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15 most important Innovation Theories your company should be using

Idea to Value

Every company says that innovation is important, and that they value the ideas of their people. In fact, creativity is becoming a core skill which companies know they need in the future. The challenging part of this is that culture is a very personal thing, which will vary between companies, industries and regions.

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Adventist Health: Pioneering a New Era of Process Improvement

Planview

In May of this year, we had the opportunity to chat with Dr. Jill Waters, Lean Six Sigma Coordinator at Adventist Health, which is a not-for-profit healthcare organization comprised of over 20 hospitals and over 30 clinics in the U.S. Shoving hundreds of people in a room to brainstorm is not practical or scalable. Final thoughts.

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Eleven Innovation Bullets to Dodge

Gregg Fraley

Design Thinking alone will not guarantee success (or any other framework, Agile, Lean, etc.). Very few organization’s are any good at all at Brainstorming/Idea Generation. Get innovation training from an experienced source, someone who has actually created innovation, both inside large companies and as an entrepreneur.

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Diamonds in the Rough – How To Discover More Innovative Business Ideas For Your Enterprise

Qmarkets

Whether you optimize your business, strive to win new customers, invent the latest product, or simply try to innovate – ideas help. However, many companies are slow to recognise just how much of a valuable resource their employees or external stakeholders are when it comes to generating potentially ground-breaking innovative business ideas.

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GFi Innovation Public Training Course

Gregg Fraley

It includes an overview of key frameworks ( Design Thinking, Agile, Lean, TRIZ, Synectics, Stage-Gate, CPS ) and their essential tools. In addition, it covers management mandates, project cycles, resourcing, idea management systems, idea generation, concept development, prototyping, and pitch presentations.

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Innovation Training Under Utilized

Gregg Fraley

94% of managers are unsatisfied with their companies innovation performance. The research that says brainstorming doesn’t work studied groups with no training and no facilitator. Knowledge of frameworks like Lean, Agile, CPS and Design Thinking are essential. Training Accelerates Innovation.

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Ideas: Your Company’s Most Precious and Least Exploited Resource

Qmarkets

. Whether you optimize your business, strive to win new customers, invent the latest product or simply try to innovate – ideas help. However few companies trust ideas of their crowd and the huge potential that they offer is wasted. Have you got symptoms of idea bla-bla? Analogies show us the way! A Lack of Discussion.