Board of Innovation

JUNE 6, 2022

The best innovation podcasts & innovation newsletters and blogs we'll follow in 2024 We have hand-picked our favorite thought-provoking podcasts that focus on innovation to keep you stimulated in your downtime. Innovation podcasts Innovation Insiders Our very own podcast. Join us in candid conversations.

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Christensen Institute

JANUARY 4, 2024

I think that’s because in most conversations about education innovation today, skills are the “what”, and tech-enabled efficiency is the “how.” I think that’s because in most conversations about education innovation today, skills are the “what”, and tech-enabled efficiency is the “how.”

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Policies Innovation ChatGPT Tools 118

Christensen Institute

MARCH 23, 2022

However, many insights were not only incredibly informative in how we can improve our work, but in lifting the hood on the demands of your jobs and how we can better help you perform them. Below, we delve into the three key takeaways from your input, and how the education team is responding. Are we having an impact in the field?

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Survey Learning Case Study Collaboration 88

Tullio Siragusa

OCTOBER 9, 2023

This ability to adapt and innovate in a scrappy, resourceful way is often the fuel behind revolutionary ideas and game-changing products. This ability to adapt and innovate in a scrappy, resourceful way is often the fuel behind revolutionary ideas and game-changing products. Empathy and intuition remain indispensable.

Software Review 118

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Idea to Value

JANUARY 26, 2021

Most companies are not really aware of all of the innovation projects they are working on. This is where a tool called the Ambition Matrix is extremely useful, and it is a tool I use with clients all the time to gain clarity on what their current innovation portfolio looks like. Let alone which project mix they should be working on.

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Project Innovation 153

Jeffrey Phillips

MAY 19, 2021

Now that the COVID outbreak is increasingly in the rear view mirror, at least in the US, I thought it might be time to consider what innovation lessons the outbreak has for us. I'm also going to address briefly the need for burning platforms as an impetus for innovation. At first we ignored it, thinking it was an issue in China.

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Technical Review Innovation System Marketing 157

Jeffrey Phillips

JUNE 5, 2018

With apologies for the use of a tired phrase, there is a new game in town and it will dramatically impact how, why and where you do innovation work. The new game, as demonstrated by a number of emerging disrupters, is captured in the book Unscaled and discussed at length in this nice blog post - one I wish I could have written.

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Tullio Siragusa

JULY 25, 2022

Unlocking Innovation with Data, Creativity, and Automation. For some, it may be through hard work and determination, while others may find success through innovation with creativity, data, and automation. In this podcast recap blog post, we will discuss how innovation derived from creativity, data, and automation can lead to success.

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Exago

MARCH 8, 2019

‘Think equal, build smart, innovate for change’: this year’s International Women’s Day focuses on how innovation and technology can advance gender parity and the empowerment of women at a global scale, and we at Exago know first-hand just how important women are to help drive innovation in the workplace.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Innovation is vital to the energy system’s integration and operation design, and we need to further recognize its crucial role. Innovation is made up of many enabling technologies that support energy. Innovation is made up of many enabling technologies that support energy. We need an innovating mantra for energy.

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System Innovation Design Technology 162

Tullio Siragusa

OCTOBER 16, 2023

As conflicts become more nuanced, leaders seek innovative methodologies for resolution. The evolving nature of business, influenced by technological advances and ever-changing consumer demands, necessitates a flexible, innovative approach like Design Thinking.

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Design Thinking Design Ideation Collaboration 118

IdeaScale

JUNE 6, 2018

A lot of innovators wonder where to get new ideas, but a whole new body of research is emerging about how organizations with higher levels of diversity report higher returns, new revenue growth, and more. This blog post is part of a series authored by IdeaScale employees. Matt spent two years in Romania with the Peace Corps.

Ideation 162

Ideation Crowdsourcing Report Course 162

Jeffrey Phillips

MAY 22, 2023

I've been leading innovation work for close to 20 years, writing about it on this blog and in my book (Relentless Innovation). I've made some great friends along the way and been influenced by a range of great innovation thought leaders. Too much time at the innovation coal face was making me a bit cynical.

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Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT Innovation Generative AI 157

Christensen Institute

MARCH 2, 2023

Yet, amidst the conversations on these hot topics, few bring up the idea of technology as a critical tool to enable and scale these supports and strategies (probably because many schools experienced setbacks with fully remote learning during the height of the pandemic). Here’s how. Explore this edtech market map here: [link] 2.

Learning 92

Learning Disruption Conference Technology 92

ImagineNation

APRIL 7, 2024

One of my coaching clients shared with me recently how she was feeling insecure in her job role and lacking motivation. The company she works for is acknowledged as an entrepreneurial industry leader. Productivity growth means getting more from our work and our investments.

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Learning Generative AI Underperforming Technical Team Innovation 59

Qmarkets

DECEMBER 8, 2021

But how did it enter common parlance? Enterprise businesses are constantly on the lookout for their next ‘eureka’ moment – an innovative solution to a strategic business problem. But what is innovation management , exactly? What is innovation management? Archimedes’ “Eureka” moment.

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Innovation Management Software Innovation Idea Management 98

Tullio Siragusa

APRIL 4, 2022

Design Thinking Human-centered Approach to Innovation. When leveraged correctly, Design Thinking can bring about innovations through the following: ? Approaching human-centered innovation. ? Instead, we need Design Thinking for an innovative approach to issues with different aims where traditional methods have failed.

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Design Thinking Design Innovation Creativity 118

Christensen Institute

JANUARY 23, 2024

Today’s guest blog was contributed by Oladimeji Shotunde from the Global Prosperity group. Major companies such as Sanofi, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Unilever, Shell, Bolt Food, and Procter & Gamble (P&G) have pulled out, prepared to, or scaled down their operations.

