Innovation Excellence

DECEMBER 26, 2015

There were several key (and generally welcome) themes that emerged throughout 2015 within corporate innovation. It is truly an exciting time to be in this field and to see these changes form across the industry.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

I wrote this recently in a post entitled “ Bringing New Innovation is Stretching the Mind “ It opened with this view: “There is a profound shift taking place, relating to innovation. Each of these is a link to the post itself: Bringing New Innovation Together Is Stretching the Mind, Posted on October 25, 2016.

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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. Continue reading →

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Idea to Value

JANUARY 4, 2022

We had a target to hit, and I was responsible for producing the reporting for the rest of the leadership team (of which he was one), but as time went on it became clearer and clearer that it would be impossible to hit the target, which would have an impact on the overall team budget. In essence, ignore problems instead of acknowledging them.

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Leapfrogging

MAY 28, 2015

Why Women are the Future of Business Innovation. 2015 has so far been monumental for women. This isn’t just unjust, it threatens the future of business innovation, the economy, and global competitiveness. WomEngineering – Women matter in Operations – June 18 & 19, 2015 Chateau de Mery (Paris) France.

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IdeaScale

MAY 30, 2018

We continue to see more and more Chief Innovation Officers at the enterprise level. 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. But what does a Chief Innovation Officer do? Fosters Innovation Skill Building.

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Imaginatik

JANUARY 10, 2019

Planbox, the pioneering provider of AI-Powered Agile Innovation Management software, and Imaginatik, the #1 ranked leader in Corporate Innovation Management according to Forrester Research, will join forces to seize on the innovation boom. Imaginatik has an incredibly talented team and product with a lot of potential.

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Idea to Value

MAY 13, 2016

Is it possible for government agencies to innovate? In the video above, Haley Van Dyck outlines how her teams at the United States Digital Service used the skills and techniques of Silicon Valley to effect real change in departments which were in dire need of innovation. Do you like insights into innovation like this?

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Innovation 360 Group

DECEMBER 29, 2015

The best year in mankind We believe in good, we believe things can be fixed, and we believe it need to be done with new methods and leadership than before. Taura, building up a pan-African institute to support innovation and entrepreneurship in line with our common mission to solve the grand challenges of humanity. Read more here.

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Idea to Value

APRIL 28, 2016

Dyson is often held up as an example of an innovation leader, especially when representing Great Britain. Dyson’s view of innovation suggests yes. According to a breakdown of their financials for 2015 in the Guardian , the company spends around £3m a week on Research and Development. Why the premium?

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Idea to Value

MARCH 6, 2020

I was self-censoring myself, but in doing that I had inadvertently also shown a bias against this person as I didn’t know about the quality of her insights on innovation. Female executives are stereotyped as less innovative than their male counterparts when evaluated by their supervisors. Judge the idea based on its own merit.

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Thinkers360 - Thought Leader Interviews

AUGUST 18, 2023

As the driving force behind Corix Partners, Jean-Christophe has demonstrated visionary leadership, shaping the company into a reputable entity known for its innovative solutions and strategic insights. Real thought leadership, in my view, lives in the solution space.

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Adam Hartung

DECEMBER 13, 2015

But in a series of fast actions during 2015, DuPont as it has been known is going away. And it is too bad the leadership wasn’t in place to save it. Now there will be a short-term bump to investors, but long-term cost cutting will decimate a once great innovation leader. But this victory was quite short-lived.

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Innov8rs

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Innovation is evolving, and so is the role of the Chief Innovation Officer. A few decades ago, innovation was just a matter of inventing new products. To stay competitive, the entire organization needs to become more innovative and innovation can’t be delegated and/or relegated to the Chief Innovation Officer (CINO) alone.

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Innovation Excellence

DECEMBER 1, 2015

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. Drum roll please. Did your favorite make the cut? Continue reading →

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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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Jeffrey Phillips

OCTOBER 20, 2015

I rise today to praise Innovation Leader and Innosight on their publication of the 2015 Innovation Benchmarking Report. Even corporations with long time commitments to innovation find it difficult to sustain an innovation team or capability. The reporting is fantastic.

