Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 30, 2016

Projects, Projects, Projects. What’s quite simple about innovation is that projects are what make innovation real. Unless they are in the context of an actual project. Thinking about things is not innovation. Design Thinking is not innovation. Big Data is not innovation.

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Project Big Data Innovation Brainstorming 50

Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

I replied “you need to be thinking about project cycles and measures.” I added my punchline, “because if you’re not doing projects you’re not doing innovation.” Not Design Thinking?” My “projects” reply is a cocktail party answer. ” “What!

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Project Training Design Thinking Innovation 74

Cris Beswick

APRIL 16, 2024

I say ‘Leading FOR Innovation’ instead of the usual narrative of ‘Innovation Leadership’ because it’s not about making the leaders themselves ‘innovative’ but about leaders being able to build and lead an organisation where genuine innovation (not innovation theatre!)

Innovation 59

Innovation Culture Creativity Disruption 59

Gregg Fraley

DECEMBER 11, 2017

How do you integrate all this new fancy stuff into strategy and ideation to create actual projects? AI, Analytics, IoT, Big Data, Cloud, Mobile, Social Media, Sensors, Robotics, Augmented Reality, Voice Recognition… and the list goes on. Why is this challenge so different from previous innovation challenges?

Technical Review 55

Technical Review Ideation Big Data Innovation 55

mjvinnovation

JUNE 14, 2019

A company that chooses to keep its innovation efforts closed has its projects developed only within clearly defined boundaries. The leadership of the competition is not about offering the best ideas, but about making the most of the ideas that come up. The ideas usually come from project managers and their leaders.

Open Innovation 40

Open Innovation Innovation Internet of things Strategy 40

Tim Kastelle

MARCH 13, 2016

BCG comments: (…) it appears that even within the technology sector, many companies are not getting the message; on average, only about a third of executives project big data and mobile will have a significant impact on innovation in their industries over the next three to five years.

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Innovation Management Management Underperforming Technical Team Big Data 100

Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

Often the two are caught in the classic “who does what”, “how much each can and should manage” and the ability to handover or what happens when the consultant finishes the project and leaves, taking a level of knowledge with them that was never given time to reside inside the clients. Consultants are far too cautious for their own good.

Innovation 60

Innovation Collaboration Technical Review Leadership 60