Why Innovation Governance Matters
Sopheon
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
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Time for Innovation 2.0
Jeffrey Phillips
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
I've been writing about innovation for close to 20 years. During most of that time, I've had the good fortune to lead innovation projects for clients as well. The work I get to do, and the material I see online and read in (yes, I still read paper magazines) has provided a lot of fodder for this blog over the years. Innovation.
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As readers of this blog (and you know who you are) are bound to know by now, I am a movie fanatic. Innovation choices are like the Matrix choices When we talk about innovation in corporations, many of the choices individuals make and that innovation teams make are like the red pill / blue pill choice.
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OCTOBER 29, 2020
His parting shot to me was - you are an innovator. What can innovation do to change issues like climate change that lead to these destructive fires? I told him that there are many types of innovation - product, service, business model, as well as innovations that impact society and politics.
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Jeanne Liedtka Books on Innovation and Design Thinking
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These top Jeanne Liedtka’s books are a great source of information on innovation and design thinking. Design thinking books continue to be a popular topic on our blog, as many find them a useful way to learn about innovation and how to apply these techniques to organizational or personal challenges. Innovation Assessment.
A Higher Purpose Brings a Higher Culture
Innovation Excellence
MAY 19, 2020
So why aren’t we doing this at an organisational level? Many organisations are trying to create a culture of innovation, but are not pausing to ask why? If we want to innovate well, we need the right culture – we need vision people, and in a big way. Culture becomes key to having a successful innovative organisation.
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Decision Making Attitudes
Huub Rutten
MARCH 3, 2021
“Huub, really, if I would be held accountable for the success of our innovation projects, I would kill 70%”. Dear Reader, in this Blog I want to share a story with you that changed my view on the pure rationalized approach of decision making in the innovation process. More about how to do this in a next Blog.
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Decision Making Attitudes
Huub Rutten
MARCH 3, 2021
“Huub, really, if I would be held accountable for the success of our innovation projects, I would kill 70%”. Dear Reader, in this Blog I want to share a story with you that changed my view on the pure rationalized approach of decision making in the innovation process. More about how to do this in a next Blog.
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Decision Making Attitudes
Huub Rutten
MARCH 3, 2021
“Huub, really, if I would be held accountable for the success of our innovation projects, I would kill 70%”. Dear Reader, in this Blog I want to share a story with you that changed my view on the pure rationalized approach of decision making in the innovation process. More about how to do this in a next Blog.
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The quiet desperation of corporate innovators
Jeffrey Phillips
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
Over the last year I've been conducting a one person listening tour, talking to a lot of my peers in consulting, as well as prospects, customers and friends who work in government and industry. While there is a lot of noise about innovation from all quarters, it appears from my discussions that there is little activity.
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What’s New in Corporate Innovation – Dec 18, 2017
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What’s New in Corporate Innovation – Dec 18, 2017. Hello folks, and welcome to our first edition of “What’s New in Corporate Innovation.” Everyone’s talking about innovation these days – a profusion of content ranging from social posts on Medium and LinkedIn to the hallowed pages of HBR and the Economist – and everything in between.
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Making what life needs next
Board of Innovation
JUNE 6, 2022
But the ways we innovate are changing. Innovation strategies and business designs are all changing because breakthroughs in science and technology come faster and faster. Disruptive, adjacent or core innovation can happen at any time and is no longer driven solely by empathizing with your customers.
WHY IS IT MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER TO INNOVATE?
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At ImagineNation we are celebrating 10 years as a global innovation consultancy, learning, and coaching company. During this time, we’ve identified some of the common patterns that people demonstrate as a result of feeling uncomfortable, frozen, inert, stubborn, and resistant to innovation. Strategically deciding to innovate.
Why platforms and ecosystems matter for innovators
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DECEMBER 1, 2016
You may know that Paul Hobcraft and I are collaborating on a new blog entitled Ecosystems for Innovating where we focus on the emerging importance of platforms and ecosystems for innovation. New innovations must either align to and integrate with, or must overthrow these platforms and ecosystems.
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As education choice grows, expect more school unbundling, but no great unbundling
Christensen Institute
OCTOBER 27, 2023
Good theory on innovation can help us parse out the hype from what’s likely to play out. A good theory— the theory of interdependence and modularity —helps illustrate why. But we should be cautious about such grand statements. As a technology matures, however, it eventually overshoots the raw performance that many customers need.
