Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 27, 2018

Digital is demanding so much in new processes that need to be more agile, responsive, reflective of new insights at increased speed and fluid in the design of those undertaking the solution to react. This agility needs the tools of testing, feedback, and adaptation to accelerate the innovation process.

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Tim Kastelle

MARCH 7, 2016

Culture of experimentation (and speed). Recently, experimentation in innovation management is particularly facilitated by intensified use of (rapid) prototyping. Recently, experimentation in innovation management is particularly facilitated by intensified use of (rapid) prototyping.

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Innovation Management Management LEAN Technical Review 100

InnovationTraining.org

AUGUST 30, 2021

Carla Johnson’s June 2021 new release features practical advice on how to tie individual abilities with innovation techniques to drive business outcomes. Sustainable innovation requires following a simple framework and living innovation within organizational culture, but it doesn’t need to be scary.

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Innovation Tips Design Thinking LEAN 97

Leapfrogging

APRIL 25, 2022

We can also see how these approaches were precursors to larger movements in lean startup, design thinking, and agile. The backstories of how great companies, services, and business models achieve success reveal a messiness that’s an inherent part of the innovation process.

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Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 24, 2019

Just kidding, Design Thinking can be a good choice, as can Agile, or Lean, or your own blended system. Using a structured innovation framework is a project success factor. There is also a lot of yakking about culture. Understanding your purpose is the first step to building a culture of innovation.

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 12, 2022

What is the difference between design thinking and agile methodologies? What is the difference between design thinking and Lean UX? Focuses on the user: Design thinking puts the user at the center of the problem-solving process. What is the difference between design thinking and agile methodologies?

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Design Thinking Design Underperforming Technical Team Ideation 74

Gregg Fraley

MAY 1, 2018

Invest in Frameworks, But First, Establish a Culture Where Innovation Thrives. For results, leaders need to foster innovation fundamentals and integrate them into organizational culture. More structure is needed as fundamentals take hold, and that means an innovation process framework. Culture is key.

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 6, 2016

I know the feeling, there has been such a considerable investment that has gone into previous innovation processes to get them established but much of this is actually out of date, it has become today a real ‘legacy’ issue but there is, of course, a real reluctance to challenge it. Well you should!

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Be-novative

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Instead of only rewarding people who shared great ideas, recognize and incentivize the innovation challenge owners who bring people together to identify the opportunity and implement the results?—?this this will drive more disruptive innovation as a cultural change. This is how the original idea will evolve sprint by sprint.

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 6, 2016

I know the feeling, there has been such a considerable investment that has gone into previous innovation processes to get them established but much of this is actually out of date, it has become today a real ‘legacy’ issue but there is, of course, a real reluctance to challenge it. Well you should!

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System Innovation Design Technical Review 113

Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

Nine essential questions CEO’s should be asking about innovation. Are people empowered to innovate? Does your culture support innovation? Are your people trained in innovation process? Do you have the skills, the specific people, you need to innovate? Is your culture supporting innovation?

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Project Training Design Thinking Innovation 74

Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 22, 2018

Poor knowledge of innovation process, approaches and frameworks. How can you innovate if you don’t actually know how it’s done? Maybe that’s one reason why 94% of managers are unsatisfied with innovation performance? Knowledge of frameworks like Lean, Agile, CPS and Design Thinking are essential.

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Training Idea Generation Innovation Creative Thinking 48

Gregg Fraley

OCTOBER 4, 2018

This deep-dive immersive course in innovation could change the direction of your organization – or career. A truly innovative culture? Cost savings by not paying outside consultants to facilitate and manage your innovation process. Innovation Intensive, Beyond Design Thinking. REGISTER NOW. REGISTER NOW.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 11, 2015

I just spent a day working with Bob, the Chief Innovation Officer of a very smart large company I’ll call Acme Widgets. Bob summarized Acme’s impediments to innovation. “At At our company we have a culture that fears failure. More agile competitors are starting to eat into our business. What Drives Innovation?

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Planview

JULY 9, 2019

While most innovation management software makes it possible for teams and organizations to gather and iterate on ideas, the question you must ask is, how do you ensure the best ideas become reality? Look for a robust, user-centric interface that enables everyone to easily submit and evaluate ideas, so the best ones rise to the top.

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Collaboration Software Innovation Management Management 63

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

We fail to constantly review and re-engineer the innovation process and tend to layer more upon it, without a consistent reassessing what we are trying to achieve. The excitement of ‘breaking innovation’ is in the pioneering, experimenting, discovering, sharing and exchanging.

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Commodore Innovation

MAY 13, 2020

Changing approach to innovation, e.g., a greater emphasis on lean/agile and the experimentation-based approach those imply, which will enable faster learning about a dramatically changing landscape. Communicate changes to innovation strategy early AND often. Has the “ right information ” changed?

