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. But enough delay, here are the 100 most popular innovation posts of 2015 (each receiving 7,400 - 56,000 page views): Continue reading →

Innovation 40

Innovation Tools Marketing Entrepreneurship 40

The BMI Lab Blog

JUNE 29, 2022

However, very few managers are able to explain their company’s business model ad-hoc, and even fewer can define what a business model actually is in general. Alex Osterwalder defines a business model as “a set of assumptions or hypotheses” and Michael Lewis claims that “all it really meant was how you planned to make money” (Ovans, 2015).

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Radical Innovation Disruption Innovation 52

Mike Shipulski

JANUARY 11, 2016

Improving Product Management in 2016: Strategy vs. Technique. In most sports there are two basic ways to improve — better technique or better strategy. I was recently interviewed by Allan Neil on his new(ish) product management podcast ReadyProductRadio. What is Marketing to Do When Product Management Goes Agile?

Management 40

Management Agile Marketing Strategy 40

Norbert Bol

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

In the December 2015 issue of the Journal of Business Research there is an interesting article about positive marketing. Positive marketing is the ideal form of marketing as it aims to create value for the firm and its customers and society. Norbert Bol. Literature. Gopaldas, A.

Marketing 40

Marketing Innovation Examples Strategy 40

Adam Hartung

DECEMBER 30, 2015

2015 was not short on bad decisions, nor bad outcomes. But there are 5 major leadership themes from 2015 that can help companies be better in 2016: 1 – Cost cutting, restructurings and stock buybacks do not increase company value – Dow/DuPont. There is no intent of introducing new products or entering new markets via this merger.

Leadership 36

Leadership Industry Company Marketing 36

Qmarkets

JANUARY 28, 2020

A recent study by McKinsey & Company found that 84% of executives agreed innovation was important for their growth strategy, but only 6% said they were satisfied with innovation performance. In this article, we’ll explore why innovation management is important for any company looking to remain competitive on the corporate landscape.

Innovation Management 52

Innovation Management Management Open Innovation Innovation 52

BrainZooming

JUNE 18, 2018

” Outgoing Cisco CEO, John Chambers, told the company’s customers that in 2015. These exercises will push a status quo-loving management team to zoom its markets, value delivery, and business model past obsolescence. Start challenging your team’s thinking and strategies to rework your success??before

Exercises 72

Exercises Disruption Strategic Thinking Strategy 72

Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

Once again the power of Prediction Markets was displayed last week, as it correctly predicted 19 out of the 24 winners at the 2015 Oscar awards; an accuracy level of 79%. Prediction Markets are speculative markets that are created with the purpose of making predictions.

Marketing 40

Marketing Policies System Tools 40

Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

Once again the power of Prediction Markets was displayed last week, as it correctly predicted 19 out of the 24 winners at the 2015 Oscar awards; an accuracy level of 79%. Prediction Markets are speculative markets that are created with the purpose of making predictions.

Marketing 40

Marketing Policies System Tools 40

IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

This makes the GSA a mix of procurement office, logistics company, property manager, and auditor across one of the most complex organizations on Earth. And in 2015, that was what the GSA set out to encourage more of. In 2015, the GSA held what was intended to be a one-off event called “The Great Pitch.”

Crowdsourcing 130

Crowdsourcing Technical Review Innovation Resources 130

Planview

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Here is a brief look into this year’s winners: Chevron Nicolas Cooper, Portfolio Strategy Senior Analyst Chevron’s Environmental Management Company (EMC) manages remediation and asset retirement obligations for over 650 sites across the United States.

Agile 59

Agile Technical Review Collaboration Project 59

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.”. Employees who feel their voices are heard are 4.6x

Culture 91

Culture Meeting Engagement Leadership 91

The BMI Lab Blog

JULY 28, 2022

The holistic approach of how a company is implementing a strategy and works its way towards its vision is described by the logic of all dimensions of its business model – the WHO, WHAT, HOW and VALUE. This figure shows how competitive advantage is generated over a market lifecycle.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Competition Innovation Handbook 52

Leapfrogging

JANUARY 25, 2016

But perhaps the greatest innovations in business won’t be what companies decide to sell, but how they’ll go to market in ways that create entirely new business models. Here are four strategies to watch in 2016: Exclusivity – Play Hard to Get, to Get More Customers. What does that mean for marketers?

