Innovation Excellence

JANUARY 3, 2019

Building upon the success of Braden Kelley’s Blogging Innovation, we launched Innovation Excellence on August 1, 2011 and so 2018 was our seventh full year of operations.

Innovation 102

Innovation Tools Marketing Entrepreneurship 102

Idea to Value

MARCH 26, 2020

A fascinating 2011 study showed that decision-makers said they valued creative ideas, but subconsciously reacted to new ideas very negatively. This will result in leadership from that business unit being less likely to reject the ideas once they see them for the first time, as they will have been on the journey of development themselves.

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Technical Review Innovation Innovation Processes Project 248

Destination Innovation

JULY 5, 2017

As recently as 2011 90% of Lego’s users were boys. Five Sustainable Innovation Practices that saved Lego – Leadership Network. A typical engineering mistake is wanting to invent all the things the product might consist of in one go. We throw it into the market and get feedback from consumers.”. Study the user in action.

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Innovation Video Study Culture 179

IdeaScale

DECEMBER 27, 2016

They did just that, and by 2011, e-books sales surpassed sales of print books. In fact, by April 2011, Amazon became the world’s largest e-book retailer. In the next installment of the Leading Innovation series, we’ll dive deep into systems and processes with the architect leadership role.

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Technical Review Handbook Innovation Groups 173

Adam Hartung

JUNE 30, 2015

The stock was $66 in June, 2011, and $55 in 6/12 when it made #6. Employees have consistently expressed their dismay with CEO Ed Lampert, and 80% actively dislike his leadership. Trend 3 – Ignoring employee unhappiness while focusing on earnings can portend a disaster. By 6/13 it had declined to $39, and made the list at #7.

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Leadership Trends Resources Company 36

Innovation Excellence

JANUARY 2, 2018

Building upon the success of Braden Kelley's Blogging Innovation, we launched Innovation Excellence on August 1, 2011 and so 2017 was our sixth full year of operations. Click the link if you missed.

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Innov8rs

JANUARY 12, 2023

We've been bringing together innovators since 2011. How can we execute our innovation strategy, even if resources are tight and support from leadership fades? Participation to Learning Labs is included in the Innov8rs Community membership. Apply to join Learning Labs. How can we optimize our day to day even further?

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Engagement Handbook Conference Case Study 52

Wazoku

APRIL 27, 2020

Founded in 2011, Simon intends for Wazoku to become the world’s most prominent innovation firm, having grown the business over 50% (in terms of both revenue and headcount) each year since inception. When thinking about leadership, Simon likes to develop talent from within and gives a lot of autonomy to his teams.

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Crowdsourcing Leadership Exercises Collaboration 64

Idea to Value

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Apple has long been seen as one of the world’s most innovative companies, but since the passing away of Steve Jobs in 2011 it has found it much more difficult to continue innovating. This is what allowed Apple to see the seed of an amazing yet ignored innovation, and exploit it successfully.

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Innovation Video Leadership Examples 153

IdeaScale

MAY 30, 2018

In this survey from 2015, researchers report that 43% of large companies have some sort of top innovation executive in place, which was up from 33% in 2011. We continue to see more and more Chief Innovation Officers at the enterprise level. But what does a Chief Innovation Officer do? Well, here are a few of their responsibilities.

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Ideation Innovation Survey Training 150

InnovationTraining.org

AUGUST 1, 2022

In 2011, the streaming service also realized that customers were looking for original, provocative content that wasn’t airing on traditional networks, and launched their own TV and film production for content only available on the Netflix service.

Case Study 52

Case Study Design Thinking Study Design 52

The Inovo Group

MAY 14, 2020

By 2011, they had several established stores in the Washington DC area and were ready to expand. By 2015, they were growing fast with a leadership team recruited for their extensive experience in the food industry. The founders saw something that the executive leadership did not see or chose to ignore. They chose another path.

Strategy 52

Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team Leadership 52

Daniel Burrus

OCTOBER 28, 2020

From our iPads to our iPhones, the Apple devices we all know and love are all products of the vision that the late entrepreneur Steve Jobs brought to light with his often abrasive leadership and meticulous attention to detail with his team of engineers and creatives alike.

Case Study 64

Case Study Study Learning Analysis 64

Innovation Excellence

JANUARY 5, 2017

Building upon the success of Braden Kelley’s Blogging Innovation, we launched Innovation Excellence on August 1, 2011 and so 2016 was our fifth full year of operations.

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Innovation Tools Marketing Entrepreneurship 0

Wazoku

MAY 4, 2017

In 2011, Philip Tetlock teamed up with Barbara Mellers, of the Wharton School, to launch the Good Judgment Project. Are our leadership and/or management equipped with the right skills, insights, tools and support to make truly informed (and accurate) decisions? About the Good Judgment Project.

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Project Training Leadership Analysis 40

Innovation 360

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

How best to quantify investment dollars and staff time, leadership and mentoring time? What techniques are being used to quantify and score innovation to push forward winners? What types of dashboards are out there and what are they tracking? What is coming from internal sources and what is from customers and partners? About innov8rs.

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Conference Innovation Project Tools 40

Innovation 360 Group

JANUARY 25, 2011

Today Hey Group release their Global Top 20 companies for leadership, top five at the list was: General Electric. 90% of the Best Companies collect best practices for leadership development from subsidiaries and share them across the organization. Their Top 5 on the Fortune list 2011 is: SAS. Procter & Gamble.

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Company Leadership Groups Culture 40

InnovationManagement

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Meg Whitman, president and CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, recalls how HP’s turnaround back in 2011 began with a return to the company’s founding corporate values and business objectives.

