Idea to Value

APRIL 28, 2017

Making test scores as the measure of success fosters students’ competition and narrows their goals, such as getting rich, while decreasing their empathy and compassion for those in need. In “ The Creativity Crisis (2011) ” I reported that American creativity declined from the 1990s to 2008. Narrowing visions.

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Innovation 360 Group

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Ultimately, the market evolved to support a declining price based on competitive price pressures, and that is good for everyone. Much like our discussion above regarding competitors, companies who take advantage of the “network” of customers can sometimes harvest significant competitive advantage. Penker (2008-2011).

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Open Innovation EU

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

I recently ran into an article (Walrave et al 2011) that analyzed a simulation of investing in exploration vs. exploitation. However, because of the success of this strategy, there will be a decrease of competition (from your perspective) resulting in external pressure to focus more on exploration. Download infographic.

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Idea to Value

JULY 8, 2016

While a structured, repeatable innovation process is critical to create and sustain innovation in a competitive, dog-eat-dog marketplace, it alone is not always sufficient to turn a great innovative idea into a profitable “on-the-store-shelves” reality. 3] Robert’s Rules of Innovation II: The Art of Implementation ( See p.

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Innovation 360

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Innovation is notoriously difficult to measure but any activity that significantly impacts investment, staffing, resources and competitiveness needs to be measured. Join Magnus Penker, he will be speaking about Innovation Metrics. What techniques are being used to quantify and score innovation to push forward winners? About innov8rs.

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The Inovo Group

MAY 14, 2020

What is needed is a new strategic framework that serves both the current, increasingly competitive, situation as well as providing a strategic path through an uncertain future. By 2011, they had several established stores in the Washington DC area and were ready to expand. In 2011, customers were saying “Wow.

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Anaqua

MARCH 30, 2018

Those that are creative in utilizing existing data, combining internal and external data analytics, and innovate in ways to improve aligning R&D and IP with business objectives, will find opportunities for competitive advantage. End of 2011 $1,578. End of 2011 $48 (net of accumulated amortization of $1,114). billion ($2.9

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Innovation 360 Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Innovation is notoriously difficult to measure but any activity that significantly impacts investment, staffing, resources and competitiveness needs to be measured. Join Magnus Penker, he will be speaking about Innovation Metrics. What techniques are being used to quantify and score innovation to push forward winners? About innov8rs.

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Innovation 360 Group

MARCH 7, 2019

When co-founders Borje Toressomand and Sune Törnquist decided to launch their company in 2011 they knew what kind of company they wanted to start. Magnus Penker presents Lisa Toresson of HLL with their Innovation IQ, the highest in Europe. Now they are strongly positioned to act on this advantage.

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ITONICS

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

This can lead to a significant competitive advantage, especially in large companies. Another important application is the strategic observation of competition with the help of machine learning. Are there any other exciting fields of application?

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Innovation Excellence

MAY 18, 2020

So training tellers to process transactions efficiently was a key competitive trait. What’s more, these aren’t considered competitive traits, but commodity services. Borders filed for bankruptcy in 2011 and was liquidated later that same year. Our paychecks are usually sent electronically. Consider the case of bookstores.

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Innovation Excellence

MAY 13, 2020

In 2011, technology pioneer Marc Andreessen declared that software is eating the world. First, they lack barriers to entry, which makes it difficult to create a sustainable competitive advantage. Finally, rabid competition leads to high costs.

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Innovation 360 Group

JANUARY 25, 2011

Just the other day A Great Place to Work also released their list 2011 FORTUNE’S 100 BEST COMPANIES TO WORK FOR® which is based upon a deeper cultural audit and as far as I can see much more reliable. Their Top 5 on the Fortune list 2011 is: SAS. Boston Consulting Group. Wegmans Food Markets.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 7, 2017

I often write and contribute to many other innovation businesses in different media channels specifically for innovation thought leadership where all my activity has been consistently voted in the top innovation knowledge providers since 2011, something I am incredibly proud to have achieved. Guide4innovating.

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Wazoku

MAY 4, 2017

But improving a firm’s forecasting competence even a little can yield a competitive advantage. In 2011, Philip Tetlock teamed up with Barbara Mellers, of the Wharton School, to launch the Good Judgment Project. About the Good Judgment Project. intelligence agencies pose to their analysts.

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BrainZooming

MAY 3, 2016

When being different than the competition is important (and it always is), an extreme idea can dramatically boost differentiation. ” Although these questions are valuable, I always imagine workshop audiences initially wondering about when they would use these since they typically lead to incredibly outrageous ideas.

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Innovation 360

MARCH 27, 2018

Innovation is notoriously difficult to measure but any activity that significantly impacts investment, staffing, resources and competitiveness needs to be measured. Join Magnus Penker, he will be speaking about Innovation Metrics. What techniques are being used to quantify and score innovation to push forward winners? About innov8rs.

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Adam Hartung

OCTOBER 25, 2015

Office 365 revenues were up, but they are cannibalizing traditional Office revenues – and not fast enough to replace customers being lost to competitive products like Google OfficeSuite, etc. Azure is in a growth market, but it faces very stiff competition from market leader Amazon. It is a struggle to see the good news here.

