IdeaScale
APRIL 7, 2021
It would seem that the innovation process is simple: Get an idea, refine that idea, implement it, and repeat the process. Here are five common problems with the innovation process and how to resolve them. The innovation process needs to be crafted to fit each group.
InnovationTraining.org
MAY 26, 2020
These top ideation and brainstorming templates from Miro can be used with your team remotely or in the same room. Interested in templates for brainstorming that you can even use with a team online? In this guide we will share some of the most popular brainstorming frameworks.
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IdeaScale
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
Innovation is a process that relies heavily on creativity and individual thinking, and these are things that don’t come easily. Advantages of Creative Thinking Exercises. Here are some of the advantages of using creative thinking exercises.
The BMI Lab Blog
OCTOBER 27, 2017
Creativity is not a gift but a skill we can train with proper tools. When we introduce somebody to innovation methodologies, especially those focused on business models, the role of creativity topic usually comes up. The most common question is whether we need to use creativity or not to innovate. There is a short answer for this: The majority of the most successful innovation methodologies give creativity a strong role.
Betterific
AUGUST 2, 2016
Welcome to the second part of our new “Brainstorming with…” series, where we interview two sets of people – the innovation challenge winners and the product developers and innovation experts that sponsor the challenges. From the winners, we learn brainstorming tips, how they arrived at their winning ideas, and the inspiration they use. You can check out our first Brainstorming with a winner edition, where we interviewed Dan Pick.
IdeaScale
APRIL 3, 2019
Is your organization centralized or decentralized when it comes to innovation? In a company where innovation is centralized, a specific department is tasked with innovating for the entire organization. The downside of using this model is that buy-in from other departments may be hard to achieve as the innovation department may seem out of touch with other departmental processes etc. So how do you level up the entire brainstorming capacity of your workforce?
Betterific
AUGUST 8, 2016
In this installment of “Brainstorming with an [innovation] expert” we invite Matt Nelson from Hyundai. He just finished up his role as the Innovation and Technology Planner at Hyundai and is now returning to the University of Michigan to get his masters in Design Science. In the interview below, you’ll get a tremendous window into the world of innovation and product development. Process Development (How do we make it).
Idea to Value
JULY 21, 2017
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. 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. However, there are more effective ways to innovate, as you will see further down this list.
InnovationTraining.org
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
Discover what to expect at a creative problem solving workshop and when your organization could benefit from a training session. Creative problem solving is an innovation framework focused around better ideation and brainstorming sessions. If your organization is interested in implementing these techniques, you’ll want to learn more about this framework and how you can get started with a creative problem solving training workshop here. . Innovation
IdeaScale
APRIL 3, 2019
Is your organization centralized or decentralized when it comes to innovation? In a company where innovation is centralized, a specific department is tasked with innovating for the entire organization. The downside of using this model is that buy-in from other departments may be hard to achieve as the innovation department may seem out of touch with other departmental processes etc. So how do you level up the entire brainstorming capacity of your workforce?
Gregg Fraley
AUGUST 1, 2018
New Service Offering for Digital Technology Innovation. Discover Ideas for Long Term and Tactical Innovation Projects. Chicago, IL, August 1, 2018 — The MoshPit Innovation Service is an innovation project discovery service marketed by GFi (Gregg Fraley Innovation). It’s designed to uncover unlikely, but useful, combinations of technologies, products, services, trends, and insights that lead to breakthrough innovation.
Gregg Fraley
AUGUST 30, 2016
Innovation is complex and difficult — but one thing about it is not. What’s quite simple about innovation is that projects are what make innovation real. are Not Innovation. Thinking about things is not innovation. Having beers and kicking ideas around are not innovation. Brainstorming sessions are not innovation. Idea Campaigns are not innovation. Guided visualizations are not innovation. Lean is not innovation.
Gregg Fraley
SEPTEMBER 28, 2018
Innovation is Learning. For many years I kept the concepts of innovation and learning in separate boxes. I thought innovation was creating new things of value, and, learning was understanding new things. I now believe that learning and innovation are joined at the hip. You can’t innovate without an exploratory learning process. Domain Knowledge is an Innovation Pre-requisite. Knowledge Across Many Domains Is An Innovation Accelerator.
Gregg Fraley
MAY 1, 2018
Innovation Fundamentals for Leaders. Invest in Frameworks, But First, Establish a Culture Where Innovation Thrives. For results, leaders need to foster innovation fundamentals and integrate them into organizational culture. More structure is needed as fundamentals take hold, and that means an innovation process framework. This series of posts on innovation fundamentals is not about frameworks. There is no innovation without creativity.
