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Overcoming fixedness before being locked in amber

Jeffrey Phillips

People simply aren't paying attention, are too distracted or too fearful to really think about all the potential innovation opportunity. Or, as I'll explore below, we give into a perspective that suggests that many issues, conventions, regulations and cultures are fixed, unable to move.

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Crowdsourcing Internal Innovation

Collective Innovation

The most common types of sustaining innovation are: Application Innovation : This is when you find a new use for an existing product, tapping into a new base of customers and potential. Product Innovation : Creates a difference with an existing product line and existing market, usually through features.

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Why you need extreme constraints to fuel innovation

hackerearth

They talk about Zappos, Southwest Airlines, and Aravind Eye Hospitals to drive home the point about turning a constraint, such as resource, time, and method, into a winning opportunity. Perhaps, this is why startups are often synonymous with successful innovation. For innovation to be successful, the execution has to be just right.