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What is the ambition matrix and how does it work as part of an innovation portfolio?

Idea to Value

Most companies are not really aware of all of the innovation projects they are working on. This is where a tool called the Ambition Matrix is extremely useful, and it is a tool I use with clients all the time to gain clarity on what their current innovation portfolio looks like. Is this project an innovation at all?

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The Detriments of a Command-and-Control Culture and the Power of Design Thinking

Tullio Siragusa

Why Command-and-Control Culture Fails Stifles Creativity and Innovation A command-and-control culture tends to stifle creativity and innovation, as it leaves no room for employees to contribute their ideas or think outside the box. Result: Kodak’s failure to innovate and adapt to digital technology ultimately led to bankruptcy in 2012.

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16 Creative Thinking Questions from the Most Innovative Companies

BrainZooming

The 2018 Fast Company Most Innovative Companies issue arrived Saturday. In the spirit of the first Agility question below, rather than trying to imagine questions from across all the companies listed, we limited the focus to creative thinking questions inspired by the top ten most innovative companies’ innovation journeys and priorities.

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MAKING GAMIFICATION ACCESSIBLE – BRINGING NEWNESS TO CORPORATE LEARNING

ImagineNation

I was first introduced to gamification when I met Mario Herger , in 2012, when he was a Senior Innovation Strategist at SAP Labs LLC, in Israel, as a participant in his two-day gamification workshop for Checkpoint security software. Evolution of the gamification market. million in 2020 and is expected to reach USD 38.42

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How much luck do you need to be creative?

Idea to Value

Having the resources to develop what you are thinking of. However, in the 200m butterfly in London 2012, Phelps was beaten by South Africa’s Chad Le Clos by just five one-hundredths of a second. When it comes to the creative fields and innovation, there are thousands of stories where someone appreciates how lucky they were.

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Brands In Memoriam 2012

CorporateIntel

Frequent readers of this blog know that I am obsessed with the concept of creative destruction , the intangible but daunting market force where an invention that is vital takes out that which has become defunct, and the nascent replaces the established. Can you imagine a good reason to continue two separate editorial teams?

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4 Things You Need To Build An Innovative Culture

IdeaSpies

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. So the “next big thing” is usually about 29 years old.