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Saif Amer

Innovation 360 Group

Saif is a resourceful professional specialized in Innovation Management with a bias toward action and influence change. Quality Management, Lean, Six Sigma and TQM. Master of Science in Product Innovation Management, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden. Background. Investment Managing. IP- Strategy and Licensing.

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Saif Amer

Innovation 360

Saif is a resourceful professional specialized in Innovation Management with a bias toward action and influence change. Quality Management, Lean, Six Sigma and TQM. Master of Science in Product Innovation Management, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden. Background. Investment Managing. IP- Strategy and Licensing.

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No Problem in Your Business Model is a Problem

Leanstack

” This is the famous Toyota “no problems is problem” story that is often retold by lean consultants to highlight one of the key tenets of running lean: finding problems worth solving. To see how and why I picked what to replace, read this longer post: Why Lean Canvas versus Business Model Canvas.

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Fear of Failure and Lack of Speed In a Large Corporation

Steve Blank

So we end up in “paralysis by analysis” – moving slowly to ensure we don’t make mistakes and that everyone signs off on every idea (so we can spread the collective blame if it fails). And when we do make bets, they’re small bets on incremental products or acquisitions that simply add to the bottom line.”.

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Improvement vs Innovation: Which Is Better For your Business?

Qmarkets

The benefits of innovation include increased revenue, profits, brand recognition, market share, competitiveness, and productivity. The three main types of innovation are product innovation, process innovation, and business model innovation. Product Innovation. Process Innovation.

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Building upon the four essential pillars for innovation

Paul Hobcraft

Rick points out: “Corporate innovation efforts by and large continue to fall far short of moving the needle in any significant, sustained way or of delivering on the promise of future-proofing companies against ever-increasing disruptive forces. It has focused on supporting and reinforcing single entity product innovation.

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11 Paradoxes of Entrepreneurial Thinking: why entrepreneurship can hardly be taught

Open Innovation EU

Qualitative analysis shows that entrepreneurs actually use both logic at the same time, in contrast to the way larger organizations deal with innovation (in a more structured way). Product innovation processes in small firms: Combining entrepreneurial effectuation and managerial causation. Berends, H., Jelinek, M.,