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Stephen Shapiro

AUGUST 29, 2022

As you read this and the other chapters, please remember that this book was published back in 2011. Find new and creative ways of staying ahead of the competition. But I completely forgot to include the introduction. So I am going back to that for this post. Although the principles remain the same, some aspects have evolved since then.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 20, 2015

Then it becomes a mad scramble to transform ourselves, often with damaging consequences of deteriorating performance, battling more competition that are sensing our weakness, never capable of returning to those previous highs. Both require thinking that is broad and expansive, with a strong sense of curiosity and discovery.

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Daniel Burrus

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Roughly 140 private companies working to advance artificial intelligence technologies have been acquired since 2011, with over 40 acquisitions taking place in 2016 alone. And it would be foolish to take your eye off of Amazon and its AI applications. They all see the game-changing opportunities afforded by AI.

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Mills-Scofield

OCTOBER 4, 2015

As of 2011, only 26% of teens were employed. Certainly the reasons for this decline are multifaceted, from a struggling economy, to competition with older workers, to time conflicts, to the fact that many teens just don’t want traditional “teen jobs.” And don't forget the competitive college admissions market.

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Strategos

MARCH 24, 2017

Founded in 2011 by Michael Dubin and Mark Levine, the startup attracted a lot of attention when Mr. Dubin featured in a comedic ad posted on Youtube that went viral. Both models exist in parallel today and have displaced traditional brick and mortar video rental such as Blockbuster. Challenging your orthodoxies.

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Anaqua

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

This undoubtedly helped China become the top patent filer in the world in 2011. Licensing and litigation are increasing across the region because companies are aware that having a high-quality IP portfolio is the key to staying competitive worldwide. Globalization brings both commercial opportunity and increased competition.

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Adam Hartung

JULY 15, 2016

By 2011 Nintendo sale were down to 11.6m Sony and Microsoft both invested heavily in their competition. In fall, 2014 Microsoft raised the competitive ante, spending $2.5B ” While game apps did come out, these were seen as extremely limited and poor quality, not at all competitive to the Sony or Microsoft products.

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Qmarkets

JULY 5, 2017

In 2011, Swiss Post implemented Qmarkets’ full configurable enterprise-grade Q-max innovation software to allow staff from different departments and locations to share new business ideas in an organized, structured environment. This, we believed, would provide us with the competitive edge we were seeking. “We

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Greatest. Idea. Ever.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

To that end he launched a competition, inviting inventors, engineers, and students from the top universities in the world to design a new type of toilet. In 2011, we launched the Reinvent the Toilet challenge. The world needs sanitation innovation and it needs it yesterday.

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100%Open

MARCH 16, 2015

For example we ran a competition for Orange back in 2012 and this led to an ever-deepening partnership that has flowered in the form of Orange Fun Finder. Most crowdfunding is conducted on specialist platforms such as Kickstarter founded in 2009 and Fundageek (2011). There is a significant level of activity.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

Put simply, Operational Excellence can be defined as a management principle which encourages the discovery and implementation of incremental changes, with the objective of optimizing processes to achieve a competitive advantage. In his 2011 book, Design for Operational Excellence, Kevin J. Right Idea, Wrong Approach.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

– where levels are the highest in the world – the rate for engagement has been stuck at around 30% for nearly a decade, growing from 29% in 2011 to 31% in 2017. In Canada and the U.S. On top of this, it’s estimated that actively disengaged employees cost the U.S between $483 and $605 billion annually in lost productivity.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

Put simply, Operational Excellence can be defined as a management principle which encourages the discovery and implementation of incremental changes, with the objective of optimizing processes to achieve a competitive advantage. In his 2011 book, Design for Operational Excellence, Kevin J. Right Idea, Wrong Approach.

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Adam Hartung

OCTOBER 16, 2015

In May, 2011 I reiterated this problem at Wal-Mart in a column that paralleled the retailer with software giant Microsoft, and pointed out that because of financial machinations not all earnings are equal. At that time WMT was about $54/share. I recommended nobody own the stock.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

In 2011, Swiss Post implemented Qmarkets’ full configurable enterprise-grade Q-max innovation software to allow staff from different departments and locations to share new business ideas in an organized, structured environment. This, we believed, would provide us with the competitive edge we were seeking. “We

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New Markets Advisors

MAY 17, 2018

The Need for University Innovation A central strand of Christensen’s 2011 book, The Innovative University, is that each university has a “DNA”, core institutional traits that define its identity. Credit: Anisa Abibullaeva While UCA aims to offer a globally-competitive education, it doesn’t just clone a top Western university.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

– where levels are the highest in the world – the rate for engagement has been stuck at around 30% for nearly a decade, growing from 29% in 2011 to 31% in 2017. In Canada and the U.S. On top of this, it’s estimated that actively disengaged employees cost the U.S between $483 and $605 billion annually in lost productivity.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Case in point, the Texas-based marketing firm Epsilon – which managed email communications for over 2,500 clients – suffered a breach in 2011 , resulting in 50 client databases being stolen. To overcome the fear of being open with innovation, it’s important to recognize the level of control offered by innovation management platforms.

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Innovation Excellence

JULY 3, 2020

According to Global Human Capital Trends 2015 pg 36, “Organizations that create a culture defined by meaningful work, deep employee engagement, job and organizational fit, and strong leadership are outperforming their peers and will likely beat their competition in attracting top talent.”. American Management Association. Kahneman, D.

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