Christensen Institute

MARCH 22, 2022

A mission-driven, agile culture that prioritized relationships was also a common feature of prepared schools. As I reviewed the Prepared Project’s recently-released findings , I was struck by how the critical factors that seemed to help schools weather the tumult of the last two years resonate with the Institute’s innovation theory.

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Technical Review LEAN Culture Agile 98

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

A “lean” approach amplifies both profits and purpose. A new book by Silicon Valley tech veteran and innovation advocate Ann Mei Chang, Lean Impact: How to Innovate for Radically Greater Social Good explores the unique challenges that can deter social innovation. Are you wed to deploying a particular technology?

Technical Review 100

Technical Review LEAN Innovation Social Innovation 100

Idea to Value

MARCH 26, 2020

A while back, one of my consulting partners from another office asked me to review their client’s innovation process. Their team had been engaged to review why their innovation process was not delivering results. As Peter Drucker famously said: What gets measured, gets managed.

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Technical Review Innovation Innovation Processes Project 248

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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Gregg Fraley

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Has there ever been a moment in time when so many new technologies are washing over us all at once? The elephant in the room is that the new technology requires a truly different approach. Innovating with digital technology requires a blended approach, truly diverse teams, training, and new ideation methods.

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Planview

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Here are some of the many ways you can use Instant Coffee: Brainstorming Incremental Planning Story Mapping Lean Coffee Impromptu Meetings PI Planning Retrospectives SWOT Analysis Standup Meetings. Although there are tools out there designed specifically for story mapping, they can be overly technical and hinder the brainstorming process.

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Brainstorming LEAN Technical Review Analysis 98

Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

They may share insights on techniques for effective ideation such as design thinking, mind mapping, and leveraging technology for collaborative brainstorming sessions. They may also delve into methodologies like lean startup principles and agile development to illustrate how continuous testing can lead to successful outcomes.

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Tim Kastelle

MARCH 7, 2016

Accelerating dynamics and pace of disruption in most industries, in particular triggered by the perfusion of new technologies, lead to decreasing life times of existing business models. In particular for industrial products this, in turn, has been stimulated by maturing 3D printing technologies.

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Innovation Management Management LEAN Technical Review 100

CorporateIntel

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Sometimes I wonder if the advancing of age and a leaning toward old-fashioned values are a hindrance to relevancy in our contemporary workplace. It was bosses and colleagues advancing in age and leaning toward old-fashioned values. That is the blessing and curse of igniting technologies. Of course things are different.

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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. Aligning technologies, processes, artifacts and behaviours as a holistic system: What is our appetite for risk? Important to innovate – three elements.

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Technical Review Innovation Agile System 64

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 29, 2015

In recent years our innovation understanding and its management have significantly changed, due to numerous factors that have been happening. These have been advances in technology, methodology or design- thinking and we do need to stop and think about how we could do ‘things’ differently by asking “what is possible?

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Innovation Design Software Review 100

mjvinnovation

MAY 19, 2020

In our e-book, Remote Transformation: How to restructure your operations in times of uncertainty , we bring concrete solutions to help you review your strategy, make operations more flexible, and remain competitive. . Since these new uncertainties demand agility, the proposed format aims to revisit and pivot current business plans quickly.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

We fail to constantly review and re-engineer the innovation process and tend to layer more upon it, without a consistent reassessing what we are trying to achieve. It is this ‘raw’ power of technology that is transforming much. This often needs different perspectives to form the final position.

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Technical Review Innovation System Change 174

InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 12, 2022

We then reviewed them to see that the answer summaries made sense. What is the difference between design thinking and agile methodologies? What is the difference between design thinking and Lean UX? This involves reviewing the feedback from the user testing, and making adjustments to the solution based on the insights gathered.

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mjvinnovation

MARCH 29, 2021

When we mention process consulting, we are essentially talking about greater agility in the execution of activities and, mainly, saving time and resources by improving operational routines. Remember Agile? Process review and redesign. Read this article to the end and learn the benefits of this type of service!

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Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Software Review Resources 52

Planview

JUNE 23, 2022

As technology solution providers emerge from the unprecedented volatility of the last couple of years, services leaders are asking what are the most important capabilities that they need to master? A conventional definition of digital transformation describes it as “the novel use of digital technology to solve traditional problems.

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mjvinnovation

JANUARY 15, 2021

Innovation and technology – hand-in-hand – are essential to ensure their competitiveness. It is time to review processes and, if necessary, redesign to optimize tasks, generate greater visibility, and review roles and responsibilities. Fly or Die: Lean validation cycle for a new product in the telecom area.

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Technical Review Innovation Entrepreneurship Analysis 52

Moves the Needle

JANUARY 30, 2019

Digital Transformation (also known as “DX”) is the phenomenon that virtually all companies are incorporating digital technology at some level. In fact, it has been around since the 1990s, when technology started to become commonplace in businesses, and email and the Internet emerged as ubiquitous productivity tools. They are not agile.

Technical Review 74

Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Technology Leadership 74

mjvinnovation

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Technology has only evolved – and very fast. In uncertain scenarios, it is just technology that can promote the disruptions necessary for businesses to gain competitive value and even create new markets. The Economy is Digital; companies are born small, lean, lighter, and more innovative. Next stop: Digital transformation.

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Underperforming Technical Team Artificial Inteligence Software Review Software Developers 40

Moves the Needle

APRIL 8, 2021

Innovator’s take: Horizon 2 is defined as “incremental” innovation , which typically means modifying existing products or technology to create new markets, or applying external technology in new ways. They will come from a combination of efforts: Scouting technology to learn how existing needs will be solved in the future.

