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71 Innovation Methodologies

Open Innovation EU

Human-Centered Design (IDEO). Updated Model of Design Thinking. Design Thinking Process (Stanford). Focus stage: Seed Published: 2012 more…. Crowdsourcing Process (Geiger). Design Competitions. Focus stage: Early-stage Published: 2012 more…. Managing Distributed Innovation (Bogers).

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There are Knowns and Unknowns in Innovation: Let’s Manage Them Differently

Paul Hobcraft

Paper presented at PMI® Global Congress 2012—North America, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The knowns are those products, services, processes, etc. We are often specifically asked to improve on them by finding cost savings, improving their functionality or design. Characterizing unknown unknowns.

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Innovation System Thinking on a Sunday! What, no roast or glass of wine? Later.

Paul Hobcraft

What started me on a given innovation “tack”was for a long time I have seen an awful lot of opinions, solutions, concepts that have been breaking down innovation into its many parts. The practice of lean thinking, design thinking, visual thinking have increasingly started to dominate our “innovation thinking.”

System 147
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Learning to be Innovative – Future Building’s Crucial Role in Driving Innovation Impact

Imaginatik

Many innovation programs, and some R&D teams, benefit from full-time staff who work as designated innovation scouts. Thus, for insurance and transportation firms, Uber’s early successes in 2011 – 2012 could have yielded important insights about the future of transportation, urban living, and the sharing economy.

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Culture of Innovation Video and Case Study: Cambia Health Solutions Transforms the Health Care Landscape Through Innovation

Planview

With great uncertainty in the US health care system, senior leadership at Cambia was committed to “embedding innovation into the company’s bloodstream,” to transform and disrupt the health care industry. We had to become a lightning rod of innovation, attracting and engaging employees to join us in ideation and design.”

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Can creativity and innovation be managed?

hackerearth

Later, the company began to focus on the capabilities that differentiated it from its competitors, such as intuitive user interfaces, sleek product design, exceptional consumer experience, and iconic branding. In 2012, their innovations generated a value of $548 million through savings. Why manage innovation? Conclusion.

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What is design thinking and how can it help you innovate?

hackerearth

Today, the business world recognizes that continuous innovation and design thinking are the keys to long-term sustainability and success. Design Thinking is NOT a New Concept. With all the hype around design thinking, one would think that it is a new concept. What is Design Thinking? Stages of Design Thinking.