InnovationManagement
AUGUST 26, 2019
With the rise of the innovation department, numerous organizations are focusing their attention on their company’s ideation rate. A good ideation rate generally predicts other positive company health indicators: profitability, higher employee retention rates, reported customer success, but there’s another innovation health indicator that we think organizations should pay attention to: their implementation rate. appeared first on Innovation Management.
Gregg Fraley
OCTOBER 4, 2018
If you’re in the Chicago or Denver areas, check out these innovation training course offerings. Gregg Fraley Innovation (GFi) is offering three public courses in late October and early November. Innovation Intensive, Beyond Design Thinking. This deep-dive immersive course in innovation could change the direction of your organization – or career. A truly innovative culture? Innovation Intensive will help you improve the effectiveness of innovation projects.
Gregg Fraley
AUGUST 22, 2018
Training Accelerates Innovation. 94% of managers are unsatisfied with their companies innovation performance. 70% of CEO’s see innovation as a key driver of growth. Why then is corporate America so woefully undertrained in innovation fundamentals? Energy is Not Enough, Get Training in Innovation . When I step into a room to facilitate a strategy, innovation, or idea generation session I usually find a great deal of energy.
Innovation Excellence
JUNE 30, 2016
Brainstorming sessions can easily devolve into a contest of strong egos or a parade of old, tired ideas and their accompanying resentments. Worse, meetings around ideation or innovation sour when there is lack of good manners. Continue reading → Innovation Creativity innovation process michael graber Southern Growth Studio
Gregg Fraley
NOVEMBER 15, 2019
Experiential Learning Accelerates Innovation. Innovation Session Designs Don’t Engage. Using experiential learning tools like drawing isn’t really new in innovation process. Sunni Brown , Dave Gray , Dan Roam, and yours truly all use experiential learning tools in innovation projects. Most corporate innovators have no training in using experiential tools. ” Accelerated Learning Leads to Accelerated Innovation.
BrainZooming
FEBRUARY 22, 2018
An article in The Wall Street Journal by Paul Ziobro shares an report on how toy manufacturers, including Mattel and Hasbro, are accelerating their new product innovation processes. Thus, the need to catalyze innovative success by streamlining the steps between ideas and implementation. 2 Super Smart Ways to Catalyze Innovative Success. This is a fruitful way to identify innovation opportunities customers can’t clearly articulate.
Gregg Fraley
DECEMBER 11, 2017
Learn 4 Ways to Amplify Digital Innovation in 2018. The challenges facing innovation leaders, facing 2018 is — how do you integrate new digital capability? This is not innovation as we once knew it. This is not your Dad’s innovation. It’s not even Your Innovation of five years ago? How do you innovate across your entire value chain? Why is this challenge so different from previous innovation challenges?
Gregg Fraley
MAY 9, 2017
Innovation Programs Based On Best Practices are Doomed to Mediocrity. Things I’ve heard recently from c-suite executives about their own innovation programs: “Floundering and ineffective, if I’m honest.” ” These are the words I’ve heard innovation directors and c-suite executives use to describe their own innovation programs. This post is to make a simple point about innovation.
IdeaScale
MAY 26, 2021
Innovation is critical to establishing new solutions and is something that every business handles. It can come in many different forms and styles, but regardless of the methods you use, innovation cannot be ignored. How online whiteboards create impactful innovation.
Gregg Fraley
AUGUST 8, 2017
Do You Wish To Accelerate Innovation? When I step into a room to facilitate an innovation, strategy, or idea generation session I always find a great deal of energy. Inexperience in: the kind of divergent thinking necessary to innovate, in specific meeting behaviors and facilitation skills, and in innovation process, approaches and frameworks. Here are details regarding innovation courses you can attend in the near future, Denver, August 28 – 31.
Gregg Fraley
AUGUST 28, 2018
Innovation Intensive . Master Innovation Trainer: Gregg Fraley. Course Description: Innovation Intensive is a one day, deep dive, into fundamental and advanced concepts in innovation. Innovation team leaders and project managers learn what it takes to keep cycles spinning from year to year. This course covers a great deal of ground — even experienced innovation professionals will learn new methods, tools, and concepts.
IdeaScale
JULY 19, 2021
It’s well known that design thinking is a creative problem-solving process, which focuses on reaching solutions that were previously inaccessible. To the trained eye, this may ring a bell as a common goal of innovative thinking as well. Design Thinking and Innovation.