Artificial Inteligence 100

Artificial Inteligence Competition Culture Marketing 100

Leapfrogging

JANUARY 25, 2016

But perhaps the greatest innovations in business won’t be what companies decide to sell, but how they’ll go to market in ways that create entirely new business models. Here are four strategies to watch in 2016: Exclusivity – Play Hard to Get, to Get More Customers. What does that mean for marketers?

Artificial Inteligence 100

Artificial Inteligence Competition Culture Marketing 100

Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Managing cash, balancing this out with your liabilities and obligations, knowing your market dynamics, and equally, having a good understanding of where the future growth lies, are all essential for managing any healthy business. It seems in GE, all of these have been forgotten or collapsed. Why, how and what happened?

Technical Review 140

Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Industry 140

BrainZooming

MAY 31, 2016

Based on several stories last week extolling the benefits of being “lazy” when it comes to innovation strategy, you would think the LAZY days of summer are here a few weeks early (at least in the northern hemisphere). 4 Examples Where NOT Acting Might Be a Smarter Innovation Strategy. Yet, consider these stories.

Examples 40

Examples Strategy Strategy Strategic Thinking 40

Innov8rs

OCTOBER 21, 2022

At our recent Innov8rs Learning Lab on Innovation Strategy, Leadership, Governance & Portfolio Management, Elisa Farri (Vice President and Co-lead at Capgemini Invent's Management Lab) and Gabriele Rosani (Director of Content and Research at Capgemini Invent's Management Lab) shared insights from their recent research on this topic.

Innovation 52

Innovation Tools Competition LEAN 52

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 18, 2016

I believe we need a new way to manage risk within our innovation activities. It needs to be treated differently from the general ‘risk management’ criteria applied within our business organizations. Risk management isn’t the antithesis of innovation; it’s the essence. To quote the specific parts.

Underperforming Technical Team 124

Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Strategy Strategy 124

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 18, 2016

I believe we need a new way to manage risk within our innovation activities. It needs to be treated differently from the general ‘risk management’ criteria applied within our business organizations. Risk management isn’t the antithesis of innovation; it’s the essence. To quote the specific parts.

Underperforming Technical Team 124

Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Strategy Strategy 124

Open Innovation EU

JANUARY 9, 2019

4 Paths to a Sophisticated Innovation Strategy. Bessant noted that organizations should always find a balance between innovators and innovation managers. 206), we further emphasize that strategy reflects what a company aims to become, while business models describe what a company really is at a given time.

Entrepreneurship 47

Entrepreneurship Design Strategy Strategy 47

Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The existing solutions found in wind and solar solutions jockeying to replace oil, gas, and coal, in our present electricity distribution, as well as our current customer solutions for managing our energy, will only take you so far in our need to change our energy systems. Sharing the best ideas allows for more significant open exchanges.

System 180

System Innovation Collaboration Technology 180

ITONICS

APRIL 4, 2018

New business models are needed to consolidate or expand company’s market position. Having a clear strategy and a purposeful, structured process for implementing new business models and/ or gradually adapting existing ones to new business models will determine the success of digital transformation projects and company’s market position.

Technical Review 47

Technical Review Agile Roadmap Competition 47

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Technology innovation, suggested new business models, outline proposals for changing policies, processes, and market design all are being “sketched out.” Business innovation is turning that knowledge (data) into value for aggregation, trading, and supporting whole communities with managing their energy needs, for example.

Technical Review 145

Technical Review Software Review Report System 145

Ecosystems4Innovating

JULY 19, 2023

Take a read, it is well worth it, its value then, 2015 has only matured in my mind. Rethinking how to undertake this shift from internal reliance and control and letting go to explore is really hard for any CEO used to managing those below him. The fundamental dynamics of value creation have changed.

