Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

There are a few things I'd like to comment on about this announcement, but what is really interesting (at least from an innovator's point of view) is that we get to have a live experiment about the innovation capabilities and capacities of three sister businesses, all entering the market at the same time.

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Idea to Value

DECEMBER 13, 2022

2023 could turn out to be one of the hardest for innovation and leadership teams in decades… … or, with the right focused effort, it could be one of the best. Innovation projects often fail because innovation teams, management, leadership and operations are not aligned on what success actually looks like.

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etventure

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Friedrich Arnold, Senior Project Manager at etventure, explains how manufacturers can embrace the Lean Startup methodology as the centerpiece of their Digital Transformation. Proudly, the Head of Production explained to me: “We use Lean Production – meaning we eliminate waste from our manufacturing process.” The Proud Leader.

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Jeffrey Phillips

DECEMBER 3, 2019

These words include adjectives such as "lean", "agile" and "rapid", to make the point that innovation should be stripped to its bare components, move as fast as possible and create minimum viable solutions. No amount of lean tools or agile methodology will change that. When can you move fast?

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Moves the Needle

APRIL 8, 2021

Marketing tends to have their own way of talking about innovation. Is it expansion of market share? But leadership should be agnostic about how they achieve the desired outcomes. But leadership should be agnostic about how they achieve the desired outcomes. Is growth needed in order to hit revenue targets?

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Qmarkets

MARCH 27, 2024

It’s the secret sauce that has transformed startups into tech giants and turned traditional businesses into market leaders. Innovation isn’t just about the next big idea; it’s a multifaceted strategy that businesses employ to navigate through the twists and turns of today’s dynamic markets.

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Planview

JULY 15, 2022

However, our discussion with Dr. Cooper mainly focuses on three of those six practices: Effective Portfolio Management Lean Development Agile Stage-Gate. Addressing Agile-Stage-Gate PPM Implementation Challenges Resource Allocation, Capacity, Planning Best Practices. Addressing Agile-Stage-Gate PPM Implementation Challenges.

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Idea to Value

JULY 21, 2017

However, in every case, it is beneficial for a company to look inwards and see whether their people, processes and leadership are acting more as innovation enablers, or bottlenecks. When should it be used: Any organisation that wants to enable their staff who have an idea to “try it out” or do an initial market experiment.

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Wazoku

JULY 29, 2019

But not all businesses are run in this way and leadership comes in many different forms. Let’s explore the nature of modern leadership in business, look at how extending crowdsourcing beyond the executive teams impacts a business and how this all ties into building and fostering a culture of innovation. The nature of modern leadership.

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IM Insights

OCTOBER 24, 2023

According to him, innovation involves the introduction of genuinely new ideas or solutions to the world, with a keen focus on how these innovations are received within the market. For him, innovation is about introducing something new and meaningful to the world, with a focus on both the idea itself and its reception in the market.

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mjvinnovation

JUNE 29, 2021

It’s a management format that draws from the same source as Lean and Agile. refers to the third generation of project management models, considered more suited to current business requirements in the context of Digital Transformation – toting more agile, lean, and modern management values. Develop skillsets.

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Jeffrey Phillips

APRIL 13, 2016

It's the natural order of economics that when an opportunity is available, everything rushes in to fill the vacuum, and as the market becomes crowded various offerings must differentiate themselves from the others to demonstrate value. Lean is about stripping away unnecessary assets to focus on doing the most with the least.

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Innov8rs

JANUARY 16, 2023

From climate change to food shortages, from pandemics to lack of trust in our leadership and institutions, there's a lot keeping us up on our way to 2023. What needs to change (and what doesn’t) when it comes to bringing new products, services, and business models to market in 2023? Strategic Agility.

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Moves the Needle

MARCH 4, 2021

These departments market, sell, distribute, and support the product. Numerous resources exist to explore working this way, including those that teach agile, design thinking, and lean innovation practices. New Leadership. Leaders can use agile practices to balance the work. They must walk the talk. New Structure.

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InnovationTraining.org

AUGUST 30, 2021

.” This guide takes readers through the process of bringing new solutions from the drawing board to the market itself by acknowledging that innovation is a team sport that requires everyone to play with skill, inspiration, and team spirit. The Leadership Innovation Manifesto. The Lean Startup. Find it here. Find it here.

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Rmukesh Gupta

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

One of the key skills that organisations need to learn in a VUCA world is organisational agility. The only way that an organisation can build agility is when the flow of information is quick and as far as possible, unfiltered and bi-directional. As a leader, what is your leaning towards? What is your preference?

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Moves the Needle

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Download this case study to save for your records or to show to your leadership team here: Download Case Study. An innovation sprint is a 3-5 day intensive, experiential engagement that focuses on teaching participants Lean Innovation methodologies while making impact on real business issues. And that’s where this story begins.

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Planview

JUNE 3, 2022

Experimentation is intentional, informed, and controlled – it’s taking calculated risks to test a hypothesis, and is encouraged in an Agile environment. In the Lean/Agile world, we often talk about the cost of delay: a way of communicating the impact of time on the outcomes we hope to achieve. Strategic drift is not malicious.

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ImagineNation

MARCH 10, 2021

In last month’s blog , we reinforced and validated the importance and role of collaboration, and described the range of emerging new, inspirational, and adaptive models that lean into complexity and catalyse and embed sustainable innovative workplace culture change.