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Software Review System Innovation Strategy 52

Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 28, 2018

It examines culture assessment, strategy, and on-going project management. It includes an overview of key frameworks ( Design Thinking, Agile, Lean, TRIZ, Synectics, Stage-Gate, CPS ) and their essential tools. Measurable processes and results, the data for on-going improvement.

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Moves the Needle

OCTOBER 20, 2022

A strength could even go back to what the founders’ ethos, the DNA of the company is: what are the values and cultural mentality of the founders that’s still a driving force inside the company. It should be noted that there is no such thing as a one-size-fits-all “innovation” framework. How to define the sandbox. Define the Jobs.

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How To Trends Marketing LEAN 40

ITONICS

MAY 14, 2018

Nevertheless, many market participants still face the enormous challenge of figuring out the blend of all necessary elements and the right mix for a successful innovation process. Even fewer have persistently developed and implemented habits and processes that foster sustainable innovation.

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KindlingApp

AUGUST 19, 2015

This is why the principles found in lean methodology have been so widely accepted and applied; the ability to be agile and adjust are the characteristics of top-tier organizations. This can, at times, conflict with a true innovation process because of the preponderance of unknown factors inherently involved when one innovates.

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Software Review Project LEAN Agile 40

Integrative Innovation

JANUARY 27, 2016

Culture of experimentation (and speed). Recently, experimentation in innovation management is particularly facilitated by intinsified use of (rapid) prototyping. Recently, experimentation in innovation management is particularly facilitated by intinsified use of (rapid) prototyping.

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Underperforming Technical Team Big Data Innovation Technical Review 40

Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 30, 2019

Innovation Intensive, beyond Design Thinking is comprehensive in its approach and provides compelling methods, insights, tools, and stories from master trainer, Gregg Fraley. If you are seeking to enhance innovation culture and jump-start or improve innovation efforts, this is the course to attend. Why innovation?

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Design Thinking Training Ideation Course 9

Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

The Innovation Imperative… growing innovation culture and capacity. If you want an organization to survive, you must innovate. But innovation is more than survival, it’s the heart beat of an organization. Gregg talks specifics about: How to quickly assess your current innovation culture and process.

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Idea to Value

JULY 21, 2017

However, there are more effective ways to innovate, as you will see further down this list. Suggested reading: 14 – Building a Culture of Innovation. The challenging part of this is that culture is a very personal thing, which will vary between companies, industries and regions.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 13, 2016

In fact, Bezos constantly adjusts Amazon’s culture to ensure that the company never slows down and loses its entrepreneurial and nimble approach to finding future business success. The latter requires speed and agility. In many companies being an innovator is not an attractive career path.

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Integrative Innovation

AUGUST 1, 2014

In other words we have found that breakthrough innovations should be identified and implemented in iterative processes. More and more we also see firms opening up their innovation funnel at this stage to allow for external concepts to be pulled into the innovation funnel.

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Technical Review Radical Innovation Innovation Marketing 67

Inceodia

MARCH 2, 2017

Start building your organizational culture around experimentation and iteration. If we build it they will come” was the motto of innovation teams, and the biggest challenge was marketing their solution. Success of these innovation efforts was measured on output – did we get enough units on the market at the right time?

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LEAN Innovation Culture Agile 40

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

I took one look at the process they came up with and could have sworn that it was invented by the company’s competitors to throttle innovation. The new innovation process had lots of paperwork – committees, application forms and presentations, and pitches. There were no requirements for the innovator.

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Company Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Project 65

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Pete Newell and I have spent a lot of time bringing continuous innovation to government organizations. Army’s Rapid Equipping Force on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan finding and deploying technology solutions against agile insurgents. An innovation process embraces and understands the different types of failure and risk.

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Technical Review LEAN Innovation Disruption 42

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 25, 2016

It means changing the organisation itself, including its operations, culture, revenue model, and more”. We need to recognise digital does transform; it means lots (and lots of change) to get innovation repositioned. Innovation & Digital Transformation eventually get joined at the hip. To achieve this you have to go digital.

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Technical Review Innovation Technology Engagement 133

hackerearth

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Leaving innovation to chance is more often a gamble where odds are not always in your favor. Studies show firms that treat innovation as a science and manage and measure it like any other business function are more successful. Takeaway: Choose an innovation process and continuously measure and manage it. Guest innovator.

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Innovation Programs Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Ideation 40

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 25, 2016

It means changing the organisation itself, including its operations, culture, revenue model, and more”. We need to recognise digital does transform; it means lots (and lots of change) to get innovation repositioned. Innovation & Digital Transformation eventually get joined at the hip. To achieve this you have to go digital.

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Technical Review Innovation Technology Engagement 120

Integrative Innovation

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

decision-making), lacking coordination and cultural mismatch. As we have recently pointed out , corporations and startups are required to jointly manage a variety of areas and inherent tensions in the process of transitioning validated ventures into impactful businesses, such as: Organizational scaling of the startup and finding a ’home’.

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Technical Review Collaboration Disruption Engagement 61