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Drum roll please. At the beginning of each month we will profile the twenty posts from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Innovation Excellence. We also publish a weekly Top 10 as part of our free Innovation Excellence Weekly magazine and email newsletter. MORE
The Surge of innovation reports in 2015. I am sure you have experienced that in 2015 we have seen a significant surge in innovation reports, many of these coming from large consulting firms or innovation publishers. MORE
Recently I had the opportunity to attend the Association of Change Management Professionals’ (ACMP®) annual conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, titled appropriately Change Management 2015. The event represented a convening of nearly 1,000 change management professionals from around the globe, … Continue reading → Change agile agile development agile project management change management Conferences events project management MORE
We surveyed nearly 200 innovation leaders, and the result is Innovation Benchmarking Report 2015, a report that gives focus to data that can help solve innovators’ challenges. MORE
To help innovation leaders and forward-thinking companies do better, Imaginatik has launched the 2015 Global Innovation Survey. This research initiative, a follow-up from a similar study in 2013, is aimed at defining the state of innovation in the enterprise in 2015. MORE
We knew we follow a lot of great innovation people on twitter (including a lot of the great Innovation Excellence authors) and based on your responses and some of our own we've compiled this year's list of the Top 50 Innovation Twitter Sharers of 2015. MORE
Disruptive innovations are defined as those new products and services that are so unique and powerful that they literally disrupt the entire industry. The cloud, for instance, was disruptive because it changed the way that people store and use information and applications. MORE
The deadline is June 15 for submissions to the 2nd World Open Innovation Conference (WOIC 2015). The conference will be held November 19-20, 2015 in Silicon Valley, California. CFP open innovation WOIC 2015 World Open Innovation Conference MORE
There were several key (and generally welcome) themes that emerged throughout 2015 within corporate innovation. MORE
Voting is now open in the Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2015 Contest hosted by Innovation Excellence. Continue reading → Innovation News Social Media 2015 authors bloggers contests Innovation Bloggers internet Lists Thought Leaders Top 40 writers MORE
83 In a just released “The State of Innovation Management in 2015” that I have authored and kindly provided by HYPE for free, I believe you will find something of interest that you might have missed during a busy year, that is coming to a close. MORE
My list of great books that inform, entertain and inspire! Related posts: The 2011 Digital Tonto Reading List. A Digital Tonto Reading List for 2009. The 2014 Digital Tonto Reading List. The 2013. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]. MORE
139 How many ideas fluctuate within your organization without enriching your portfolio or becoming business projects? The vast majority of them are never even voiced, why bother when nothing happens right? Engagement programs are a valuable path to change that dynamic. MORE
Earlier this year, Jason Williams shared a list of 46 Innovation Conferences for 2015. That list has grown to over 150 and provided the inspiration for Explorious Ventures. MORE
Deadlines June 21, 2015 (midnight PDT): extended abstract submission deadline July 15, 2015: notification of accepted papers August 15, 2015: registration deadline for accepted papers November 1, 2015: submission of completed papers November 19-20, 2015: conference in Santa Clara. CFP open innovation World Open Innovation Conference 2015 MORE
TiEcon 2015, the world’s largest gathering of entrepreneurs, will become ground zero for “disruptive entrepreneurship” on& May 15-16& at Silicon Valley’sSanta Clara& Convention Center. MORE
My top posts over the past year. Related posts: Top Posts of 2010. Top Posts for 2014. Top Posts of 2012. Top Posts of 2013. Top Posts of 2009. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]. All Posts Top Posts MORE
The Product Development and Management Association (PDMA), the premier global advocate for product development and management professionals, announced today that it has awarded the 2015 Outstanding Corporate Innovator (OCI) Award to BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX). MORE
AOM 2015 Frank Piller Marcel Bogers open innovationFor a second year at #AOM2015, Marcel Bogers has organized a PDW on “Researching Open Innovation” to help OI researchers discuss and develop their open innovation research. Session #140 will be held Friday from 1:00-3:00 pm in Vancouver Convention Centre East. Room #001 looks like it will hold more than 120 people, which is fortunate given last year’s strong demand. Last year, Marcel was at the U. MORE
