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5 Ways to Fail at Innovation

Imaginatik

Most innovators are optimists. There’s no such thing as a bad idea – only an unfinished one. Yet, within corporations, innovation programs are fragile things. Large portions of the organization view the innovation team as a foreign entity. Bungle team composition. Move straight to “solution” mode.

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Why Are We Making Innovation So Complex?

Paul Hobcraft

Can you imagine having the same number of people involved in innovation growth as we have that manage the finances of a business? In most companies, we have small, dedicated innovation teams of five to 10 people trying to take on this Herculean task of growing a business through innovation. Dedicated Innovation Team.

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Invest in Innovation Skill Building

Gregg Fraley

I thought by this year in history (2016) everyone in the business world would have a clue as to how to do ideation (aka brainstorming) properly. I don’t understand why more companies don’t invest in building innovation capacity. Wide open questions will get you thousands of ideas — mostly bad ideas.

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Key Innovation Issues for 2016 and Beyond

Integrative Innovation

In the course of this first month of 2016, I was asked a couple of times what my prospects are for the year ahead when it comes to key innovtion issues. Hence, I gave it some thought, starting by revisting an earlier reflection: Beginning of 2013, Tim Kastelle and I identified four key issues in innovation management for the time to come.

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Key Issues in Innovation Management – Revisited – Part 2

Tim Kastelle

Research confirms: development of exploration in parallel to exploitation capabilities proves to be mandatory for established companies in order to compete successfully and sustainably. One way for established organizations to strengthen exploration is by developing internal capabilities in order to overcome their inherent inertia.

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Innovation 101: A Municipality’s Guide to Working with the Startup Community

CREATORS

Image from [link] 7 Steps to a Successful Collaboration In 2016, the City of San Francisco welcomed the startup community with open arms as it searched for answers to one of its most pressing civic challenges. The city’s challenge was simple, they needed to develop a platform that would simplify the process to become a foster parent.

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The Innovation Mosaic: Building Bridges Between the Many Perspectives on Innovation

Legacy Innovation Group

The Innovation Mosaic: Building Bridges Between the Many Perspectives on Innovation. Jun 05, 2016 | Anthony Mills. I have been a student of innovation for more years now than I care to count. Thus new forms of market research are constantly being tried out, including many new forms of technology–enabled research.