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New Innovation Books for 2021 & Beyond

InnovationTraining.org

Innovate to grow with these innovation book recommendations. Does your organization have a comprehensive innovation strategy or plan for the year? Are you interested in learning more about how to develop an innovative mindset and gain practical skills on developing creative new ideas for implementation?

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Pirates in the Navy Book Excerpt

InnovationTraining.org

This InnovationTraining.org guest article from Tendayi Viki is a selection from his latest book, Pirates In The Navy. On Understanding Your Company Before You Start Innovating. A lot of innovators that I have met are impatient people. By the time we start working together, they are already fed up with their company.

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How Being Agile Can Help Your Company Win In The Post-Covid Economy

PlanBox Innovation

As yet, we can only surmise how quickly customers will book air travel again or how soon they will return to places like shopping malls. A proven way to do this is through the agile process. Deployed as part of a company-wide commitment to innovation, an agile approach can be transformative. Bring in Collaborators.

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Building the innovation stack

Paul Hobcraft

Combining these “building blocks” modularly in innovation stacks creates a unique design that adapts to your specific needs and goals. Today, innovation processes are partly designed this way but are more rigid and hold knowledge often as “islands” within a possible solution.

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Rule Breaking Series #3: Pilot Test Your Innovations

Flying Fish Lab

But that’s not the path the innovation process should take. It makes sense to pilot test your innovations before making that final commitment or laying down that final chapter. In developing or innovating a new product or service, we take inspiration from Marvel Comics , one of the greatest storytellers of all time.

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Rule Breaking Series #3: Pilot Test Your Innovations

Flying Fish Lab

But that’s not the path the innovation process should take. It makes sense to pilot test your innovations before making that final commitment or laying down that final chapter. In developing or innovating a new product or service, we take inspiration from Marvel Comics , one of the greatest storytellers of all time.

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5 Innovation Lessons from the Backstory of OpenTable.com

Leapfrogging

The first business plan focused on creating a platform for a whole series of “Easy” online booking portals, like EasyCuts for hairstylist appointments and EasyPutts for golf reservations. We can also see how these approaches were precursors to larger movements in lean startup, design thinking, and agile. Balance Vision with Reality.