliefs about the future. Highlights.

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Nomination Wanted: 2015 Thinkers50

Matthew May

My three areas of focus — strategy, innovation, and lean — are all founded on the ground-level, everyday application of Roger Martin’s Play-to-Win framework (strategy), IDEO/Stanford d school-originated design thinking (innovation), and Toyota-born systems thinking (lean). That’s it!

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How to create a scalable strategy in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis

mjvinnovation

Companies had to take extreme measures to adapt their processes and recalibrate their strategies. In this context, designing a strategy that keeps your business healthy and sustainable on an ongoing basis – a crisis resilient one – can be the difference between success and failure. Create an MVP.

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71 Innovation Methodologies

Open Innovation EU

Human-Centered Design (IDEO). Updated Model of Design Thinking. Design Thinking Process (Stanford). Productive Thinking (Hurson). Focus stage: Seed Published: 2007 more…. 101 Design Methodology (Kumar). Innovation Strategy (Goffin). Focus stage: Maturity Published: 2013 more….

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A New Model to Start Innovation

Gijs Van Wulfen

From all these workshops I identified fifteen obstacles which may block you during the fuzzy front end along the path towards a successful new business case: Unclear strategy. When a major design conference came to town in 2007, they saw an opportunity to earn some extra cash by renting out their spare floor space.

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A New Model to Start Innovation

Gijs Van Wulfen

From all these workshops I identified fifteen obstacles which may block you during the fuzzy front end along the path towards a successful new business case: Unclear strategy. When a major design conference came to town in 2007, they saw an opportunity to earn some extra cash by renting out their spare floor space.

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The Importance of Persistence: Building an Innovation System for the Long-term

The Inovo Group

Then a business downturn comes, or a new CEO with a different strategy and mindset, or a corporate re-org, or the leader of the corporate innovation group gets frustrated and quits, or any one of a myriad of other events happens. A 2007 study by M. But the CEO’s words to the shareholders often reveal a deeper truth. Prabhu, & R.

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