InnovationTraining.org
APRIL 25, 2022
Whether you are working together in person or remotely, design thinking software tools such as Miro can help make the innovation process easier than ever. This template is designed for rapid ideation around a clear creative challenge or problem statement. Innovation
IdeaScale
MAY 11, 2022
And despite two years of practice, many companies worry about what working remotely means for creativity, innovation, and culture—so to put those fears to rest, let’s look at how remote work opens the door to diverse perspectives, and gives businesses the flexibility to face larger changes.
Leapfrogging
OCTOBER 8, 2021
Over the last two decades, I have had the pleasure of working with some of the world’s most innovative business leaders to help develop innovative solutions and services for companies big and small. Description of the White Space Innovation Process .
IdeaScale
JANUARY 23, 2020
Innovation anxiety can keep your team from doing its best. This principle is as true of innovation as everything else. . Here’s how to fight “innovation anxiety.” What Is Innovation Anxiety? On one level, innovation anxiety is easy to understand.
IdeaScale
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Innovation is everywhere, and for many businesses being able to innovate fast is a non-negotiable requirement. Why is it then that so much innovation continues to stall with using outdated technology? Why Innovation requires Visualization.
Idea to Value
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
This title may sound like an oxymoron, but you can in fact teach innovation as you would any other skill, like communication or leadership. Companies that foster and encourage innovation were also significantly more likely to have satisfied or highly satisfied employees. Innovation
IdeaScale
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Are you looking for ways to take your innovation strategy to the next level in 2020? Check out our top innovation blogs from 2019 for tips on transforming your product, process, market, and more. Seven Free Brainstorming Tools for 2019. Top Innovation Conferences for 2019.
IdeaScale
JUNE 27, 2019
Nearly 80 percent of executives surveyed by The Boston Consulting Group’s tenth global survey on innovation considered innovation to be either the most important priority at their company or in the top three. They’re already overloaded and adding “innovate” to their task load may not get a good reaction. However, there are ways to cultivate innovation success, and creating an innovation department is one of them. Define Roles and Processes.
InnovationTraining.org
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
Design more innovative innovation meetings that boost creativity and strengthen engagement. Far too often, engaging and innovative meetings are rare and fall short of accomplishing their goals. You can host more innovative innovation meetings that inspire.
InnovationTraining.org
MARCH 15, 2023
Our area of interest (and service) is in applying our strength in facilitating innovation and design thinking collaboratively for groups to help them clarify challenges, generate ideas, and take action for the environment and sustainability in their respective place, community, or organization.
IdeaScale
OCTOBER 12, 2021
Overview: While the fundamentals of creating an innovative culture at a company remain the same when remote, such as encouraging ideas and using small teams to build up, the remote workplace offers new challenges for innovators. Remote Work And Innovation Culture.
InnovationTraining.org
AUGUST 26, 2021
Tips for building and sustaining innovation teams within your organizational culture. Successful organizations understand that innovation should be embedded directly into their culture and way of doing business. What is an innovative team? Ultimately, Innovative teams innovate.
Michael Roberto
JANUARY 4, 2016
In Harvard Business Review this month , Professor Roberto Verganti of Politecnico di Milano argues that innovation isn't about ideation and deferring judgment. In my view, great innovators combine the principles of brainstorming/ideation with good practices of constructive conflict. At other times in the creative process, they engage in healthy dissent and debate. brainstorming conflict creativity innovation judgment
IdeaScale
MARCH 9, 2021
Whiteboarding is a critical part of the brainstorming and innovation process. In this article, we will outline some important exercises that help both provide direction to general brainstorming sessions and to specified virtual whiteboard instances.
IdeaScale
APRIL 23, 2019
Ideas are more than brainstorming. The beginning of any innovation process is freeform, creative, and even fun. It’s when the process advances that it becomes tougher. The second is transparent; everyone involved not only offers ideas but helps with the refinement and implementation process. Effective innovation management software is transparent all the way through. Best Practice Innovation innovation managemen software
Jeffrey Phillips
AUGUST 26, 2021
I've been writing, speaking and consulting about innovation for over 15 years, and I'm constantly amazed by the different perspectives and definitions about innovation. Innovation theater happens when companies and executive talk up innovation but fail to do anything.
Values Centered Innovation
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
Welcome to our Conscious Innovator ® process! Are you ready for a new, insight-provoking “Jolt” … something that challenges conventional thinking about the "right" mindset for being innovative? Being innovative is not always easy.
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