Idea to Value

JULY 21, 2017

Every company says that innovation is important, and that they value the ideas of their people. Yet the problem lies in the fact that so few established companies actually know how to go about getting value out of their innovation ambitions, let alone turning it into profit. So what can you do about it? 40 principles of TRIZ.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 7, 2022

I spoke to 11 of the world’s leading female innovation experts to get their definition of “innovation” The variety in their responses may surprise you. In 2016, I wrote the article What is innovation? 15 experts share their innovation definition in order to answer the question of “What is innovation?”

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Wazoku

JUNE 1, 2023

No one can deny the importance of developing a strong business strategy, but what about an innovation strategy? Arguably where you spend time and money is strategy, but investing in innovation programs alone does not guarantee success.

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ImagineNation

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

To embrace it as a catalyst for co-creating innovative , supportive, equitable, inclusive, and sustainable humane environments that embrace the dynamic forces of technology and innovation, despite the immense challenges that remain. Let’s put together the infrastructure for a better world.”

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ImagineNation

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

It takes a lot of empathy, patience and healthy detachment to provide for the immediate needs of the people on the margins of society and to help them find permanent solutions to their many problems – innovation a company-wide responsibility. Some authors in the innovation space claim that innovation requires a special kind of person.

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 23, 2018

Tackling massive problems such as social injustice, income inequality, healthcare availability, sustainability (among others) requires innovation, a process by which ideas are transformed into implemented services or products. According to an innovation article , another of the main challenges for nonprofits is coordinated action.

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Innovation has become a buzzword that’s associated with a variety of misconceptions. One of which is that innovation is a personality type. Without a doubt, some innovators are high-energy extroverts. However, most disrupters and innovators are everyday team members.

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Innovation in Practice

DECEMBER 21, 2015

This month marks the eight year anniversary of Innovation in Practice. When you start blogging, you're never quite sure who will read it and continue reading it. A fellow innovation blogger told me not to worry about. Blog it, and they will come," is what he said. To be an innovator, learn a method.Teach it to others.

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

These activities are designed to help organizations get started with innovation. Our ability to adapt and innovate is essential in an ever-changing technological landscape. The use of innovation activities is one way to accomplish these goals, spur creativity, and drive business or organizational growth.

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 1, 2017

Recently a customer asked me if I could share some insight as to what type of incentives really work to drive engagement across divisions and companies. This is an extremely common question for new customers looking to ensure that they can justify their investment in an innovation management platform by ensuring good participation volumes.

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Innovation Excellence

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

This continues on from an Innovation Excellence blog I wrote last month about how personality types can influence innovation capability. But personality.

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Christensen Institute

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Now, remote work, as I listed above, has both negative and positive effects, but this blog isn’t really about remote work. Remote work can either be looked at as an efficiency innovation, or it can be leveraged to identify market-creating innovation (MCI) opportunities. Efficiency innovations are about processes.

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Christensen Institute

JANUARY 11, 2024

This blog will focus on the first two. Innovative entities such as the Alice L. Rather than pay for the cost out-of-pocket, I rescheduled it. When I called the doctor’s office to reschedule, the earliest appointment was in March 2024, a year later. And it may get a lot worse. In 2021, a national survey of US physicians showed 62.8%

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Jeffrey Phillips

JUNE 16, 2021

I'm writing a series of blogs based on questions that I regularly receive about innovation. In my last post, I wrote about the staffing plan necessary to sustain growth and innovation , basing it in part on the Pareto rule. What skills are critical to next and new innovation First, we need to define our terms.

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Viima

JANUARY 3, 2020

We’ve recently been breaking down the different types of innovations and explaining their differences in a series of posts on our blog. This time, we’re looking at breakthrough innovation. So, in this post, we’ll look into what breakthrough innovation actually is, why it is important, and how to actually create one.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 29, 2018

It always amazes me how we limit growth by not investing fully in innovation. While most large companies want to become more agile and innovative, many of them fail to turn this wish into a reality. Innovation as a dedicated activity still sits uncomfortably within many organizations. What is holding this innovation age back?

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Qmarkets

JANUARY 17, 2023

For vehicle manufacturers and service providers in the global transport industry right now, innovation isn’t so much optional as existentially vital. In this blog, we’ll explore some of these trends and make a case for an effective innovation management program to capitalize on them. Take sustainability.

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Planview

APRIL 24, 2024

In this blog, we’ll delve into the intricacies of calculating the hidden cost of waste in software development and explore strategies to mitigate its impact, ultimately leading to a more streamlined and outcome-driven development process. Understanding the common areas where waste occurs is the first step toward mitigating its impact.

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Jeffrey Phillips

OCTOBER 6, 2021

For many years, in writing this blog, and in leading innovation projects for my clients, I tried to advocate for the benefits of innovation. The companies that do make the bet, and that do focus on innovation, often show the benefits in terms of higher profits, greater market share and higher stock prices.