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Disruption Technical Review Marketing LEAN 52

Moves the Needle

AUGUST 14, 2018

Lean Innovation Definition At Moves The Needle, we define lean innovation as “reducing waste in the discovery, creation, and delivering of new value to customers." We base Lean Innovation principles upon the 3 E’s of Lean Innovation : Empathy, Experiments and Evidence. Where design thinking ends, Lean Startup begins.

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LEAN Examples Agile Design Thinking 105

mjvinnovation

APRIL 11, 2019

In his book, Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology (Harvard Business School Press – 2003), researcher Henry Chesbrough coined the term Open Innovation. Usually, this happens with the incorporation of technologies developed by other companies. The open innovation concept.

Open Innovation 40

Open Innovation Technical Review Innovation Innovation Processes 40

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 6, 2016

Where does design thinking, lean management, the early thinking to focus more on changing the business model come in? Often we don’t allow ourselves the time, presently seen as a luxury, to call for a comprehensive review of our innovation infrastructure, yet we ought to. The use of technology is equally a curse as well as an enabler.

System 113

System Innovation Design Agile 113

Gregg Fraley

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Patrick Lencioni’s model of team performance is reviewed and tools are presented on how to breakthrough conflict, establish trust, and move into high performance. It can augment, Lean, Design Thinking or Agile approaches. Digital Technology or Cross-Functional teams. Candidate Teams for Momentum. Innovation teams.

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Underperforming Technical Team Training Software Review Collaboration 40

Gregg Fraley

MAY 1, 2018

You will fail with: Lean, Agile, Design Thinking, TRIZ, Stage-Gate, Osborn-Parnes CPS, KILN’s FuseTrail, or a homegrown/blended framework. Innovation leaders, review this list and get a sense of where you are with the fundamentals. The science and the technology, and, the ever-changing market and customers.

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Innovation Culture Creative Thinking Design Thinking 70

Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Most commonly, traditional project management will continuously track how well a project is progressing and report this to management on a regular basis, while also having set milestones with dates where the status of the entire project can be reviewed. Lean Innovation, Validation & Execution). Want to learn more? works: L.I.V.E.

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Project LEAN Management Innovation 241

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 6, 2016

Where does design thinking, lean management, the early thinking to focus more on changing the business model come in? Often we don’t allow ourselves the time, presently seen as a luxury, to call for a comprehensive review of our innovation infrastructure, yet we ought to. The use of technology is equally a curse as well as an enabler.

System 113

System Innovation Design Technical Review 113

Planview

DECEMBER 14, 2022

There are a number of benefits that come from following Lean Portfolio Management principles in your organization. That’s why over the last decade, it has become common for organizations to undertake Agile transformation initiatives to improve value delivery. 1: Obtain Business Leadership Support for Lean Portfolio Management.

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LEAN Strategy Strategy Management 59

mjvinnovation

MAY 8, 2019

is also called the “fourth industrial revolution” – the process initiated by England in 1760 was followed by major modernization movements: the “lean revolution” that occurred around 1970, the intensive globalization process in the 1990s and, more recently, the extreme automation started in the 2000s. Industry 4.0

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ITONICS

MAY 14, 2018

Large corporations have taken steps towards being more agile and adapting to the rapid pace of digitization by improving their oftentimes long innovation processes and giving more autonomy to employees. The term comes from the English and is based on the Lean Startup Model by Eric Ries. Adapt or die. Listen and say yes!

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Company Technical Review Software Review Innovation 57

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 22, 2017

The practice of lean thinking, design thinking, visual thinking have increasingly started to dominate our “innovation thinking.” We get unwanted results due to a specific set of behaviors. I know wretched theory on a Sunday or any day come to think of it, but it does inform.

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System Innovation Design Resources 147

Qmarkets

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Rapidly changing customer behaviours, disruptive digital technologies, and the emergence of agile fintech start-ups means that disruption is an ever-present danger. The word ‘innovation’ usually brings to mind cutting-edge new products or technologically streamlined services.

Software Review 40

Software Review Crowdsourcing Technical Review Project 40

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 20, 2015

Simply put companies ‘die’ due to their inability to adapt to change and transformation projects fail because the message somehow fails to register and never gets completed to the original objectives. This requires technology to be central to this different thinking, alongside a radical shift in how we see innovation.

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Change Technical Review Marketing Management 100

Integrative Innovation

MARCH 16, 2014

The corresponding integration of incremental and radical innovation can basically be achieved in different ways: Building ambidextrous and lean startup capabilities. As outlined in earlier posts , organizations need to balance exploitation (i.e. development of existing business) and exploration (i.e. – different processes.

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Radical Innovation LEAN Underperforming Technical Team Disruption 83

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 10, 2016

Then that constant investment in people, networks and relationships, that need to come together and, finally the structures, systems and governance that are flexible enough to make what we work upon as responsive, agile, adaptive, exploitive and exploratory, to end up with great new ideas, things and finally, winning successful concepts.

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CMOE

MAY 28, 2021

With the changing needs and demands of clinical care, technology, and spending, leadership in healthcare must stay agile to keep up with the shifting tides. Encourage your team to lean into, rather than stray away from, change. This involves regular team review and feedback sessions.

Leadership 52

Leadership Underperforming Technical Team Strategic Thinking Training 52

Integrative Innovation

JANUARY 27, 2016

Accelerating dynamics and pace of disruption in most industries, in particular triggered by the pervasion of new technologies, lead to decreasing life times of existing business models. In particular for industrial products this, in turn, has been stimulated by maturing 3D printing technologies.

Underperforming Technical Team 40

Underperforming Technical Team Big Data Innovation Technical Review 40