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How Audi and others can avoid their Kodak moment
Cris Beswick
MARCH 3, 2023
The organisations that will survive and prosper in the future are the ones that are now transitioning to become innovation-led learning organisations. It’s unlikely that many in the HR world would disagree with Dr Maassen’s viewpoint, but the challenge is what culture and mindset Audi need to build an innovation system.
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52 Overcome resistance and capture growth in the Financial Services Industry
Innovation 360 Group
JUNE 9, 2020
In this blog post we talk about receptivity to change in Financial Services and some thoughts on how to move forward. Dealing with uncertainty demands innovative ideas. Combatting uncertainty demands innovative ideas. Innovative ideas are purchased externally and often not well integrated.
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DELIVERING SUCCESSFUL TRANSFORMATION AND CHANGE INITIATIVES
ImagineNation
FEBRUARY 4, 2024
These initiatives will typically focus on improving efficiency, and productivity, resolving IT legacy and technological issues, encouraging innovation, or developing high-performance organisational cultures. Yet, according to research conducted over fifteen years by McKinsey & Co.,
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The seven stages of innovation grief
Jeffrey Phillips
APRIL 12, 2016
I'm writing this a bit tongue in cheek, but the point of this blog is very serious. There are a number of phases that innovators go through, accepting what they can about innovation based on what the executives and corporate culture allow. We innovators, especially corporate innovators are like this, but often in reverse.
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Innovation in action: Value prior learning, no matter where that learning happens
Christensen Institute
JUNE 8, 2022
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported that each year, more than one-third of undergraduate students transfer. Why shouldn’t that credit count? Why shouldn’t that previous learning count? Why shouldn’t that credit count? Why doesn’t ALL prior learning count? CPL’s innovative potential (by Michael B.
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Living Values: Interview with Susan Grover on the Importance of an ESG Program
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7 Deadly Sins in Corporate Innovation
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Corporate innovation is a discipline that could easily take a turn for the worse with improper, overdue, or undersized investments. Unfortunately, many organizations fall prey to the theatrics of innovation, which often amount to nothing more than an exercise in futility with little or no value generated for the business or society.
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MANAGING AND SHIFTING A BREAKTHROUGH MINDSET
ImagineNation
MAY 3, 2020
According to a recent article, “The Illusion Of Certainty” in Spectator Magazine, Rory Sutherland explains why this approach does not work: “The reason is that both bureaucrats and business people are heavily attracted to the illusion of certainty. Thursday, May 14th Mindset Matters to Adapt & Transform AEST 10:30-11:15am.
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Wazoku
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
Let’s talk about building a culture of EveryDay innovation. It’s one of our favourite topics, not just because I’ve written a book on it but because it really matters. As leaders, we have to be thinking about innovation at a cultural level as we seek to evolve our organisations to become next generation businesses.
Building A Culture of Innovation – What are you waiting for? – with Owen James Events
Wazoku
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
Recently, Strategic Advisor for Innovation Cris Beswick spoke with Owen James events about building a culture of innovation. Here’s what he had to say: Let’s talk about building a culture of EveryDay innovation. It’s one of our favourite topics, not just because I’ve written a book on it but because it really matters.
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AUGUST 11, 2017
Grow into a major player in the global blockchain space with an innovative mindset. Over 90 percent of organizations want a digital transformation strategy, anticipating cost reduction, increased innovation, and business growth in the future. The concept of a digital economy has rewritten business models you’ve adopted so far.
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CorporateIntel
MAY 15, 2014
Here are some perhaps not so obvious reasons why: A real track record of repeat innovation. The ability for an innovator to find repeat success in entirely new ventures is perhaps the rarest of proven attributes. No matter how many failures it takes, we know that we can’t rely on the limited resource of petroleum forever.
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” This blog post will talk about this concept and the urgency to develop a new mindset in corporations. Industry 4.0 – or the Fourth Industrial Revolution – is the phenomenon of adopting innovative tools, resources, and technological services that optimize the management of the most varied industrial aspects.
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Finding knowledge and research to help you learn and adapt
Paul Hobcraft
OCTOBER 8, 2015
As part of my job, advising others on all things swirling around innovation, I invest significant time in researching, learning and applying what I feel is important to others, so as to understand or at least to raise their awareness to changing practices, thinking or approaches. It tackles artificial intelligence and cognitive analysis.
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Employee Innovation Survey- Results
IdeaSpies
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
Employee involvement in innovation was specifically researched. Innovation was defined simply as “implementation of ideas that add value”. Based on these results it is recommended that leaders of organisations: Acknowledge that innovation is necessary to grow businesses and employees are a key source of innovation.