Now is the time to impact 2015. Death or Kryptonite? From Superman Wiki. I have a vinyl record with one of those strategic skips that has it repeating — it drives me nuts — but I still play the record because I love the song so much. MORE
August 1st is the last day to nominate someone for a 2015 Thinkers50 Distinguished Achievement Award. I would greatly appreciate your nomination for a 2015 Distinguished Achievement Award in this category: Innovation Click here to nominate me for the 2015 … Continue reading → Innovation awards nominations Thinkers50 thought leaders Thought Leadership MORE
Communities of practice or innovation have been around for some 30 years and we, at Imaginatik, were pioneers in using them. Yes, even before the Internet and social media became essential tools in aiding collaboration. MORE
So what did CEOs say was their priority when they were surveyed by KPMG for their Global CEO … Continue reading → Innovation Leadership Management Strategy Global CEO Outlook 2015 KPMG Surveys MORE
In addition to the best read blog in 2015 it is worth to mention an upcoming article in the January 2016 edition of the Journal of Cleaner Production. MORE
Just a quick reminder that you've only got three (3) days left to nominate your favorites for the Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2015. Our previous lists have been tremendously popular and now it's time to open nominations for 2015! MORE
“Innovation” is often discussed in terms of the “idea” as the product and the formation of that idea as somehow unique and ineffable …. Light bulb / Eureka! / “I was in the shower when…”. MORE
Thank you everyone for your nominations for the Innovation category of the Thinkers50 Distinguished 2015 Distinguished Achievement Awards. The short lists for the eight categories will be announced in early September. MORE
Stay tuned for more updates on WOIC 2015. conferences Henry Chesbrough WOIC 2015 World Open Innovation Conference#WOIC2015 — the 2nd World Open Innovation Conference — began today. MORE
Drum roll please. At the beginning of each month we will profile the twenty posts from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Innovation Excellence. We also publish a weekly Top 10 as part of our free Innovation Excellence Weekly magazine and email newsletter. MORE
Drum roll please. At the beginning of each month we will profile the twenty posts from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Innovation Excellence. We also publish a weekly Top 10 as part of our free Innovation Excellence Weekly magazine and email newsletter. MORE
Wharton Technology & Innovation Conference 2015 April 17 – 18 Philadelphia, PA. ASU + GSV Summit 2015 April 6 – 8 Scottsdale, AZ. Open Education Global 2015 April 22 – 24 Banff, Alberta CA It’s true! Drawing aliens may be the secret to creativity and innovation. MORE
conferences WOIC 2015 World Open Innovation ConferenceToday we kicked off our first full day of #WOIC2015 here in Santa Clara. There were some good paper sessions and great interactions with the industry participants. MORE
Drum roll please. At the beginning of each month we will profile the twenty posts from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Innovation Excellence. We also publish a weekly Top 10 as part of our free Innovation Excellence Weekly magazine and email newsletter. MORE
NOMINATIONS CLOSE JULY 31, 2015. Not until this year’s Thinkers50 nominations would I have ever given the possibility of being nominated a glancing thought. I consider myself to be more of a solid practitioner of others’ ideas than a high-concept thinker. MORE
175k Innovation Prize 2015 – Deadline April 30, 2015. Global Millennial Conference 2015 – May 15, 2015, Columbus, OH. Social Innovation Summit 2015 – June 11-12, Washington, DC Sustained competitive advantage comes from innovating how we innovate. That’s the essence of real innovation. In the past, new products and technologies consumed the vast majority of the innovation air-time. That’s no longer the case. MORE
World Open Innovation Conference 2015The #WOIC2015 program has been finalized, with last minute changes in titles and (alas) a few last-minute cancellations. Never having done this before, we (Marcel Bogers, Solomon Darwin and I) now have great sympathy for those that do this every year. Attached is the PDF we will be distributing, and below is an HTML version of the academic program. MORE
