Innovation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

(including one that makes Radical Innovation easy) GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton You are a rolling stone, and that means you gather no moss!

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Crowdsourcing is a great way to assemble data for product innovation. It gathers relevant data through educated opinions that can be used to formulate ideas that guide product development. Explore emerging trends in the financial sector with this insightful article. Five Benefits of a Diverse Innovation Team.

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Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

I found an article today on the web that was published by the Wall Street Journal in September 2021 , that claims to explode the myths about innovation. Basically, what they found, at least from what I read, is that innovation is deterministic, based on the advance of underlying physics. Is this really news?

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helloFUTURE

APRIL 30, 2023

One area where AI is making a significant impact is product development. The rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have been nothing short of transformative, affecting various aspects of modern life and business.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

Improved Productivity : Teams that communicate well and have strong interpersonal relationships tend to be more efficient and productive. Innovation and Creativity : Virtual team building can stimulate creativity by encouraging members to think outside the box and bounce ideas off one another.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 17, 2024

Additionally, providing access to further resources, such as articles on keynote speakers for team culture transformation , can support ongoing development. Performance Metrics Track improvements in productivity, innovation, and team outcomes.

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Innovation Excellence

MAY 26, 2016

This article is the third and final in a series of 3 articles discussing measuring product innovation. Continue reading →

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ImagineNation

OCTOBER 7, 2023

A recent McKinsey Leading Off – Essentials for leaders and those they lead email newsletter, referred to an article “The organization of the future: Enabled by gen AI, driven by people” which stated that digitization, automation, and AI will reshape whole industries and every enterprise.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 7, 2019

I wrote my obligatory look back at 2018 article on innovation recently, so it is natural that we should turn our attention to where innovation will take us in 2019. Or perhaps the stock was overvalued and Apple has become more interested in margin than in innovation. Product is Passe Product innovation is so yesterday.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

For more insights on creating a trusting team environment, refer to our article on fostering team collaboration. Engaged teams tend to be more productive, innovative, and aligned with the business’s objectives. Active Listening: Show genuine interest in team members’ input and consider their feedback seriously.

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Innovation Excellence

MAY 10, 2016

This article is the second in a series of three articles discussing measuring product innovation. Continue reading →

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Is there a more innovative solution than the one we’re coming up with? These are all important questions to ask when trying to innovate. And this is why every innovation team should use a prioritization framework. This article will look into what a prioritization framework is and why teams should use it to innovate today.

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Innovation Excellence

APRIL 29, 2016

This article is the first in a series of 3 articles discussing measuring product innovation. Continue reading →

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Norbert Bol

DECEMBER 13, 2015

In the journal of Technological Forecasting & Social Change is an interesting article about the effects of corporate identity on innovation strategies and sustainability (Staub et al., Innovation in this article is classified as product innovation, process innovation, marketing innovation and organizational innovation.

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Planview

DECEMBER 4, 2018

This is a direct quote from a recent Forbes article written by Peter Georgescu, Chairman Emeritus of Young & Rubicam and author of Capitalists Arise!, The ultimate takeaway here is that crowdsourced innovation is an invaluable tool for companies to use to future proof their businesses. Check out the Forbes article for more.

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Planview

JULY 15, 2022

The bulk of the webinar is based on a recent research paper— Accelerating innovation: some lessons from the pandemic —published by Dr. Robert Cooper in the Journal of Product Innovation Management.

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Norbert Bol

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

In the December edition of Research Policy there is an interesting article by Tavassoli & Karlsson (2015) about the persistence of innovation. The research of Tavassoli & Karlsson (2015) shows that innovation is persistent. Product innovation shows the most clear path-dependency.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 27, 2024

The following six key types of innovation in business each serves a distinct purpose, together comprising a comprehensive innovation strategy that touches upon different aspects of business operations and market positioning.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

For more insights into why organizational culture is key to business performance, read our article on what is organizational culture and why is it key for business performance. Address negative behaviors immediately to prevent them from becoming part of the culture.

