Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

By now, everyone in your organization knows how to do lean, agile and six sigma. Develop a process or at least define a consistent set of tools. We do best what we do regularly, so innovators need consistent methods and tools just like anyone in any other business process.

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Innov8rs

MARCH 17, 2024

In response, a solution is to invest in growth initiatives that are developed and incubated externally, as a “Venture NewCo” that operates with startup agility, and then to eventually integrate successful ventures back into the core business. Let’s explore how that works in practice.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 27, 2018

The whole operational process has to reorient away from being internally driven into being externally lead. To re-equip whole organizations is a long transforming journey, the breaking down of siloed thinking to one of being more open-sourced one requires new communicating tools.

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Then, we used another AI tool to answer the questions. What is the difference between design thinking and agile methodologies? What is the difference between design thinking and Lean UX? Innovation managers: Innovation managers use design thinking to drive innovation within the organization.

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 5, 2017

I firmly believe we are on the cusp of a new innovation era. When you step back and recognize all the different advancements we have making in designing tools and frameworks, in understanding innovation, it holds promise. We are seeing much that was seemingly enduring is being challenged, even ripped out and replaced.

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Tim Kastelle

MARCH 7, 2016

From our point of view, all of the issues pinned down at that time have gained significant importance, are being intensively debated and can still be considered cutting-edge for companies to stay ahead in managing innovation. Let’s have a brief look at each of them: Differentiating and integrative innovation concepts.

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Innovation Management Management LEAN Technical Review 100

Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Why and How are Billions in Potential Innovation Left On The Table? Innovation is Fresh Combinations . What’s Needed: Sophisticated Tools to Deliberately Make Fresh Connections Across Domains (see MoshPit ). How much innovation is being left on the table by ignoring cross-domain concept blends? It’s fun.

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InnovationTraining.org

AUGUST 30, 2021

At the core of this success is innovative business models – and the ability to improve existing models while consistently launching new ones. Find practical tools for measuring, managing, and accelerating the process, as well as strategies to reduce risk when launching something new. The Innovator’s Method.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 27, 2024

Employing user-centric design and iterative development processes, businesses can ensure their product innovations resonate with their target audience and stand out in the marketplace. Process Innovation Process innovation focuses on enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of internal operations.

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Gregg Fraley

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Using experiential learning tools like drawing isn’t really new in innovation process. What’s new is the hard proof, and, using tools more deliberately. Sunni Brown , Dave Gray , Dan Roam, and yours truly all use experiential learning tools in innovation projects. The reason? Scaffolding.

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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. New tools for digital technology integration are presented including GFi’s Digital MoshPit. Thursday, November 1 at CRC.

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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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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 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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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 5, 2020

When you are trying to create a repeatable innovation process, you can’t just start anywhere by doing random activities. As such, the first question for you to answer is – how ready is your company to support and nurture innovation? Planning and executing are not the right process for 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? Workload views : Look for a tool that gives you visibility into a work and capacity to determine team member availability.

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Collaboration Software Innovation Management Management 63

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. Innovation team leaders and project managers learn what it takes to keep cycles spinning from year to year. Measurable processes and results, the data for on-going improvement.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 11, 2015

More agile competitors are starting to eat into our business. How can we restart our innovation culture?”. What Drives Innovation? Why Execution and Innovation Need Different Tools, Cultures and Organizations. failure in searching for innovation when there are many unknowns.

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Integrative Innovation

JANUARY 7, 2015

Yesterday, I was quite delighted to see my post Integrating Lean Startup and Design Thinking ranked #11 of the Top 100 Innovation Posts 2014 at Innovation Excellence. However, we tend to build strong “advocate” communities, being inclined to praise “their tool” as the most powerful one.

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Gregg Fraley

MAY 1, 2018

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. It’s about the cultural basics underlying them, and all innovation.

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mjvinnovation

APRIL 11, 2019

The English term inbound open innovation refers to a type of innovation that happens when a company appropriates an innovative idea created by other entities, so that it can be transformed through its own innovation process, in order to generate value for itself. Open innovation benefits.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 1, 2018

The customized session design and associated proprietary tools in Digital MoshPit are only available through GFi. The secret sauce in the design of a MoshPit session is how fresh thinking is scaffolded through the discovery and idea generation process. MoshPit integrates well with other innovation frameworks and methods.

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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 organization doing continuous projects?

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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.

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Moves the Needle

OCTOBER 20, 2022

With an h/t to Tony Ulwick for his outcome-driven innovation process, Jobs-to-be-Done (JTBD) is a disciplined way of establishing customers’ needs in their quest to accomplish something, i.e., a job. Assemble required tools. It should be noted that there is no such thing as a one-size-fits-all “innovation” framework.

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How To Trends Marketing LEAN 40

Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 30, 2019

This one day course consistently receives high marks from innovation executives and training professionals. Innovation Intensive, beyond Design Thinking is comprehensive in its approach and provides compelling methods, insights, tools, and stories from master trainer, Gregg Fraley. Why innovation? Challenge Mapping.

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Integrative Innovation

JANUARY 27, 2016

From my point of view, all of the issues pinned down at that time have gained significant importance, are being intensively debated and can still be considered cutting-edge for companies to stay ahead in managing innovation. Let’s have a brief look at each of them: Differentiating and integrative innovation concepts.

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Underperforming Technical Team Big Data Innovation Technical Review 40

Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

How to get, or provide, a specific mandate for innovation. Getting innovation teams and projects started and accelerated. The pro’s and con’s of deliberate processes and frameworks versus organic innovation. Power tools and techniques for identifying new markets (Design Thinking).

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Idea to Value

JULY 21, 2017

What it is: TRIZ is a problem-solving, analysis and forecasting tool derived from the study of patterns of invention in the global patent literature. At its core, the framework is a collection of strategies and tools for finding inventive solutions to difficult problems. It has no predictive power.

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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.). More and more, Enterprise 2.0/Social

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 2, 2016

There is the shift to more open-sourcing, the profound shifts that technology and digital transformation is having upon all our worlds is allowing a very different “connecting” innovation to come into play. As we learn the value and power of these tools we become more fluid, more flexible and agile but equally more influenced.

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Moves the Needle

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

The fact is, companies must be more agile, understand their customers deeply, and make bold moves in order to survive. At the heart of this transformation mindset is Lean Innovation. And when you think of innovation transformation, there are many pieces that need to come together. But, that’s not all there is to it.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Our defense department and intelligence community owned proprietary advanced tools and technology. We used these tools to keep pace with the Soviet threats and eventually used silicon, semiconductors and stealth to create an offset strategy to leapfrog their military. We and our contractors had the best technology domain experts.

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Technical Review LEAN Innovation Disruption 42

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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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 25, 2016

Innovation & Digital Transformation eventually get joined at the hip. The key to innovation is clear; it is experimentation and this needs flexibility, to adapt, be agile, to test ideas. These call for a different approach to the innovation process. To achieve this you have to go digital.

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Technical Review Innovation Technology Engagement 133

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 25, 2016

Innovation & Digital Transformation eventually get joined at the hip. The key to innovation is clear; it is experimentation and this needs flexibility, to adapt, be agile, to test ideas. These call for a different approach to the innovation process. To achieve this you have to go digital.

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Technical Review Innovation Technology Engagement 120

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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