Social Innovation Summit 2015 – June 11-12, Washington, DC How To Think About Turning Your Products Into Services. Eking out profits from products alone isn’t what it used to be. Thanks to the Internet and global distribution, consumers have access to lots of choices. That’s good for them but not so good for the folks selling those goods. Some companies know that products only get you so far, that services are the future-in fact, services already account for 75% of the global economy. MORE
2015 was the fourth full year of operations for Innovation Excellence. To celebrate we've pulled together a list of the Top 100 Innovation Articles of 2015. Did your favorite make the cut? MORE
Our previous lists have been tremendously popular and now it's time to open nominations for 2015! Continue reading → Innovation News Social Media 2015 authors bloggers contests Innovation Bloggers internet Lists Thought Leaders Top 40 writers MORE
An overwhelming 94 percent of the world’s largest innovators now conduct elements of their R&D programs abroad, according to the 2015 Global Innovation 1000 study, our annual analysis of corporate R&D spending. MORE
Voting is now open in the Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2015 Contest hosted by Innovation Excellence. Continue reading → Innovation News Social Media 2015 authors bloggers contests Innovation Bloggers internet Lists Thought Leaders Top 40 writers MORE
80 Nielson released its 2015 BREAKTHROUGH INNOVATION REPORT that features best practices from winning brands – with seven specific case studies from Pepsico, Kraft, MillerCoors, Kellogg’s, Nestle Purina, Atkins and L’Oreal Paris. The report is based on a two year study examining over 3000 products launched in the US. It debunks conventional wisdom that new product success is random. MORE
2015 Related Topics 
Imaginatik
MAY 5, 2015
To help innovation leaders and forward-thinking companies do better, Imaginatik has launched the 2015 Global Innovation Survey. This research initiative, a follow-up from a similar study in 2013, is aimed at defining the state of innovation in the enterprise in 2015.
Matthew May
JULY 24, 2015
NOMINATIONS CLOSE JULY 31, 2015. Not until this year’s Thinkers50 nominations would I have ever given the possibility of being nominated a glancing thought. I consider myself to be more of a solid practitioner of others’ ideas than a high-concept thinker.
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Paul Hobcraft
DECEMBER 11, 2015
The Surge of innovation reports in 2015. I am sure you have experienced that in 2015 we have seen a significant surge in innovation reports, many of these coming from large consulting firms or innovation publishers.
Braden Kelley
JULY 31, 2015
August 1st is the last day to nominate someone for a 2015 Thinkers50 Distinguished Achievement Award. I would greatly appreciate your nomination for a 2015 Distinguished Achievement Award in this category: Innovation Click here to nominate me for the 2015 … Continue reading → Innovation awards nominations Thinkers50 thought leaders Thought Leadership
Braden Kelley
AUGUST 17, 2015
Thank you everyone for your nominations for the Innovation category of the Thinkers50 Distinguished 2015 Distinguished Achievement Awards. The short lists for the eight categories will be announced in early September.
Digital Tonto
DECEMBER 16, 2015
My top posts over the past year. Related posts: Top Posts of 2010. Top Posts for 2014. Top Posts of 2012. Top Posts of 2013. Top Posts of 2009. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]. All Posts Top Posts
Braden Kelley
APRIL 23, 2015
Recently I had the opportunity to attend the Association of Change Management Professionals’ (ACMP®) annual conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, titled appropriately Change Management 2015. The event represented a convening of nearly 1,000 change management professionals from around the globe, … Continue reading → Change agile agile development agile project management change management Conferences events project management
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Digital Tonto
DECEMBER 20, 2015
My list of great books that inform, entertain and inspire! Related posts: The 2011 Digital Tonto Reading List. A Digital Tonto Reading List for 2009. The 2014 Digital Tonto Reading List. The 2013. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
Leapfrogging
APRIL 15, 2015
175k Innovation Prize 2015 – Deadline April 30, 2015. Global Millennial Conference 2015 – May 15, 2015, Columbus, OH. Social Innovation Summit 2015 – June 11-12, Washington, DC Sustained competitive advantage comes from innovating how we innovate. That’s the essence of real innovation. In the past, new products and technologies consumed the vast majority of the innovation air-time. That’s no longer the case.
Innovation Excellence
SEPTEMBER 10, 2015
We knew we follow a lot of great innovation people on twitter (including a lot of the great Innovation Excellence authors) and based on your responses and some of our own we've compiled this year's list of the Top 50 Innovation Twitter Sharers of 2015.
