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The Failure of Innovation Training

Innov8rs

I am a strong believer and advocate of agile, design thinking, and lean startup. Aside from my personal experience, I have now worked with over 82 companies (not counting workshop attendees) including 63 multinationals, 42 accelerators, 14 government agencies, and 14 non-profits in over 65 locations.

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Using Lean Innovation in the Product Development and Commercialization Process

Moves the Needle

Lean Innovation doesn’t begin and end with product development. The journey, by and large, is slow, linear, does not allow for change, and is governed by scheduling resources, versus based upon customer need or value creation. The most mature organizations deploy integrated lean innovation practices across the product lifecycle.

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Serious About Your Social Mission? Innovate It.

Leapfrogging

A “lean” approach amplifies both profits and purpose. The obvious place to turn is innovation approaches such as design thinking , rapid prototyping , and open innovation. Thus, if you hope to move the needle appreciably, you’ll need to design and validate an engine that will accelerate growth over time.

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New innovation approaches to counter the fear of Business Contagion

Paul Hobcraft

These interlocking conditions are prompting this potential shift in our approaches to undertaking business, how we engage with government and institutions, our place in society and where we as individuals can adjust and thrive in a different environment we will be facing. .” I focused briefly on the four interlocking conditions.

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The Rise of Product Management

Moves the Needle

It’s interesting to reflect that in 1997, the Agile Manifesto had not yet been published. Also, while human-centered design certainly existed, the practices of “design thinking” reaching tech companies to any real degree was still a decade away. I had never heard of Agile. We were Waterfall. It’s merely released.

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Key Issues in Innovation Management – Revisited – Part 1

Tim Kastelle

It requires a more deliberated approach, such as the lean startup process, design thinking or a combination thereof. Tip: Tim Kastelle has posted a worthwhile series on how to implement lean startup for innovation initiatives. A well-suited way to govern this approach is to manage a portfolio of initiatives.

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How To Build An Innovation Capability That Lasts

Innov8rs

It goes without saying that innovation beyond incremental innovation requires new and different approaches, concepts, tools, and ways of thinking. Efficiency Optimization Organizations have eliminated risk and variance in their operations through rightsizing, outsourcing, lean, and agile.

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