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Innovation Design Industry 52

Norbert Bol

JUNE 7, 2015

Companies can use sustainability in their process innovation, product or service innovation, market innovation, brand innovation, company innovation and strategic innovation. Learning From Learning Theory A Model of Organizational Adoption Strategies at the Microfoundations of Institutional Theory. Journal of Management , 1446-1476.

Innovation 40

Innovation Social Innovation Trends Learning 40

The Human Factor

MARCH 6, 2021

With the help of customer insights, you’ll be able to improve your strategy. Using the testing stage insights, you can assess the demand, determine your market position, or amend pricing structures. Try a quality management system. The standard system for quality management is called the IS0 9001:2015.

Survey 36

Survey System Training Management 36

Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 1, 2016

Platforms and ecosystems are emerging to manage complex innovation challenges and knowing where and how you can fit into these to extract more is essential but it is learning game for most of us to explore. Adapted from a post on LinkedIn December 27th 2015. Do this with a real conscious effort to leverage on its exciting promise. •

Innovation 100

Innovation Design LEAN Marketing 100

mjvinnovation

JANUARY 22, 2021

.” A phrase by Satya Nadella, former executive president of Microsoft, during an event at the American Chamber of Commerce (Ancham), in 2015, became one of the biggest technology hits of the decade. In the old years of 2015, the phrase left everyone speechless. Stay with us to learn more! Strategic IT- The critical turn.

Software 52

Software Technology Data Project 52

Michael Roberto

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The long-running troubles at The Gap are summarized most eloquently by Ivan Wicksteed, former chief marketing officer at Old Navy (one of the retail chains operated by The Gap Inc.). Banana Republic competed with a differentiated, premium price strategy targeting a very different set of customers than Old Navy.

Strategy 29

Strategy Strategy Competition Marketing 29

Norbert Bol

NOVEMBER 15, 2015

In a recent article (Wicki, 2015) there is an interesting insight of a failed green innovation and the lessons that can be drawn from this example for those who want to seize business opportunities in the green economy. StrategyBlogs (2015). Sustainability is increasingly seen as a driver for innovation. Norbert Bol. Literature.

Learning 40

Learning Innovation Marketing Examples 40

mjvinnovation

JUNE 18, 2021

The 193 UN member states pledged to adopt the so-called Post-2015 Agenda, considered one of the most ambitious in the history of international diplomacy. Ensuring the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation. The Sustainable Development Goals, also known as SDGs, are an initiative of the United Nations.

Meeting 52

Meeting Policies Resources Industry 52

Legacy Innovation Group

APRIL 1, 2019

Sept 27, 2015 | Anthony Mills. He later evolved it into a broader model involving opportunity identification, opportunity analysis, idea generation, idea selection, and concept definition — much of what has today come to be known as Innovation Management. Welcome to the Mid Zone of Innovation.

Innovation 40

Innovation Product Development Ideation Marketing 40

Anaqua

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

By Karen Taylor, General Manager of Asia Pacific at Anaqua. It’s a region where highly developed, sophisticated intellectual property (IP) systems and regulatory frameworks in some markets co-exist with relatively immature IP regimes in neighboring countries. There are three key trends driving this change. #1

Trends 40

Trends Technology Management Marketing 40

Norbert Bol

APRIL 7, 2019

There is at the moment a lack of sufficient financial resources that is directed toward green investments in order to meet the climate goals that were set in 2015 during the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-UNFCCC). However improving Basel III could take some time.

Conference 83

Conference Policies Resources Meeting 83

Thinkers360 - Thought Leader Interviews

AUGUST 18, 2023

Thinkers360: Tell us a bit about your background and areas of expertise JCG: I am French and British; I have been living and working in London in the UK since 1993, and I established Corix Partners over 10 years ago to help C-level executives with their cybersecurity strategy, organization, and governance challenges.

Handbook 52

Handbook Leadership Industry Report 52

Innovation Excellence

JANUARY 3, 2016

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. Did your favorite make the cut? Continue reading →

Innovation 40

Innovation Marketing Change Strategy 40