Open Innovation
MARCH 15, 2015
The deadline is June 15 for submissions to the 2nd World Open Innovation Conference (WOIC 2015). The conference will be held November 19-20, 2015 in Silicon Valley, California. CFP open innovation WOIC 2015 World Open Innovation Conference
Innovation Excellence
DECEMBER 26, 2015
Voting is now open in the Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2015 Contest hosted by Innovation Excellence. Continue reading → Innovation News Social Media 2015 authors bloggers contests Innovation Bloggers internet Lists Thought Leaders Top 40 writers
Innovation Excellence
SEPTEMBER 22, 2015
Earlier this year, Jason Williams shared a list of 46 Innovation Conferences for 2015. That list has grown to over 150 and provided the inspiration for Explorious Ventures.
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Open Innovation
NOVEMBER 18, 2015
Stay tuned for more updates on WOIC 2015. conferences Henry Chesbrough WOIC 2015 World Open Innovation Conference#WOIC2015 — the 2nd World Open Innovation Conference — began today.
Leapfrogging
MARCH 16, 2015
Wharton Technology & Innovation Conference 2015 April 17 – 18 Philadelphia, PA. ASU + GSV Summit 2015 April 6 – 8 Scottsdale, AZ. Open Education Global 2015 April 22 – 24 Banff, Alberta CA It’s true! Drawing aliens may be the secret to creativity and innovation.
Innovation Excellence
DECEMBER 11, 2015
Our previous lists have been tremendously popular and now it's time to open nominations for 2015! Continue reading → Innovation News Social Media 2015 authors bloggers contests Innovation Bloggers internet Lists Thought Leaders Top 40 writers
Innovation Excellence
DECEMBER 31, 2015
Voting is now open in the Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2015 Contest hosted by Innovation Excellence. Continue reading → Innovation News Social Media 2015 authors bloggers contests Innovation Bloggers internet Lists Thought Leaders Top 40 writers
Open Innovation
NOVEMBER 20, 2015
conferences WOIC 2015 World Open Innovation ConferenceToday we kicked off our first full day of #WOIC2015 here in Santa Clara. There were some good paper sessions and great interactions with the industry participants.
Innovation Excellence
NOVEMBER 1, 2015
Drum roll please. At the beginning of each month we will profile the twenty posts from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Innovation Excellence. We also publish a weekly Top 10 as part of our free Innovation Excellence Weekly magazine and email newsletter.
Innovation Excellence
SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
Drum roll please. At the beginning of each month we will profile the twenty posts from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Innovation Excellence. We also publish a weekly Top 10 as part of our free Innovation Excellence Weekly magazine and email newsletter.
Innovation Excellence
OCTOBER 1, 2015
Drum roll please. At the beginning of each month we will profile the twenty posts from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Innovation Excellence. We also publish a weekly Top 10 as part of our free Innovation Excellence Weekly magazine and email newsletter.
Leapfrogging
FEBRUARY 18, 2015
Social Innovation Summit 2015 – June 11-12, Washington, DC How To Think About Turning Your Products Into Services. Eking out profits from products alone isn’t what it used to be. Thanks to the Internet and global distribution, consumers have access to lots of choices. That’s good for them but not so good for the folks selling those goods. Some companies know that products only get you so far, that services are the future-in fact, services already account for 75% of the global economy.
Innovation Excellence
DECEMBER 22, 2015
Just a quick reminder that you've only got three (3) days left to nominate your favorites for the Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2015. Our previous lists have been tremendously popular and now it's time to open nominations for 2015!
Innovation Excellence
OCTOBER 27, 2015
An overwhelming 94 percent of the world’s largest innovators now conduct elements of their R&D programs abroad, according to the 2015 Global Innovation 1000 study, our annual analysis of corporate R&D spending.
Innovation Excellence
DECEMBER 26, 2015
There were several key (and generally welcome) themes that emerged throughout 2015 within corporate innovation.
Open Innovation
AUGUST 6, 2015
AOM 2015 Frank Piller Marcel Bogers open innovationFor a second year at #AOM2015, Marcel Bogers has organized a PDW on “Researching Open Innovation” to help OI researchers discuss and develop their open innovation research. Session #140 will be held Friday from 1:00-3:00 pm in Vancouver Convention Centre East. Room #001 looks like it will hold more than 120 people, which is fortunate given last year’s strong demand. Last year, Marcel was at the U.
