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. Nothing wrong with desiring an innovation friendly culture, although talking about it isn’t going to make it happen. Can I blend frameworks?

Project 70

Project Idea Generation Innovation Design Thinking 70

Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

By now, everyone in your organization knows how to do lean, agile and six sigma. Innovation is challenging and complex, moving from a very nebulous world of trends and needs and emerging capabilities to a very definitive set of features and requirements. Develop a process or at least define a consistent set of tools.

Innovation 157

Innovation Culture Training Project 157

Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Fresh combinations of technologies, processes, materials, people, trends, concepts, and other factors are what creates innovation. From the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup (chocolate plus peanut butter) to the iPod (MP3 player combined with a buying system, iTunes) nearly any innovation combines existing things or concepts.

Ideation 52

Ideation Innovation Processes Trends Exercises 52

Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 22, 2018

Why then is corporate America so woefully undertrained in innovation fundamentals? Energy is Not Enough, Get Training in Innovation . When I step into a room to facilitate a strategy, innovation, or idea generation session I usually find a great deal of energy. Almost always. People really want to do good work.

Training 48

Training Idea Generation Innovation Creative Thinking 48

Gregg Fraley

OCTOBER 4, 2018

If you don’t know the newer more advanced tools, and some neglected old technologies, including Agile, Lean, TRIZ, Synectics, Stage-Gate, Theory of Constraints, and CPS, you’re missing opportunities. Brainstorming done effectively, more ideas, better ideas, and powerful tools for amping and refining ideas. REGISTER NOW.

Course 53

Course Training Brainstorming Design Thinking 53

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. Test AI systems simulate user interactions for immediate feedback.

Design Thinking 100

Design Thinking Artificial Inteligence Tools Design 100

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 7, 2015

I get the distinct impression the focus of most innovation consultants is still locked into product innovation or improving the process of the pipeline / portfolio, the idea generation and project execution model. Can innovation consulting firms step up to the plate and deliver differently?

Innovation 100

Innovation Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Processes 100

Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 28, 2018

It includes an overview of key frameworks ( Design Thinking, Agile, Lean, TRIZ, Synectics, Stage-Gate, CPS ) and their essential tools. In addition, it covers management mandates, project cycles, resourcing, idea management systems, idea generation, concept development, prototyping, and pitch presentations.

Course 26

Course Training Idea Generation Brainstorming 26

Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 1, 2018

It’s designed to uncover unlikely, but useful, combinations of technologies, products, services, trends, and insights that lead to breakthrough innovation. GFi is now offering a new version of MoshPit to discover ideas that exploit new digital technologies. MoshPit integrates well with other innovation frameworks and methods.

Technology 50

Technology Internet of things Ideation Artificial Inteligence 50

Innovation 360 Group

MAY 18, 2020

H1 initiatives tend to be larger in scale, and can be pushed through a rigid stage-gate process. H2 and H3 on the other hand, often require a more agile, explorative and iterative process with different returns, different capabilities and different people on the projects. Refining and reframing the ideas will make them sharper.

Product Development 52

Product Development How To Ideation Project 52

Idea Drop

OCTOBER 5, 2017

With innovation comes disruptive change and innovators will inevitably face a myriad of dismissals in pursuit of an ideation strategy. Often caused by a disconnect between the idea generators and decision makers, innovation can never truly thrive unless every person within a law firm is onboarded.

Innovation 59

Innovation Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Strategy 59

Gregg Fraley

MAY 1, 2018

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. This series of posts on innovation fundamentals is not about frameworks.

Innovation 70

Innovation Culture Creative Thinking Design Thinking 70

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.

Company 57

Company Technical Review Software Review Innovation 57

Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Improvements – Quick Innovation Wins One of the most common ways for companies to gather improvements is through the concept of ‘ continuous improvement ’ – a systematic process of optimizing business processes and activities. Ultimately, the best way to do this is by digitalizing your innovation process.

Strategy 52

Strategy Strategy Crowdsourcing Trends 52

Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Improvements – Quick Innovation Wins One of the most common ways for companies to gather improvements is through the concept of ‘ continuous improvement ’ – a systematic process of optimizing business processes and activities. Ultimately, the best way to do this is by digitalizing your innovation process.

Strategy 52

Strategy Strategy Crowdsourcing Trends 52

Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 30, 2019

It also addresses the basics of why innovation is so important to an organization’s survival and growth. Gregg instructs ways to blend frameworks and use the best tools within frameworks such as Lean, Agile, CPS, or Design Thinking. Approaches to the new challenges of Digital Technology Innovation are discussed.

Design Thinking 9

Design Thinking Training Ideation Course 9

Qmarkets

AUGUST 23, 2023

I want to dive into incremental innovation with you to unpack how and why it should be front of mind for your innovation program. We’ll explore examples, discover the key benefits of this type of innovation, and identify the best way of developing your own incremental innovation process. Let’s get started.

Examples 98

Examples Innovation Disruption Innovation Programs 98

Integrative Innovation

AUGUST 1, 2014

The success of innovations should be measured by paying customers who re-finance direct investments made into the realization of these innovations as well as investments into the foundation that enabled them (research, systems / tools, manufacturing processes and equipment, etc.).

Technical Review 67

Technical Review Radical Innovation Innovation Marketing 67