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Moves the Needle

APRIL 21, 2021

They may be design thinkers, agile developers, or people who have worked in startups before. Some people call it agile. Some, design thinking, human centered design, or lean startup. Marketing and sales folk perhaps struggle to achieve their growth targets. Here are 5 jobs to get you on the path. . See who shows up!

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Tim Kastelle

MARCH 7, 2016

As can be seen from the figure below, co-creation platforms feature some special characteristics that have a major impact on shaping new market environments: Created solutions are integrated and often cross-industry. Leadership through vision and influence, rather than command and control, is required.

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Innov8rs

JANUARY 16, 2023

As part of our recent The Innovator’s Handbook 2023 launch event, we discussed this (and more) with Frank Mattes (CEO at Lean Scaleup), Sean Sheppard (Managing Partner at U+), and Susana Jurado (Head of Wayra Builder at Telefónica). Why can it be so hard for corporates to launch substantial new businesses? Business Building: Pros and Cons.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

The view offered in this article suggests four pillars to be put into place: 1) A Committed and Engaged Leadership, 2) A Comprehensive Innovation Strategy, 3) A Sustained Mindset Shift and 4) A Comprehensive Tool Kit. Achieving a Committed & Engaged Leadership. You are revealing and creating the future, rather than planning for it.

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IM Insights

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Elijah Eilert speaks to Andy Cars , the founder and CEO of Lean Ventures International, about the ISO standards for innovation management. 01:09) Introducing Andy Cars owner of Lean Ventures International AB. (03:52) 43:33) The importance of targeting the right market to create value innovation. (45:29) About the Episode.

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Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Note that what my clients are asking for is to create an innovation capacity that outlasts a product need, or market gap, or executive team member. 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.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 22, 2018

Hiring a professional facilitator can be a big help, but facilitative leadership is something that needs to be around 100% of the time. Training makes a big difference in bridging the gap between market knowledge and… what could be. It’s not enough to know a market white space.

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ImagineNation

JANUARY 28, 2021

Reinforcing and validating the importance and role of collaboration, where a range of new, inspirational, and adaptive models that lean into complexity and catalyse and embed innovative workplace culture changes, have emerged. Transform creative discoveries. Role of collective mindsets and behaviours.

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Innov8rs

MARCH 4, 2023

Yet sporadic innovation is not enough to keep up with changing markets and evolving demanding customer needs. At our recent Innov8rs Connect on Strategy, Leadership & Organization, Jeffrey Phillips (Senior Strategy and Innovation Consultant) discussed what it takes to build an innovation capability for continuous innovation.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 1, 2016

We need to explore, experiment, prototype, adapt, become more agile, keep it lean, pivot on new learning and anything else that helps us to speed up the process and keep learning and churning. • The bottom of the pyramid is a place we continue to forget and others learn to play in and master its needs.

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mjvinnovation

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Decreased revenue, job loss, and reduced working hours have become a reality for many companies, flooding the market with a sea of ??uncertainty. And this phenomenon promises to stir the market with the emergence of a series of exponential organizations (the EXOs). Manage it with DevOps and Agile. Business Agility.

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Planview

JUNE 23, 2022

However, it is important for strategies and decisions to embrace the executive leadership perspective (aligning with organizational vision and priorities), and not just the technical perspective (addressing functional challenges and solving practical problems). Leadership Buy-In and Adapting Processes Top Down is Critical.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 5, 2020

I was often happy to take whatever innovation project the leadership team threw my way. There are three main elements that intrapreneurs need to think about before they start working; Leadership Support Organization Design and Innovation Practice. This is a lesson I learned from making many mistakes in my own work. Be Authentic.

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Gregg Fraley

MAY 1, 2018

Frameworks assume: engaged leadership, talent on the team, day to day creativity, curiosity, and domain knowledge. You will fail with: Lean, Agile, Design Thinking, TRIZ, Stage-Gate, Osborn-Parnes CPS, KILN’s FuseTrail, or a homegrown/blended framework. Domain Knowledge, understanding your area and market, deeply.

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Innov8rs

MARCH 6, 2023

Nevertheless, barely 10% of corporate startups make it to market launch and survive the MVP stage. Afterward, innovators must focus on setting their venture up properly so that it can make it to market. All of this starts with knowing how the corporation operates and understanding the areas leadership is interested in.

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Moves the Needle

APRIL 8, 2021

But at the same time, you must consider products or markets that are in decline and how you might replace that revenue. Adding new features might enable you to take market share. In the extreme, this means an idea that increases revenue or market share may not be enough to justify investment. Or a new marketing channel?

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Be-novative

DECEMBER 12, 2018

The top-level leadership needs to emphasize what is the most important long-term goal on innovation and that employees should look for challenges, problems to solve supporting these topics. A creative solution is subjective, there are at least a million possible great and terrible ways to solve a creative problem?

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ImagineNation

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Better adapt, respond to, and be agile in fast-changing circumstances, uncertainty, instability, and to random and unexpected Black Swan events, like the global Covid-19 Pandemic. Develop corporate responsibility, sustainability, diversity, and inclusion strategies that are practical and can work and really deliver on their promises.

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