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Nine Short Innovation Lessons from Lego

Destination Innovation

David Gram, Head of Marketing at Lego’s Future Lab, said, “We only develop the few key features that are really needed. We throw it into the market and get feedback from consumers.”. In a brilliant stroke of marketing Lego licensed Star Wars characters and vehicles. Study the user in action. Collaborate to innovate.

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Building Capacity for Breakthrough Innovation

Innov8rs

They represent a radical departure from existing products, services, or processes, paving the way for new markets, industries, and value networks. Central to this endeavor is the role of leadership. It contrasts sharply with incremental innovation, which refers to minor improvements or upgrades to existing offerings.

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Marc Dellaert

Innovation 360 Group

Background: Marc Dellaert is a global senior leader, inspirational speaker, author, board advisor and practitioner in Leadership, Innovation and Transformation. Since 2014 Marc is Managing Director at the Centre for Creative Leadership (www.ccl.org) supervising all operations Russia, the CIS Region, Ukraine and Turkey.

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Mapping the customer journey is the top driver for digital transformation

Paul Hobcraft

Knowing the why of your customers is something that keeps many marketing and C-level executives up at night. While CX was initially the primary catalyst for digital transformation, innovation, agility, and the pursuit of digital relevance are the new factors driving companies along the maturity model.

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The Case for Dual Innovation

Tim Kastelle

Let’s sum up some relevant findings of these studies, making the case for dual innovation management: BCG: Most Innovative Companies 2014 . This trend is even more pronounced among strong innovators, with those pursuing a centralized approach rising from 68 percent in 2013 to 71 percent in 2014.

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Key Issues in Innovation Management – Revisited – Part 1

Tim Kastelle

As can be seen from the figure below, co-creation platforms feature some special characteristics that have a major impact on shaping new market environments: Created solutions are integrated and often cross-industry. Leadership through vision and influence, rather than command and control, is required.

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Overcome resistance and capture growth in the Financial Services Industry

Innovation 360 Group

Difficulties with speed to market. Recent discussions with industry players have underscored the issue of speed to market. Often agile development initiatives are not ‘agile’ at all. 48% of employees surveyed by Booz&Co in 2014 believed that critical capabilities are lacking to execute and sustain change.