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5 Excuses of companies that don't innovate (and how to overcome them)

Moves the Needle

Sales says they just sell whatever the product team delivers. The product team says they struggle to keep up with a long list of features required by product management. Most big companies struggle to compete in existing markets. Where most businesses fail is in taking the invention to market or mitigating market risk.

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5 Excuses of Companies that Don’t Innovate (And How to Overcome Them)

Moves the Needle

Sales says they just sell whatever the product team delivers. The product team says they struggle to keep up with a long list of features required by product management. Most big companies struggle to compete in existing markets. Where most businesses fail is in taking invention to market or mitigating market risk.

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Business Model Innovation Basics Series - Part 2: Why Business Model Innovation Matters

The BMI Lab Blog

Let’s take a look at how the British cycling team went from zero Tour de France victories and ninety-five years without any Olympic medal by 2003 to sixty-six Olympic or Paralympic gold medals and five Tour de France victories between 2007 and 2017 (Clear, 2018).

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Key Issues in Innovation Management – Revisited – Part 2

Tim Kastelle

Research confirms: development of exploration in parallel to exploitation capabilities proves to be mandatory for established companies in order to compete successfully and sustainably. One way for established organizations to strengthen exploration is by developing internal capabilities in order to overcome their inherent inertia.

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User Research With Small Business Owners: Best Practices and Considerations

Boxes and Arrows

Does it matter if your study participants are from B2B vs. B2C companies? If you’re not sure if you’ve overlooked important criteria, ask for feedback from product managers, marketing professionals, and other user researchers who may have relevant information. This isn’t a bad thing. Marketing services (e.g.,

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Key Innovation Issues for 2016 and Beyond

Integrative Innovation

But even participating in other firms’ ecosystems can be highly attractive, as demonstrated by e.g. several app developers. Conclusion: developing a culture of experimen-tation is vital for both building new businesses as well as for competing in existing businesses – with distinct characteristics, though.

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50 what-if questions to reimagine the future

Board of Innovation

What if you turned from B2C to B2B (or viceversa)? What if you were charged a fee for delivering a bad customer experience? Smart assistants like Alexa (Amazon), Google Assistant (Google) or Siri (Apple) are the first mass-market examples of how voice interfaces could look like in the future. helping them in their daily life.