Braden Kelley
AUGUST 5, 2015
So what did CEOs say was their priority when they were surveyed by KPMG for their Global CEO … Continue reading → Innovation Leadership Management Strategy Global CEO Outlook 2015 KPMG Surveys
Innovation Leader
JUNE 23, 2015
We surveyed nearly 200 innovation leaders, and the result is Innovation Benchmarking Report 2015, a report that gives focus to data that can help solve innovators’ challenges.
Open Innovation
NOVEMBER 13, 2015
World Open Innovation Conference 2015The #WOIC2015 program has been finalized, with last minute changes in titles and (alas) a few last-minute cancellations. Never having done this before, we (Marcel Bogers, Solomon Darwin and I) now have great sympathy for those that do this every year. Attached is the PDF we will be distributing, and below is an HTML version of the academic program.
Innovation in Practice
JUNE 29, 2015
Nielson released its 2015 BREAKTHROUGH INNOVATION REPORT that features best practices from winning brands – with seven specific case studies from Pepsico, Kraft, MillerCoors, Kellogg’s, Nestle Purina, Atkins and L’Oreal Paris. The report is based on a two year study examining over 3000 products launched in the US. It debunks conventional wisdom that new product success is random.
Gregg Fraley
JANUARY 18, 2015
Now is the time to impact 2015. Death or Kryptonite? From Superman Wiki. I have a vinyl record with one of those strategic skips that has it repeating — it drives me nuts — but I still play the record because I love the song so much.
Innovation Excellence
DECEMBER 1, 2015
Drum roll please. At the beginning of each month we will profile the twenty posts from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Innovation Excellence. We also publish a weekly Top 10 as part of our free Innovation Excellence Weekly magazine and email newsletter.
Innovation Excellence
DECEMBER 19, 2015
In a just released “The State of Innovation Management in 2015” that I have authored and kindly provided by HYPE for free, I believe you will find something of interest that you might have missed during a busy year, that is coming to a close.
Innovation Excellence
JANUARY 4, 2016
2015 was the fourth full year of operations for Innovation Excellence. To celebrate we've pulled together a list of the Top 100 Innovation Articles of 2015. Did your favorite make the cut?
Open Innovation
MAY 25, 2015
Deadlines June 21, 2015 (midnight PDT): extended abstract submission deadline July 15, 2015: notification of accepted papers August 15, 2015: registration deadline for accepted papers November 1, 2015: submission of completed papers November 19-20, 2015: conference in Santa Clara. CFP open innovation World Open Innovation Conference 2015
Norbert Bol
DECEMBER 28, 2015
In addition to the best read blog in 2015 it is worth to mention an upcoming article in the January 2016 edition of the Journal of Cleaner Production.
Innovation in Practice
OCTOBER 12, 2015
The Product Development and Management Association (PDMA), the premier global advocate for product development and management professionals, announced today that it has awarded the 2015 Outstanding Corporate Innovator (OCI) Award to BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX).
BPI Thought Leadership Media Coverage
MAY 26, 2015
TiEcon 2015, the world’s largest gathering of entrepreneurs, will become ground zero for “disruptive entrepreneurship” on& May 15-16& at Silicon Valley’sSanta Clara& Convention Center.
Stephen Shapiro
APRIL 29, 2015
[…] video pitches from YIC 2014 for inspiration. SIE’s Tom McGuire also introduced the finalists to Personality Poker, which quickly had people declaring ‘I’m a diamond guy’ or ‘I’m a total spade’ in an […
Imaginatik
SEPTEMBER 7, 2015
Communities of practice or innovation have been around for some 30 years and we, at Imaginatik, were pioneers in using them. Yes, even before the Internet and social media became essential tools in aiding collaboration.
Imaginatik
AUGUST 13, 2015
How many ideas fluctuate within your organization without enriching your portfolio or becoming business projects? The vast majority of them are never even voiced, why bother when nothing happens right? Engagement programs are a valuable path to change that dynamic.
Imaginatik
SEPTEMBER 11, 2015
“Innovation” is often discussed in terms of the “idea” as the product and the formation of that idea as somehow unique and ineffable …. Light bulb / Eureka! / “I was in the shower when…”.
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