Idea Champions

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Which is why I just deleted the first four compelling, context-setting paragraphs to this blog post and will now simply cut to the chase: Your company's "ideation process" is either non-existent, seriously flawed, or a joke. That is IF you want to increase the odds of new ideas actually making it out the door. You're busy. The result?

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Jeffrey Phillips

MAY 22, 2023

We felt that to remain competitive, larger companies needed to recapture the sense of wonder and adventure that working in the "front end" of innovation would create. My friend, who founded OVO Innovation with me in 2004, was really passionate about the idea of reviving innovation in corporations.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

The right keynote speaker can provide a fresh perspective, inspire new ideas, and refocus an organization’s vision. When you select a speaker whose expertise aligns with your company’s goals, you create a unique opportunity for growth and learning.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2024

For a deeper dive into how AI is revolutionizing the stages and gates processes of innovation, explore next generation ai-powered innovation phases and gates processes. By integrating AI into the innovation process, companies can uncover valuable insights, streamline workflows, and make more informed decisions.

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Create and choose the right name to define your idea, company, brand, product or service with a naming workshop. With our company, we’ve committed to using an innovative framework of design thinking to go step-by-step through a naming process. What’s in a name? It turns out, a lot! Design Thinking for Naming.

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Innovate2Grow Experts

MARCH 8, 2019

Here is a brief review of quantum idea generation. Quantum idea generation produces at least 12 times more ideas than brainstorming. To generate these powerful results you need to use four elements – diversity, stimulus, brain type, and eliminate fear and have fun. Let’s start with a big picture view.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 28, 2018

In addition, it covers management mandates, project cycles, resourcing, idea management systems, idea generation, concept development, prototyping, and pitch presentations. He’s not just a theorist, he’s an inventor and innovator in his own right, having built companies from start-up to IPO.

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Innovationship

MAY 30, 2018

9 BAD HABITS TO BREAK FOR BETTER IDEATION Time flies, seasons change, and before you know it, the annual barrage of articles trashing the validity of brainstorming is once again upon us. Why give readers tips on brainstorming only after spending eight paragraphs trying to discredit it? Nine Brainstorming Bad Habits to Break 1.

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Idea Champions

JUNE 26, 2019

Here's what Idea Champions' clients have to say about the value they've received from engaging our brainstorm facilitation services. Through your brainstorm facilitation, we gained more than 100 original ideas of high quality. The Idea Champions team brings a creative, energetic and fun approach to idea generation.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

It propels companies forward, allowing them to adapt in rapidly changing markets and to respond effectively to evolving customer needs. These activities might include: Idea Generation Workshops : Leaders participate in brainstorming sessions where they are encouraged to propose unconventional solutions to business challenges.

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Destination Innovation

OCTOBER 26, 2015

I am often asked to give corporate innovation training workshops. They readily absorb the ideas and the methods. In the interactive modules they generate and select great ideas for the company. In the interactive modules they generate and select great ideas for the company.

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Innovate2Grow Experts

MARCH 8, 2019

This is the second in a series of four blogs on Quantum Idea Generation 2.0. First, it is about innovation in its broadest meaning – whenever you need ideas to make something that exists better and/or to develop something entirely new. Here is a brief review of Quantum Idea Generation 2.0.

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Gregg Fraley

APRIL 20, 2021

MCPS Training Available on April 29th, 1 to 4:30 Eastern. CPS first started being used in the early 1950’s, created by the founder of brainstorming, Alex Osborn. Practitioners of CPS, like Gregg Fraley, facilitate solutions for big companies and start-ups. Get the Training in MCPS. Everyone Needs Momentum!

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Gregg Fraley

APRIL 22, 2019

What You Should Be Learning in Innovation Training. Very few organization’s are any good at all at Brainstorming/Idea Generation. A lot of innovation training is happy talk, or super-wonky detail talk. Much innovation training avoids talking about the pitfalls that will absolutely kill your program.

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Idea Champions

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Which is why I just deleted the first four compelling, context-setting paragraphs to this blog post and will now simply cut to the chase: Your company's "ideation process" is either non-existent, seriously flawed, or a joke. That is IF you want to increase the odds of new ideas actually making it out the door. You're busy. The result?

Ideation 41

Ideation Company Brainstorming Creativity 41

Idea Champions

JULY 8, 2020

Open-mindedness, listening, idea generation, original thinking, full engagement, and the kind of commitment that drives meaningful change. us" vs. Idea Champions is committed to whole-brain thinking -- not just right brain or left brain thinking. And we can train your people to do the same thing we do. Idea Champions.

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Idea to Value

APRIL 8, 2016

Apparently 89% of the Fortune 100 companies conduct it, and often use the results to determine not only training requirements but sometimes even job placements for the individuals. The main issue I have with it is that I’ve seen many instances when this test has influenced who is involved in innovation within companies.

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Idea Champions

DECEMBER 25, 2018

Open-mindedness, listening, idea generation, original thinking, full engagement, and the kind of commitment that drives meaningful change. us" vs. Idea Champions is committed to whole-brain thinking -- not just right brain or left brain thinking. And we can train your people to do the same thing we do. Idea Champions.