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 24, 2021

Ibbaka is a consulting and technology development company focused on helping companies bring innovations to market and to help them to scale. IdeaScale: So, how did Ibbaka get started and what do you do? We try to understand how people develop skills, how they apply them, how they combine with other people.

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Idea to Value

JUNE 2, 2022

Considering I am constantly giving advice on the ways that companies can improve their innovativeness, and people can come up with new business models and business ideas based on their creativity. But with all types of innovations, it makes sense to start small, learn fast, and continue improving. Email automation.

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Tools Video Software Review System 260

Planview

MARCH 28, 2024

This blog discusses the critical role of end-to-end visibility in scaling and streamlining automotive production. This blog discusses the critical role of end-to-end visibility in scaling and streamlining automotive production. Acquiring such comprehensive skills presents a formidable and resource-intensive endeavor.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In our last blog for Qmarkets we introduced you to the concept of Three Horizons and explained how this methodology can help you create a balanced long-term innovation portfolio. While the platform is up and running, the deployment and onboarding is still ongoing as the company continues to scale the program.

Idea Management 98

Idea Management Groups Management Case Study 98

IdeaScale

DECEMBER 27, 2021

” So how will companies get there? This is the time for each enterprise to re-envision itself for the new emerging era, to re-think its operations and organization, to innovate its offerings, and to build a culture where its people are inspired and enabled to create the future together. How can they help you solve this problem?

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 30, 2020

Here in Europe, it is often suggested that “Europe is the cradle of creativity”, perhaps but I think the United States is “the crucible of innovation”, it forges ideas and takes them to market far better. The back-end of innovation, executing, is the rugged part. It seems so simple doesn’t it – “bringing final ideas to market”.

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Marketing Underperforming Technical Team Leadership Resources 235

Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 8, 2020

I'm writing a series of blog posts about the fundamentals of innovation success. In my previous article I wrote about the importance of fundamentals in any activity , using music and practicing scales as an analogy for understanding the fundamentals of innovation. Simply suggest a more radical idea and wait the feedback.

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Christensen Institute

JUNE 30, 2022

In February, I wrote an Innovators Worth Watching blog highlighting Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drug Company , his new pharmaceutical venture selling generic medications at a fraction of the cost of other pharmacies. Researchers from Harvard Medical School found that Medicare could have saved upwards of $3.6

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

From my standpoint, I am simply amazed at how the world seems to be spinning faster and faster. Often our innovation activities face the same dilemma. Innovation needs time, it needs evolution and resolution but also speeding up. The need for innovation results has sped up considerably. I’m not sure it does.

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Innovation Processes LEAN Innovation Agile 206

IM Insights

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Elijah Eilert speaks to Tristan Kromer about the fundamentals of a VC-like funding approach for corporate innovation that releases resources over time in exchange for specific evidence. Funding a startup or corporate venture from idea to scale is becoming increasingly outdated. Topics and Insights . (02:00) Topics and Insights . (02:00)

LEAN 52

LEAN Innovation Project Design 52

Christensen Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Our recently released report, If health is wealth, America’s working mothers are living in extreme poverty , highlights how this is not only an issue for mothers, but also for children, employers, and the nation. We’ve written about this in more detail here , and interviewed innovators in the field on our podcast.

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Policies Tools Report Leadership 103

Tim Kastelle

APRIL 12, 2018

Note: this was originally posted on Harvard Business Review Blogs , with terrific editing by Sarah Green Carmichael. They have responded to these changes in their competitive environment and have started to position themselves as the most innovative firm in their market. The firm is facing some challenges.

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Board of Innovation

JULY 20, 2023

In this blog post, we will explore the incredible advancements in AI innovation and its potential to shape the future. Enhancing efficiency and accuracy One of the key benefits of AI innovation is its ability to enhance efficiency and accuracy in various sectors. Based on a study by Nvidia and MIT (ù÷ùú).

Artificial Inteligence 52

Artificial Inteligence Industry Creativity Innovation 52

Christensen Institute

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

As I’ve recently highlighted in my latest blogs , there is great entrepreneurial opportunity in Africa’s electricity market: Africa’s mass nonconsumption of electricity is ripe for market creation. In their eyes, if businesses no longer had to provide their own power, then they could focus on growth.

Marketing 92

Marketing Entrepreneurship System Industry 92

IdeaScale

AUGUST 30, 2018

In the last post from this series, we talked about the nonprofit situation and how the nature of nonprofits leads to inherent problems. The Salvation Army is a great example of how nonprofits have the potential of leading the way in one of the most crucial sectors of them all – motivation and productivity.

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Innovation Leadership Video Management 124

Christensen Institute

JANUARY 26, 2023

I was shocked when his question made me notice how much the year-over-year evolution of the cell phone had completely changed the experience of using a phone. In my last post , I pointed out that microschools show some of the telltale signs of disruptive innovation. But the book hanging under the phone was a mystery.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Comparison Disruption Examples 120

Leanstack

JUNE 6, 2019

If you’re a long time reader of this blog, chances are high you’ve read my first book: Running Lean. But did you read my second book: Scaling Lean ? You’ve probably been waiting to pick up the second book for when you’re actually scaling your product. My research says probably not. so you avoid garbage in, garbage out.

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Christensen Institute

OCTOBER 5, 2023

To scale and keep that profitable business, you need some way of staving off imitation and matching on the part of competitors, in other words, a barrier to entry, as Michael Porter told us decades ago. In the 2010s, coding bootcamps caught the higher education world’s imagination. The movement sparked both excitement and fear.

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ImagineNation

OCTOBER 7, 2023

The article elaborated further by saying that, in terms of magnitude, the challenge is akin to coping with the large-scale shift from agricultural work to manufacturing that occurred in the early 20th century in North America and Europe, and more recently in China.

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