PlanBox Innovation

DECEMBER 18, 2023

At Planbox, our extensive journey through the deployment of over 400 enterprise innovation programs has offered us a front-row seat to the transformative power of innovation. This post delves into key learnings that have reshaped how businesses approach innovation, setting the stage for continual growth and adaptability.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 1, 2023

We need systems and processes that are flexible, adaptable, and can enable continuous improvements but are fully connected, transparent, and integrated across the entire business. It focuses on collaboration, interconnectedness, and shared value creation within an innovation ecosystem.

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Idea Drop

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Agile project management involves dividing tasks into short phases of work, or ‘sprints’, with continuous reassessment and adaptation of plans. Stemming from the word agile, meaning to move quickly and easily, it is no surprise that such a methodology goes hand in hand with innovation.

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PlanBox Innovation

JUNE 26, 2020

A proven way to do this is through the agile process. First created in the software industry around 20 years ago, the agile methodology is widely seen as the innovation engine that drives Silicon Valley’s success, and it has now been adopted by many companies beyond the tech sector. Be Bold and Experiment.

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Ecosystems4Innovating

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

I do believe the principles of design thinking, agile development, ecosystem thinking and design coupled with AI integration offer a radically exciting innovation ecosystem approach. You need to consider the following elements to make an ecosystem innovation stand out. AI can help design experiments and analyze results.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Other cognitive abilities, such as critical thinking, creativity, problem-solving skills, and the ability to connect disparate ideas, also play significant roles in the innovative process. Furthermore, innovation is influenced by various external factors, including social, cultural, economic, and technological contexts.

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Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

After all, most (probably 90%) of all innovation projects undertaken in large corporations are reactive projects trying to respond to a market threat or competitive move. So, how do you build a lasting innovation competency in any business, of any size? First, make innovation important to the CEO and the executive team.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2024

However, with the advent of artificial intelligence in innovation management , these stages and gates are being reimagined. AI technologies offer unprecedented capabilities in data analysis, pattern recognition, and predictive modeling, which can significantly enhance the efficacy of the Stages and Gates process.

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Ecosystems4Innovating

JANUARY 10, 2024

Benchmarking: Facilitate benchmarking activities to enable organizations within the ecosystem to learn from each other and improve collectively. Agile Decision-Making: Foster an agile decision-making process that allows for rapid adjustments based on feedback from various ecosystem stakeholders. at all participant levels.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2024

AI technologies are enabling a more data-driven approach to innovation management, enhancing the ability to predict trends, understand consumer behavior, and generate creative ideas at scale. By integrating AI into the innovation process, companies can uncover valuable insights, streamline workflows, and make more informed decisions.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 27, 2024

For companies, embracing incremental innovation means fostering a culture of continuous improvement where even the smallest changes are valued for their cumulative impact over time. Process Innovation Process innovation focuses on enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of internal operations.

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mjvinnovation

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Companies of all sizes, operating in the most diverse segments, strive to promote creativity, consequently innovating consciously. What all recognized innovation leaders have in common is that, at some point, they have transformed their culture. How do you transform something as integrated as a business culture?

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 4, 2024

Adapting to the use of AI not only enhances creativity and productivity but also leads to more informed decision-making and ultimately, better outcomes in new product development, service innovation, and business strategy. This capability allows teams to anticipate and address potential issues early in the design process.

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Phil McKinney

AUGUST 17, 2023

There are several underlying actors that contribute to the creation of innovation blind spots. One of these is organizational culture. If an organization values tradition over innovation, or if it encourages conformity and discourages taking risks, it's likely that innovation blind spots will develop.

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Innov8rs

MARCH 17, 2024

These structures, while effective for the incremental growth of billion-dollar core businesses, often kill potentially disruptive innovations at their inception, as Pilot 44’s Andrew Backs suggested during a recent Innov8rs Learning Labs session. Let’s explore how that works in practice.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Innovation “fights” to attract resources, gain management attention or understand its difficulties in the time it takes, its potential risks and its need for a more ambitious and bold commitment of support. We are shifting critical capabilities that are growing the agility to trial, pilot and learn quickly as information flows in.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 19, 2023

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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The BMI Lab Blog

JUNE 25, 2020

Building innovation teams is an intensive mission and a cultural change too. Usually, these leaders do not know how to communicate about the project’s mission, who could be relevant within the company to start the innovation process and in what role. Challenge #3: Integrating innovation into existing processes.

