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Why you can’t trust surveys: The Response Bias(es)

Idea to Value

Especially when it comes to asking people what they think or feel about a topic, which so often happens in new product development and innovation. Let us look at a classic example: The United States 2016 election. This trait seems to be especially strong in cultures that value collectivism and prefer to avoid uncertainty.

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Thought Leader and Influencer Interview with Aruna Ravichandran, SVP & Chief Marketing and Customer Officer for Webex, Cisco

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She has authored two pioneering books on DevOps: DevOps for Digital Leaders and The Kitty Hawk Venture , and earned numerous awards including: Top 100 The Most Influential Women in Silicon Valley 2016 by the San Jose Business Journal, and Most Powerful and Influential Woman Award by the National Diversity Council in 2016.

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Why I have a problem with the Global Innovation Index

Idea to Value

INSEAD Business School, along with Cornell University and the World Intellectual Property Organisation have just released their analysis of the world’s most innovative countries for 2016. Top 10 Most Innovative Countries 2016, GII 2016. Innovation Leader, Achievers and Underperformers, GII 2016.

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11 female innovation leaders share their definition of innovation

Idea to Value

In 2016, I wrote the article What is innovation? Agree on an internal definition at your company – solicit input from all over the organization, not just those in product development, IT and the C-Suite. An innovation is an invention converted into scalable value: that value could be financial, social or cultural value.

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Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda Innovation

Gregg Fraley

Time to Plan for 2016 Innovation Now. I get it, innovation, if it’s not part of your culture, is hard to kick start and get going. The top person chooses one or more of the pitched ideas to put into the product development pipeline for introduction. Wishes for having done more, and done more sooner. A Simple Plan.

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The Case for Dual Innovation

Tim Kastelle

As recently outlined, I consider organizational ambidexterity to be a key innovation issue for organizations in 2016 and beyond. Two-thirds of all breakthrough innovators stated that all innovation and product development is controlled and driven by a centralized organization, at least in its initial stages. Source: Accenture.

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Can Crowdsourcing Support Your Operational Excellence Strategy?

Qmarkets

This audience is already delivering results across a huge range of use cases, from disruptive innovation to new product development, so why is it currently being overlooked by leaders looking to augment their operational excellence strategy? All of this process is carried by a strong and powerful tool such as Qmarkets.