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Release of The Complete Guide to Business Innovation Volume 1-5
Innovation 360 Group
MAY 29, 2017
Today we officially launched the release date of the new book series “The Complete guide to Business Innovation Volume 1-5” and the first volume “How to Assess and Measure Business Innovation”. Introduction to The Complete guide to Business Innovation Volume 1-5. A Comprehensive Innovation Strategy.
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Release of The Complete Guide to Business Innovation Volume 1-5
Innovation 360
MAY 30, 2017
Today we officially launched the release date of the new book series “The Complete guide to Business Innovation Volume 1-5” and the first volume “How to Assess and Measure Business Innovation” The first volume will be on the market Sep 30 2017, and the coming books launched between Q4/2017 and Q2/2018.
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Great to Good Innovation
IdeaSpies
FEBRUARY 21, 2019
I’m going to talk about how, in the 21st Century, we need ‘Goodness’ more than ‘Greatness’ when it comes to innovation. The question is “Why?”. If I asked you to name some innovations of the 20th Century, which ones would you think of? Obviously, all names listed are ‘innovators’ of their time. Yes, you read it right.
Great to Good Innovation
IdeaSpies
FEBRUARY 22, 2019
The question is “Why?” If I asked you to name some innovations of the 20th Century, which ones would you think of? So, I typed ‘Innovations of the 20th Century’ , and the results I got are 1) Nuclear Power 2) Personal Computer 3) Airplane 4) Automobile 5) Antibiotics 6) Television, etc. That is true; excuse me.
How hackathons can help you get started with blockchain
hackerearth
AUGUST 11, 2017
Grow into a major player in the global blockchain space with an innovative mindset. Over 90 percent of organizations want a digital transformation strategy, anticipating cost reduction, increased innovation, and business growth in the future. The concept of a digital economy has rewritten business models you’ve adopted so far.
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Great to Good
IdeaSpies
AUGUST 31, 2018
I’m going to talk about how, in the 21st Century, we need ‘Goodness’ more than ‘Greatness’ when it comes to innovation. The question is “Why?” If I asked you to name some innovations of the 20th Century, which ones would you think of? Obviously, all names listed are ‘innovators’ of their time. Yes, you read it right.
How to Nail Your Most Valuable Metrics Using the Customer Journey
Moves the Needle
OCTOBER 12, 2018
You apply the 3 E’s of lean innovation , develop empathy, run rapid experiments, analyze evidence -- data + insights -- to find the right actions the business must do to illicit the behavior. When asked why he was building the app, he said, "To save parents money." Why did he feel driven to build a business around this concept? “To
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76 Ideating at Enexis – Driving Operational Innovation in Dutch Energy Sector
Qmarkets
OCTOBER 16, 2020
The Enexis Group finds itself in an industry prime for innovation stagnation; well-established solutions, a workforce often resistant to change, and heavy regulation on procedures and costs, means that spontaneous innovation is not something that can happen easily. Qmarkets : Great – and what inspires you most about innovation?
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Survey finds employees believe they are the best source of innovation
IdeaSpies
NOVEMBER 14, 2018
Over 90% of employees believe they are the best source of innovation. Sydney, 15 November 2018 – IdeaSpies Enterprise, a platform for ideas that will improve business performance, today revealed the results of an Employee Innovation Survey. Innovation was defined simply in the survey as “implementation of ideas that add value”.
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Delving into a complex world: helping to keep pace
Paul Hobcraft
JANUARY 25, 2016
As part of my job, advising others on all things swirling around innovation, I invest significant time in researching, learning and applying what I feel is important to others to understand or at least to raise their awareness. So “thought leadership” is becoming a highly valued part of the consulting equation. from content to connections.
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Generating creative energy to innovate
ImagineNation
SEPTEMBER 9, 2018
At ImagineNation we know that this can be done by transforming people’s cognitive dissonance into the vibrant & creative energy that makes innovation happen. Just think about how much easier it will be if innovation lead change strategies are designed, articulated, received & executed by people in the VUCA times of our Digital Age.
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Business Model Scalability: Internal vs External
The BMI Lab Blog
JANUARY 24, 2019
Why did these companies become the most dominant players in the world in such a short time? One reason why leveraging external resources is so powerful is that there are always more resources outside your company than inside. If one side is weak, your growth potential is limited, no matter how good you are on the other side.
Employee Innovation Survey- Results
IdeaSpies
MARCH 24, 2019
Employee involvement in innovation was specifically researched. Innovation was defined simply as “implementation of ideas that add value”. This result indicates there is a significant gap in organisations ‘walking the talk’ on innovation. When an innovation tool is provided, 75% of employees use it.
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