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Innovation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

A quick Google search churns up endless articles and blogs extolling the virtues of using instinct, intuition and gut feel for making better business decisions and being more innovative. In this article I pick apart what governs intuition and how to use it for better insight interpretations and marketing decisions.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

An article in The Wall Street Journal by Paul Ziobro shares an report on how toy manufacturers, including Mattel and Hasbro, are accelerating their new product innovation processes. This is a fruitful way to identify innovation opportunities customers can’t clearly articulate. Involve Customer-Facing Employees.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JUNE 30, 2015

Secondly, corporations need a much broader definition of desired innovation outputs or targets (products, services, business models, etc), rather than simply tinker with product innovation. Solid, rigid organizations create barriers to change and then crumble as new products and new business models emerge.

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Innovation Excellence

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

My previous Innovation Excellence article on Can You Present. I’ve been on the speaking circuit for 25 years. I’ve learned a lot in that time about what makes a keynote presentation great; not just good but great.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

What is your definition of innovation? An article in The Wall Street Journal about food companies innovating to raise prices features this definition of innovation from Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen: “Creating something I didn’t know I needed is innovation.”. Listen and Observe Between the Lines.

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Boxes and Arrows

JUNE 4, 2013

Chris Jaffe, director, product innovation at Netflix. For example, data showing that articles with images get eight times the clicks as articles without was the impetus for making images larger in the new design. Cindy Jeffers, CEO and CTO at Salon.com. The keynote speech.

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Flying Fish Lab

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

So, “what if” you take this path of exploration when innovating your products and services? We test our “what if” in brand and product innovation through a process known as pilot testing. What if you accepted the first iteration of the idea and went straight to market without exploring how else it could develop?

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Flying Fish Lab

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

So, “what if” you take this path of exploration when innovating your products and services? We test our “what if” in brand and product innovation through a process known as pilot testing. What if you accepted the first iteration of the idea and went straight to market without exploring how else it could develop?

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Jeffrey Phillips

MARCH 23, 2016

You'd have to be a monopolist or simply crazy to suggest as a senior executive that innovation isn't one of your priorities. But saying that innovation is important doesn't mean it will get funded, get prioritized and get done.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 25, 2023

ICL is a global leader in the minerals industry operating across every corner of the globe, and committed to driving sustainability through its activities in food technology, agriculture, and industrial production. Innovation is central to the company’s commitment to help humanity meet its sustainability challenges.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 25, 2020

Innovators do this to get others to back their ideas, or to sell their products. Innovators might also do this to brand themselves as creative geniuses. This article was originally published in Viima’s blog. It is, after all, much cooler to be a genius than it is to be a hard worker.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 27, 2016

He reported that packaging innovation was more difficult to develop than liquid innovation. Based on comments he made regarding working with retailers on in-store shelving, product innovation may have been easier because it might lead to a fight for shelf space. – Mike Brown.

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Michael Roberto

JANUARY 12, 2018

Here's an excerpt from this article: A survey of over 400,000 people across the U.S. Productivity, innovation, and growth metrics outperform the competition. These firms focus on the organizational culture, mission statement, and other factors that may shape the work environment and employee behavior. The result?

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Strategos

MARCH 1, 2018

Always keep in mind the purpose of your innovation metrics: to track your progress towards a robust and productive innovation system and capability. With these starting guidelines in mind, it should be less of a daunting task to measure your innovation progress. Download the pdf version of this article.

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Innovation Excellence

APRIL 6, 2016

The transformation between individual creativity and organizational innovation is the organizational function of implementation, which is the application of resources to turn an idea into a company output. In a previous article (Who is Responsible for Innovation in my Company?)

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ITONICS

AUGUST 23, 2018

A good example is the case of Toyota, where the leadership encourages innovation by eliminating some of the pressure for short-run returns. Toyota’s decade-long investment in its brand Prius eventually resulted in creating a reputation for the company as a respected product innovator. Centralized R&D Unit. Stay tuned!

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Anaqua

JULY 15, 2021

This article will outline how SMEs can take a page out of the book of large enterprises by treating IP as a critical business function; committing to bridge IP knowledge gaps; optimising IP budgets through technology; developing processes to generate and capture impactful ideas; and utilising communication to drive IP leadership.

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Planview

MAY 17, 2018

With so many innovation leaders from some of the largest companies in the world in attendance, there was no shortage of opportunities to learn. In this article, we’ve compiled a list of our top 10 takeaways. Innovate beyond products. Innovation is synonymous with products.

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