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Training Creativity Culture of Innovation Engagement 29

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

By tapping into the power of AI for identifying patterns and leveraging data analytics, companies can ensure that their design thinking efforts are both user-centered and data-informed. This collaboration can significantly widen the scope of ideas generated, leading to more innovative and user-centric solutions.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Embedding sustainability : Companies are increasingly integrating sustainability into their operations. These platforms help teams ideate, brainstorm, and iterate designs, making Design Thinking more central to remote and distributed teams. Generative Design : AI can generate design ideas based on specified criteria or constraints.

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Gregg Fraley

MAY 9, 2017

.” “We don’t do idea generation well.” The quotes above are all from larger company high level managers who already have highly defined innovation processes in place. The managers above have read a lot of that literature, taken it to heart, gotten training, and put processes in place. Are you lost?

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Idea Champions

JULY 13, 2017

Open-mindedness, listening, idea generation, original thinking, full engagement, and the kind of commitment that drives meaningful change. us" vs. Idea Champions is committed to whole-brain thinking -- not just right brain or left brain thinking. And we can train your people to do the same thing we do. Idea Champions.

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Training Creativity Culture of Innovation Engagement 29

Idea Champions

MAY 17, 2017

Open-mindedness, listening, idea generation, original thinking, full engagement, and the kind of commitment that drives meaningful change. us" vs. Idea Champions is committed to whole-brain thinking -- not just right brain or left brain thinking. And we can train your people to do the same thing we do. Idea Champions.

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Idea Champions

MARCH 23, 2018

Open-mindedness, listening, idea generation, original thinking, full engagement, and the kind of commitment that drives meaningful change. us" vs. Idea Champions is committed to whole-brain thinking -- not just right brain or left brain thinking. And we can train your people to do the same thing we do. Idea Champions.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 1, 2018

The secret sauce in the design of a MoshPit session is how fresh thinking is scaffolded through the discovery and idea generation process. Nearly all brainstorming techniques, and even innovation frameworks, fall short in terms of helping people make new conceptual connections. This is not your Dad’s brainstorming.

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Idea Champions

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Which is why I just deleted the first four compelling, context-setting paragraphs to this blog post and will now simply cut to the chase: Your company's "ideation process" is either non-existent, seriously flawed, or a joke. Well, this phenomenon also applies to a company's ideation process. You're busy. You know it. The result?

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

For instance, AI can facilitate brainstorming sessions by providing prompts based on emerging trends, leading to a more diverse and innovative set of ideas. One notable case involved a retail company utilizing data-driven empathy mapping to understand customer behavior and preferences more deeply.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 10, 2019

To counter these challenges, companies are increasingly focused on creating a culture of innovation to achieve financial process improvement. The Project WOW methodology offered by A+B is designed to engage employees and empower them to put forward new improvement suggestions, through workshops, training programs, and brainstorming sprints.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 6, 2024

To instill this learning culture, I have instituted regular training sessions, knowledge-sharing meetings, and opportunities for professional development. Innovation Metrics : Measure the number of new ideas generated and implemented by the team. Metric Baseline Post-Implementation % Change Engagement Score 70% 85% +21.4%

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Idea Champions

JANUARY 19, 2018

Every company is looking for new and better ways to do more with less, differentiate themselves from the competition, and unlock the hidden genius of their workforce. Flying in an outside consultant to lead a workshop or training can sometimes be cost prohibitive. Our workshops and trainings. This I understand. HOW IT WORKS: 1.

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Idea Champions

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Every company is looking for new and better ways to do more with less, differentiate themselves from the competition, and unlock the hidden genius of their workforce. Flying in an outside consultant to lead a workshop or training can sometimes be cost prohibitive. Our workshops and trainings. This I understand. HOW IT WORKS: 1.

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Learning Creative Thinking Training Innovation 22

Idea Champions

JUNE 30, 2016

Let's assume for a moment that you and your company value BIG IDEAS -- the kind of ideas that have the potential to change the game, differentiate you from the competition, and spark some major business growth. The countless ways in which your company's "ideation process" routinely springs leaks. What ARE the holes?

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Ideation Brainstorming Underperforming Technical Team Creativity 30

KindlingApp

JANUARY 17, 2016

Idea-generating conversations are happening throughout your organization. For most companies, however, the challenge is tapping into all of these disparate conversations to uncover those ideas that will effectively drive the business forward.

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Software Review Software Technical Review Meeting 40

Idea Champions

APRIL 23, 2017

Let's assume for a moment that you and your company value BIG IDEAS -- the kind of ideas that have the potential to change the game, differentiate you from the competition, and spark some major business growth. The countless ways in which your company's "ideation process" routinely springs leaks. What ARE the holes?

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Ideation Brainstorming Underperforming Technical Team Creativity 22

Gregg Fraley

MAY 1, 2018

Creativity, and creative ideas, are essential ingredients, and, without other fundamentals , like projects and implementation — great ideas are a waste of time. This company-wide desire must be sustained through hard work and intimidating obstacles. An authentic desire to improve or invent.

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hackerearth

AUGUST 2, 2017

If you don’t innovate, your company is likely to take this route: development → introduction → growth → maturity → decline. Companies use different tools or approaches depending on the end goal. These open-innovation based models are often combined to achieve the desired effect by companies. The Innovation Process. “In

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The BMI Lab Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Creativity is not a gift but a skill we can train with proper tools. Because of this challenge, innovators have developed a wide range of tools to help people unleash and nurture their innate creativity, which is usually constrained by the rules, procedures, and methods that many companies use.

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