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Innovation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

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. Drum roll please. Did your favorite make the cut? Continue reading →

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Innovation Excellence

JANUARY 3, 2016

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. Drum roll please. Did your favorite make the cut? Continue reading →

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Innovation Excellence

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

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. Drum roll please. Did your favorite make the cut? Continue reading →

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Idea to Value

JULY 14, 2016

The innovation book Robert’s Rules of Innovation: A 10-Step Program for Corporate Survival presents 10 Key Imperatives your business must take to achieve profitable business growth through innovation in today’s “innovate or die” business world. Millennials, whom we define as those ages 18-34 in 2015, now number 75.4

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Innovation Excellence

OCTOBER 1, 2015

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. Drum roll please. Did your favorite make the cut? Continue reading →

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 1, 2016

Are we entering 2016 with an innovating mind-set? As we look to enter into 2016 what is top of mind for innovation to take hold and become the real core within our business organizations? Moving innovation from just being symbolic to essential. Moving innovation from just being symbolic to essential.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 18, 2018

” Outgoing Cisco CEO, John Chambers, told the company’s customers that in 2015. Three years hence, is your leadership team challenging itself to think, plan, and innovate strategically to land on the right side of future success? Mike is a frequent speaker on innovation, strategic thinking, and social media.

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Norbert Bol

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

In the recent blog Innovation through collaboration some important conditions were presented how people with different expertise can work together to develop innovative ideas, such as being open to innovative work, respecting others and willing to learn. Strategy & Leadership , 43 (5), 24-31. Norbert Bol.

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Explore examples of how design thinking and human-centered design has led to innovation in healthcare. Healthcare is one industry among many that can benefit from innovative thinking and human-centered design principles. Using Design to Create Better Healthcare Spaces. The Next Generation Heart Monitor. Image Courtesy of IDEO.

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Innovation Excellence

MARCH 1, 2017

Here are notes from the Back End of Innovation conference, 2015, in San Jose. These tips come from a workshop led by Tamara Carleton, Innovation Leadership Board, LLC. This session focuses on strategic foresight, which is the ability to build the future we envision.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

We need to move from coal, gas, and coal and switch to wind, solar, hydro, or hydrogen is a massive undertaken, driven by science ‘informing’ us of this urgent need and by innovation to get us there. We lack leadership here. We need inspirational leadership.

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Qmarkets

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Taking place on the 8th of November at the cutting edge Lufthansa Seeheim facility near Frankfurt, the Lufthansa Business Innovation Forum 2016 brought together over 80 senior representatives to recognize and promote innovative activity within Lufthansa Group.

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Idea to Value

AUGUST 10, 2021

It can also lead to innovation efforts that are focussed on solving one issue inadvertently causing many more issues as a result. In 2015, Google used machine learning to let Google Photos tag faces of friends in uploaded photos. That way it could not die. However, other examples are not so harmless.

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Idea to Value

AUGUST 24, 2016

As discussed in the new innovation book Robert’s Rules of Innovation II: The Art of Implementation , one of the biggest reasons why the actual implementation of innovation can become such a formidable if not insurmountable process is because of people-related issues. 2] After tabulating the recently released U.S.

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Wazoku

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

What is coaching, if not an enabler to innovation? In a January 2015 post on Artificial Intelligence he references “what futurist Ray Kurzweil calls human history’s Law of Accelerating Returns”. By definition, innovation is a new outcome that we have not experienced before.

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Innovation 360 Group

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

He is regarded as an innovative strategist, a creative problem-solver and a thought leader on ethical innovation.He has many years of experience as an innovation practitioner and executive-level advisor. He sees innovation as a means for companies to transform their business models to meet the highest ethical standards.

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Innovation 360 Group

AUGUST 1, 2018

He is regarded as an innovative strategist, a creative problem-solver and a thought leader on ethical innovation.He has many years of experience as an innovation practitioner and executive-level advisor. He sees innovation as a means for companies to transform their business models to meet the highest ethical standards.

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Values Centered Innovation

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Such is the story of innovation today… and tomorrow. Innovation is a top-3 strategic priority for executives worldwide, with the power to change our lives for the better – or not. So, how do we effectively coordinate and focus our innovative efforts towards positive benefits for all stakeholders? The times they are a-changin'.

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The Inovo Group

OCTOBER 16, 2019

A successful, Fortune 50, corporate innovation group has been continuously creating strategic innovations for almost two decades – through numerous leadership and organizational changes. It can reveal what it takes for an innovation system to be persistent. Persistent innovation is the antidote. Highlights.

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eZassi

APRIL 3, 2017

New Chief Innovation Officer Signals Bright Future for Ezassi. Ezassi, a leader in open innovation and idea management software, is excited to announce that Denise Fletcher will be joining the company in the newly created role of Chief Innovation Officer.

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