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Why Innovation Is About More than Creativity: A Talk with Edwin Goutier of the United Way

IdeaScale

Is your innovation strategy built solely on creativity? As Edwin Goutier explains in a recent IdeaScale Nation podcast, Innovation is about more than being the most creative person in the room. This approach helps innovators funnel the energy of those who view creativity as its only driving force.

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Recognizing the Building Blocks of Innovation

Paul Hobcraft

In frameworks and mechanisms , my favourite has always been the three horizons , followed by ideation platforms and contests, innovation centres, labs and accelerations, ambidextrous growth ( explore and exploit ), taking principles of disruptive innovation and staged and venture funding approaches. This evolved over many years.

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The core principles of Leading FOR Innovation

Cris Beswick

The ultimate manifestation of this is to figure out how to disrupt yourself inside the safety of an innovation process before a competitor (existing or new) does it for you. But, navigating this kind of complexity and uncertainty requires leaders to actively engage in sense-making to lead effective transformation with clarity and creativity.

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Jumping to a fresh cycle of innovation design

Paul Hobcraft

Utilitarian in its principles, seeking real-world use and implementation through a more creative, collaborative environment, leading to more discoveries that distinctly ‘blend’ the lab application with the customer discovery of unmet need. Digital and technology matters, in its raw innovating power and its potential business impact.

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What’s New In Corporate Innovation 26 January 2018

Imaginatik

Digital transformation is a global phenomenon and a universal disruption, changing every industry and every sector. This article provides a great insight into how the advances in the IoT, Big Data, Cloud Computing, and AI can be linked to major innovative disruptions in our healthcare services, manufacturing, and oil and gas industries.

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Key Issues in Innovation Management – Revisited – Part 2

Tim Kastelle

But incumbents would be willing to make changes if a new technology proves to be truly disruptive and the long-term benefits are worth it. Most companies will continue to favor a “safer” approach in the time ahead, even while facing disruption. We are moving towards a co-creative platform economy.

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Top Takeaways from the 2019 Innovation Trends Report

InnovationTraining.org

With the innovation process comes a need for unpredictability, creativity, and rule-breaking, all of which is often difficult for established organizations to take on when instead they can make incremental changes to their existing products or services. Innovation is a big influence in business success. Tell Customer-Centric Stories.

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