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Christensen Institute

AUGUST 10, 2023

That seems simple enough, but when it comes to innovative business models there are many other questions that arise. What type of business model do I have? This week’s Thursday Theory Tips blog will answer all of these questions so that you can determine if your business model is working for you. What makes up a business model?

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IdeaScale

JULY 9, 2019

And to stay relevant in digital marketing, you need to be innovative. While it can be difficult to keep up, we believe there are ways companies can innovate and stay ahead of the game. At the intersection of modern technology and advertising, digital marketing is one of the fastest changing industries in the world.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 18, 2019

When we are designing innovation for the future, the search is even more centered around strategically connected value creation. We need to draw on insights, creativity but most importantly have a growing sense of the context we are thinking through to search for new ideas, concepts, and eventual new innovating solutions.

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Jeffrey Phillips

MAY 24, 2021

Previously, I wrote that companies will need to focus on business model and process innovation over product innovation. I've used this quote in other blog posts, but it has never been as relevant as it is right now. I'm writing a (probably too soon) series of posts on what I've learned as we all return from the COVID epidemic.

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 10, 2017

As I was trying to decide on a topic for my third submission in the IdeaScale employee blog series, I kept getting these little nuggets of ideas that could possibly be flushed out into a separate blog posts on their own. Here are some examples of what to consider when planning a campaign.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 30, 2022

Learn how to generate more and better ideas in this blog. Although scenario mapping probably won’t cover every single type of interaction with your product, it should encapsulate the most important ones, and may uncover some ideas for how to improve the product and solve the challenge. Scenario Mapping. What is not useful anymore?

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InnovationTraining.org

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Design tool Canva launches online whiteboard designed for innovation projects and teams. Online whiteboard tools are fantastic ways to collaborate and communicate with teams in the innovation and design thinking space, and there’s many great options out there. What is Canva? Conclusion.

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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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Christensen Institute

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

million) of 2-19 year olds were obese, which puts children and adolescents at risk of poor health conditions like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, type 2 diabetes, etc. What is health? Many people think of health in terms of medical care and physical health, or simply, the absence of sickness. But this is a limited definition.

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Tullio Siragusa

JANUARY 9, 2023

5G and Edge Computing The deployment of 5G networks and the growth of edge computing are expected to drive innovation in areas such as the Internet of Things (IoT), autonomous vehicles, and smart cities. They are working on developing different types of quantum computers such as superconducting qubits, trapped ions, and topological qubits.

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IdeaScale

JANUARY 9, 2018

But sometimes folks need an example of how these work with the different decision types. To iron out the funnel that is just right for you, please feel free to request a personal consultation with an innovation architect. This blog post is part of a series authored by IdeaScale employees.

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Idea to Value

MAY 18, 2020

I recently met with a very successful company that is seen as a highly innovative global pioneer that others in their industry, which is facing many structural headwinds and inevitable changes, look up to. The challenge s of centralized innovation. Let’s look into why that is the case. That, however, is where the problem lies.

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Idea to Value

JANUARY 16, 2021

Creativity and innovation are key tools in the marketing professional’s toolbox and ones that aren’t always as accessible as we’d like. Marketing requires many types of creativity and innovation to be successful. When people think about what barriers a marketer may have to success, they usually think of technical challenges.

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Norbert Bol

JUNE 19, 2022

As we discussed in the previous blog , a key element to learning is the strategy that participants in the supply chain pursue. In the previous blog there was a poll question about the strategy. Learning is therefore for every company in the supply chain an important part of the journey. June 2022). Norbert Bol. Literature. Cormack, A.,

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Tullio Siragusa

MAY 30, 2022

Reorganizing a company to solve complex problems, introduce innovation, improve business operations, and identify market opportunities requires design. Design Thinking can be used as a tool to transform or reorganize a company to identify innovative solutions to current problems. What is Design Thinking?

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Tullio Siragusa

MAY 23, 2022

Design Thinking is an innovative way to perceive people’s needs and approach problems. As designers unveil or identify problems, they can bring about innovative solutions. Design Thinking assists organizations to lead with innovation.”. Implementing Design Thinking can help with customer success. . What is Design Thinking?

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 27, 2021

That’s why universities like Harvard and companies like Google have spent years studying different types of teams to identify the common success factors. This article was originally published on Inc.com and has been syndicated for this blog. Adjust your objectives and strategies as needed so you remain agile.

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InnovationTraining.org

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Meet the latest tools from popular innovation planning and whiteboarding tool Miro. Miro is one of the best whiteboard and virtual collaboration tools out there – just look at our blog to see some of the awesome templates they offer that we’ve talked about in the past! Learn More about Smart Meetings. Video Explanation.

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