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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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InnovationTraining.org

AUGUST 30, 2021

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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Innov8rs

MARCH 17, 2024

This (economic) reality has highlighted the limitations of existing innovation systems, underscoring the necessity for a more efficient and effective approach to innovation management, as Frank Mattes and Dennis Boeckler suggested during a recent Innov8rs Learning Lab session.

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Cris Beswick

DECEMBER 21, 2022

For more than a decade now, the fundamental challenge around driving real growth and value from innovation is tied to many companies low focus on organisational design and culture. Moreover, those HR departments promote skills such as learning, performance, communication and inclusion, all critical parameters for innovation.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 26, 2017

We can simply go on and on in the many ways we have evolved our problem-solving techniques or methodologies, as those help the innovation and discovery process; incremental, piecemeal and experimental. We have never ‘cracked’ the full innovation management system. A new cycle of innovation.

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Open innovation is our passion; as founders ourselves, we love to collaborate with leading technology developers and startups to access their expertise, solutions, and innovations. These collaborative partnerships allow us to facilitate deploying solutions to accelerate digital transformation in agile ways.

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PlanBox Innovation

MAY 10, 2022

Building an innovation management system, on the other hand, helps drive the thinking for the right process to develop as well as the many other critical considerations that normally come into play, such as focusing on the right problems to solve, identifying the grand challenges the company should focus on, and building an innovation ecosystem.

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IdeaScale

JUNE 26, 2018

What are the stages of innovation? Like so many of our answers, the stages of innovation vary customer to customer. Do you have a process in place? What’s your advice on building an innovation culture? Failures also represent lessons learned and an investment in your employees. Refinement.

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 12, 2022

What is the design thinking process? What are the key steps of the design thinking process? How can I learn design thinking? What is the difference between design thinking and agile methodologies? Focuses on the user: Design thinking puts the user at the center of the problem-solving process.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 8, 2022

I have always been a fan of the book “ The Medici Effect; breakthrough insights at the intersections of ideas, concepts and culture ” by Frans Johansson. What I did find was that much as “Innovation Ecosystems” was certainly a rich data set, the “Business Ecosystems” one was much richer.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 6, 2018

We also know today that innovation management itself must become “fluid” in design, in adaptation so the right approach is to be constantly ‘adaptive’ and put together what is needed to tackle the challenge that needs resolution. Where is innovation within this? We need to design our systems to be highly agile.

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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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IM Insights

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Innovators often need to pivot, adapt, and experiment to find the right solutions. However, management may be more accustomed to traditional, linear approaches, leading to conflicts in expectations about the innovation process. Creating a culture that accepts pivots and experimentation is crucial for fostering innovation.

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Values Centered Innovation

JANUARY 27, 2020

2 nd sign: The rise of inclusive engagement: that every person can be innovative. 3 rd sign: The emergence of emotional intelligence and good character values to balance the historical bias towards the mental side of innovation. 2 nd sign: The rise of inclusive engagement: that every person can be innovative.

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Tim Kastelle

MARCH 7, 2016

Culture of experimentation (and speed). In the first place, experimentation is about testing assumptions and hypotheses by means of a scientific learning approach. Recently, experimentation in innovation management is particularly facilitated by intensified use of (rapid) prototyping.

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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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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 21, 2017

We often can’t seem to break down the rigidity win the organization’s system, to allow innovation to speed up, connect and deliver on its promise. Organizations continue to struggle with obtaining that higher level of agility and flexibility required for innovation speed of response and delivery.

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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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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? Join us at Catalyst Ranch, a truly fun place to learn! Innovation Intensive will help you improve the effectiveness of innovation projects. Do you seek sustained growth?

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