Company 40

Company Video Industry Culture 40

Innovation 360 Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

How best to quantify investment dollars and staff time, leadership and mentoring time? What techniques are being used to quantify and score innovation to push forward winners? What types of dashboards are out there and what are they tracking? What is coming from internal sources and what is from customers and partners? About innov8rs.

Conference 40

Conference Innovation Project Tools 40

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.

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Innovation Engagement Collaboration Agile 154

The Inovo Group

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Yuan was Cisco’s vice president of engineering and in 2011 he pitched a new smartphone-friendly video conferencing system to Cisco management. Does executive leadership see things differently than individual contributors? Senior leadership needs to decide how to proceed. The idea was rejected.

Leadership 52

Leadership Groups Product Development System 52

Innovation 360 Group

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Penker (2008-2011). Innovation is a complex task of aligning strategy, leadership style, culture, and capabilities to successfully build an innovative and sustainable business in today’s ever-changing market. Improve your innovation ROI with “The Wheel of Innovation”. The Wheel of Innovation Sawhney, Wolcott and Arroniz (2006).Penker

Innovation 52

Innovation Roadmap Marketing Competition 52

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.”.

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Culture Meeting Engagement Leadership 91

Innovation Excellence

MAY 9, 2016

On September 17, 2011, Occupy Wall Street took over Zuccotti Park, in the heart of the financial district in Lower Manhattan. Declaring, “We are the 99%,” they captured the attention of the nation. Within a few months, however, the park was cleared and the protesters went home, achieving little, if anything. Continue reading →

Leadership 40

Leadership Management 40

Adam Hartung

OCTOBER 25, 2015

Leadership touted a higher same store sales number, but that is completely misleading. McDonald’s leadership has undertaken a back to basics program. As customer counts are declining, leadership is trying to pull more money out of its declining “core.” McDonald’s profits rose 23%.

Leadership 36

Leadership Marketing Report Competition 36

IdeaSpies

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Books such as Consumptionomics (2011) by Chandran Nair and Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think (2012) by Peter H. Leadership Insights 1. Only by shifting how your people think about innovation and by letting the cream rise to the top will you achieve such breakthrough leadership. Then, put on your leadership hat.

Software Review 57

Software Review Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Innovation 57

IdeaSpies

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Books such as Consumptionomics (2011) by Chandran Nair and Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think (2012) by Peter H. Leadership Insights. Only by shifting how your people think about innovation and by letting the cream rise to the top will you achieve such breakthrough leadership. Then, put on your leadership hat.

Software Review 57

Software Review Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Innovation 57

IdeaSpies

AUGUST 31, 2018

Books such as Consumptionomics (2011) by Chandran Nair and Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think (2012) by Peter H. Leadership Insights 1. Only by shifting how your people think about innovation and by letting the cream rise to the top will you achieve such breakthrough leadership. Then, put on your leadership hat.

Software Review 57

Software Review Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Leadership 57

Innovation 360

MARCH 27, 2018

How best to quantify investment dollars and staff time, leadership and mentoring time? What techniques are being used to quantify and score innovation to push forward winners? What types of dashboards are out there and what are they tracking? What is coming from internal sources and what is from customers and partners? About innov8rs.

Conference 40

Conference Innovation Project Analysis 40

Innovation 360 Group

APRIL 1, 2016

Aligning strategy, leadership style, culture, capabilities and competences is the key to success in building an innovative and sustainable business in today’s ever changing market context. Based on Penker (2011). . Figure 1 shows Innovation360´s framework of innovation and how the different concepts are interlinked.

Learning 40

Learning Company Artificial Inteligence Innovation 40

Innovation 360

APRIL 1, 2016

Aligning strategy, leadership style, culture, capabilities and competences is the key to success in building an innovative and sustainable business in today’s ever changing market context. Based on Penker (2011). . Figure 1 shows Innovation360´s framework of innovation and how the different concepts are interlinked.

Learning 40

Learning Company Artificial Inteligence Innovation 40

Adam Hartung

OCTOBER 15, 2016

We also know that Wells Fargo leadership knew about this practice for at least five years – and agreed to a $190 million fine. In 2010, 2011, 2013 and more recently employees called the hotline, even wrote the Human Resources Department and the office of CEO John Stumpf to report unethical practices.

Report 36

Report Leadership Policies Management 36

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.

Idea Management 65

Idea Management Culture Engagement Collaboration 65

Daniel Burrus

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

IBM Watson first shot to fame back in 2011 by beating two of Jeopardy’s greatest champions on TV. Watson is a cognitive computer that learns over time. This cognitive AI technology can process information much more like a smart human than a smart computer.

Artificial Inteligence 59

Artificial Inteligence Disruption Trends Internet of things 59

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.

Idea Management 40

Idea Management Culture Engagement Collaboration 40

Adam Hartung

JULY 8, 2015

Because between 2011 and 2013 Nokia had already lost half its market share. If they gave it away it would save money, and possibly help leadership figure out a strategy for profitable growth. And employee faith in leadership is far lower than at competitors Apple and Google. Why was I so sure it would be a mistake?

Marketing 36

Marketing Competition Leadership Strategy 36

Open Innovation EU

MAY 17, 2017

Corbett & Katz, 2012; Neck & Greene, 2011): The authors argue that are five different practices of educating entrepreneurship: Practice of play: ‘the skill of play frees the imagination, opens up our minds to a wealth of opportunities and possibilities, and helps us to be more innovative as entrepreneurs’ (Neck, Neck, & Murray, 2017).

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Entrepreneurship Study Creativity Learning 62