Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 8, 2017

Do You Wish To Accelerate Innovation? Get Training! When I step into a room to facilitate an innovation, strategy, or idea generation session I always find a great deal of energy. Your innovation efforts will fail without training. Creativity and innovation training feeds innovation like wood wool feeds flame.

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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 .

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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. This deep-dive immersive course in innovation could change the direction of your organization – or career. REGISTER NOW.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

It also allows those who aren’t trained as designers to use creative tools to address a vast range of challenges. The Five Stages of Design Thinking The process of Design Thinking is divided into five stages that guide the problem-solving process. What is AI-Powered Design Thinking?

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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. About Creative Problem Solving Training Workshops.

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Gregg Fraley

JUNE 27, 2017

Denver, Colorado — Innovation & Facilitation Training — Two Public Courses. In late August I’m co-hosting and delivering two public courses on Innovation in Denver. My experience is mostly with corporate innovation, so, we’ve got perspectives and insights for both contexts. & Wed.).

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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. 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.

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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. Miro is a fantastic resource for finding idea generation activity templates for everything from empathy mapping and design sprints to brainstorming. Ideation Exercise Method.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

This, in turn, can lead to the development of groundbreaking products, services, and processes that drive the organization forward. Recognizing these individuals early allows for targeted development, aligning leadership growth with the strategic imperative of fostering an innovation culture.

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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. The top innovative companies in the world know that hosting effective, engaging meetings makes all the difference.

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Jeffrey Phillips

AUGUST 26, 2021

Plus, innovation as a project demonstrates some investment in innovation but controls for cost and risk. Lack of training/skills or experience Another problem with innovation as a discrete project is a lack of training.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 4, 2024

As a methodology, it is open to adopting new tools and technologies that enhance the process, including the integration of artificial intelligence in design thinking. The Evolution of Design Thinking in Business Design thinking has evolved from being a creative process into a robust strategic tool.

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InnovationTraining.org

AUGUST 26, 2021

Innovative teams comprise individuals from different departments, divisions, and walks of life within a company. This conglomerate of different personalities and styles can help foster creativity because people are able to see things from different perspectives related to their history, values, and role within the company.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2024

With the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI), this process is undergoing a profound transformation. AI technologies are enabling a more data-driven approach to innovation management, enhancing the ability to predict trends, understand consumer behavior, and generate creative ideas at scale.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 15, 2023

A sustainability workshop applying design thinking and an innovation process to create vision, strategy and action Recently we’ve had a number of requests for our design thinking sprints, innovation workshops, interactive training sessions, and strategy hackathons applied for the purpose of environmental sustainability.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Its collaborative nature fosters creativity, leveraging diverse perspectives to uncover innovative solutions. As organizations strive to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving marketplace, the integration of AI into the design thinking process offers a compelling advantage.

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Idea Champions

JULY 8, 2020

We help people make meaningful adjustments of vision, insight, and perception so they can acknowledge, embrace, and apply their innate ability to be more creative on the job -- and, for those clients who want to reinvent their "innovation process", we help them figure it out. Mindset: Organizations don't innovate, people do.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 28, 2018

He’s not just a theorist, he’s an inventor and innovator in his own right, having built companies from start-up to IPO. Gregg is an entertaining teller of real-world innovation stories. This is a compelling and informative training course. Hands-on practice of advanced innovation tools and techniques.

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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. Additionally, software systems like this do not replace people in the innovation process and cannot automate its management.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 5, 2021

The Lightning Decision Jam (LDJ) is a short design sprint exercise advanced by the team at AJ&Smart that has since gained popularity across the design thinking and innovation space. For teams who want to collaborate, innovate, and build better together, this format can be incredibly effective – and even fun!

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Idea Champions

DECEMBER 25, 2018

We help people make meaningful adjustments of vision, insight, and perception so they can acknowledge, embrace, and apply their innate ability to be more creative on the job -- and, for those clients who want to reinvent their "innovation process", we help them figure it out. Mindset: Organizations don't innovate, people do.

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Gregg Fraley

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

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. The reason? Learn How to Scaffold .

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Idea Champions

JULY 13, 2017

We help people make meaningful adjustments of vision, insight, and perception so they can acknowledge, embrace, and apply their innate ability to be more creative on the job -- and, for those clients who want to reinvent their "innovation process", we help them figure it out. Mindset: Organizations don't innovate, people do.

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Idea Champions

MAY 17, 2017

We help people make meaningful adjustments of vision, insight, and perception so they can acknowledge, embrace, and apply their innate ability to be more creative on the job -- and, for those clients who want to reinvent their "innovation process", we help them figure it out. Mindset: Organizations don't innovate, people do.

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Idea Champions

MARCH 23, 2018

We help people make meaningful adjustments of vision, insight, and perception so they can acknowledge, embrace, and apply their innate ability to be more creative on the job -- and, for those clients who want to reinvent their "innovation process", we help them figure it out. Mindset: Organizations don't innovate, people do.

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Leapfrogging

JANUARY 5, 2017

And both Intuit and Adobe have made their toolkits available to the public to download as part of their commitment to advancing the field of innovation. The event is much more than training. It’s a real innovation session that demonstrates the tangible power of the innovation process while instilling new skill sets across the company.

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Leapfrogging

JANUARY 5, 2017

And both Intuit and Adobe have made their toolkits available to the public to download as part of their commitment to advancing the field of innovation. The event is much more than training. It’s a real innovation session that demonstrates the tangible power of the innovation process while instilling new skill sets across the company.

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Gregg Fraley

MAY 1, 2018

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.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 30, 2016

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. Design Thinking is not innovation. Creative Problem Solving is not innovation.

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InnovationTraining.org

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

One up-and-coming innovation framework is human-centered design, an approach centered around the end user and their unique problems and needs. This evolving framework is a wonderful way to view the innovation process and develop custom solutions that match up with what the end user needs to be successful.

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Qmarkets

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Without an ongoing process for managing innovation - a comprehensive innovation management software offering - companies must rely instead on ad-hoc, dramatic ‘disruptions’ to prove their creativity to potential customers and the market at large. How can the innovation process be better managed?

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Jeffrey Phillips

DECEMBER 1, 2015

When I write that "innovation is easy" what I mean is that innovation as practiced in many corporations is rapid, inexpert and quickly converges on a simple solution. Innovation rarely has the preparation, commitment or effort applied to it to really succeed.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

As an enterprise scales and its culture solidifies, it becomes increasingly challenging for innovation and creativity to flourish. Hackathons like Project WOW significantly speed up that process. We call it Project WOW. Project WOW. Tips and Tricks for a Successful Hackathon. People constantly want to develop new skills.

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Gregg Fraley

MAY 9, 2017

The quotes above are all from larger company high level managers who already have highly defined innovation processes in place. This post is to make a simple point about innovation. 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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Qmarkets

APRIL 28, 2017

Without an ongoing process for managing innovation - a comprehensive innovation management software offering - companies must rely instead on ad-hoc, dramatic ‘disruptions’ to prove their creativity to potential customers and the market at large.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 6, 2020

Once a company submits a challenge, it is open for other users from relevant companies to brainstorm around it and contribute potential solutions – adding comments and attachments (documents, videos, images, etc.) Its exclusive aim is to help companies gain access to the expertise and innovative creativity of the global ecosystem.

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Gregg Fraley

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Classic innovation frameworks and IT-centric team composition are not going to get it done. Innovating with digital technology requires a blended approach, truly diverse teams, training, and new ideation methods. Don’t be held back by a restrictive innovation process model; be flexible on new ways to innovate.

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