PlanBox Innovation

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Innovation is more than a checklist. A dynamic culture of innovation that champions every voice, enhances teamwork and develops diverse perspectives, all while cranking up the creativity dial. With job titles taking a back seat, innovation can ring loud and true. This article originally appeared on Forbes. The result?

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 29, 2024

By fostering strategic thinking, leaders can better adapt to changes, identify opportunities for innovation, and prevent potential setbacks before they occur. Foster a culture of innovation by encouraging forward-thinking and calculated risk-taking.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 29, 2024

By fostering strategic thinking, leaders can better adapt to changes, identify opportunities for innovation, and prevent potential setbacks before they occur. Foster a culture of innovation by encouraging forward-thinking and calculated risk-taking.

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Idea Champions

APRIL 9, 2024

Culture of Innovation survey: A chance for each participant to assess its team's culture of innovation -- what enables it and what gets in the way. question for your team to brainstorm. question, your Free the Genie facilitator will customize your team's brainstorming process accordingly.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Introduction to Design Thinking Design Thinking is a non-linear, iterative process that teams use to understand users, challenge assumptions, redefine problems, and create innovative solutions to prototype and test. The synergy between AI and human ingenuity within design thinking is paving the way for more innovative and effective solutions.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Defining Design Thinking Design Thinking is a non-linear, iterative process that teams use to understand users, challenge assumptions, redefine problems, and create innovative solutions to prototype and test. It also allows those who aren’t trained as designers to use creative tools to address a vast range of challenges.

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InnovationTraining.org

JANUARY 22, 2021

Techniques training through breakout rooms. Miro is one of our favorite software resources for innovation and design thinking-centered projects. Agile is one of our favorite approaches for a culture of innovation. Innovative remote tools can help you apply this with a remote or distributed team. Team Retrospective.

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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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Idea Champions

JULY 8, 2020

Most people think that the ability to be innovative is a mystical state available only to the chosen few. And since they don't have time and don't like hard work, they reason that innovation just isn't in the cards for them. But innovation is not a mystical state. The people in your organization, in fact, already are innovative.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 15, 2021

This guest article on innovative teaching shares ideas and strategies from the The Startup Teacher Playbook: Turn Your Ideas Into Actions, Personalize Professional Development, and Create Innovative Learning Experiences for You and Your Students. Read on for insights for more innovative teaching from The Startup Teacher Playbook.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 4, 2024

Introduction to Design Thinking Design thinking has become a cornerstone methodology in the worlds of innovation, business strategy, and product development. Businesses have recognized its potential for fostering innovation and tackling complex challenges.

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Idea Champions

DECEMBER 25, 2018

Most people think that the ability to be innovative is a mystical state available only to the chosen few. And since they don't have time and don't like hard work, they reason that innovation just isn't in the cards for them. But innovation is not a mystical state. The people in your organization, in fact, already are innovative.

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Idea Champions

JULY 13, 2017

Most people think that the ability to be innovative is a mystical state available only to the chosen few. And since they don't have time and don't like hard work, they reason that innovation just isn't in the cards for them. But innovation is not a mystical state. The people in your organization, in fact, already are innovative.

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Idea Champions

MAY 17, 2017

Most people think that the ability to be innovative is a mystical state available only to the chosen few. And since they don't have time and don't like hard work, they reason that innovation just isn't in the cards for them. But innovation is not a mystical state. The people in your organization, in fact, already are innovative.

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Idea Champions

MARCH 23, 2018

Most people think that the ability to be innovative is a mystical state available only to the chosen few. And since they don't have time and don't like hard work, they reason that innovation just isn't in the cards for them. But innovation is not a mystical state. The people in your organization, in fact, already are innovative.

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CMOE

APRIL 20, 2021

Plus, they might need additional training that a manager can provide. Search for multiple resolutions: Rather than just trying to change the person, brainstorm alternative solutions. Empower Team Members to Innovate. Innovation is vital to every organization. Train Teams for Professional Growth.

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InnovationTraining.org

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

We have collaborated with over 100 organizations for a variety of in-person and virtual innovation, design thinking, and leadership workshops and events. One of our favorite topic focus areas is helping people lead and facilitate design thinking for a culture (and mindset) of innovation. Becoming a better storyteller.

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Strategos

APRIL 5, 2016

In our blogs Innovation Principles ( part 1 & part 2 ) we introduced the nine principles that guide the way we work with clients, and we looked in detail at the three principles that help us ‘inform’ and the three that help us ‘execute’. In this final blog we look at the set of three principles that help us to ‘embed’ innovation.

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Idea Champions

JANUARY 19, 2018

Innovation is a huge topic in organizations these days. Flying in an outside consultant to lead a workshop or training can sometimes be cost prohibitive. You and I have a 15-minute phone conversation about WHY you want to raise the bar for innovation and creativity in your organization. And it only requires 15 minutes per week.

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Innovation in Practice

MAY 31, 2017

Innovation is the process of taking an idea and putting it into practice. An innovative idea must be new, useful, and surprising. It means that the market will be delighted with your latest innovation. Most people think the way you create an idea is to start with a well formed problem and then brainstorm a solution to it.

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Idea Champions

DECEMBER 10, 2017

Innovation is a huge topic in organizations these days. Flying in an outside consultant to lead a workshop or training can sometimes be cost prohibitive. You and I have a 15-minute phone conversation about WHY you want to raise the bar for innovation in your organization. Innovation Blogger of the Year , two years running.

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Idea Champions

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Innovation is a huge topic in organizations these days. Flying in an outside consultant to lead a workshop or training can sometimes be cost prohibitive. You and I have a 20-minute phone conversation about WHY you want to raise the bar for innovation and creativity in your organization. And it only takes 15 minutes per week.

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hackerearth

AUGUST 2, 2017

Undoubtedly a critical aspect of long-term sustainability and survival, innovation is a complex process, which organizations need to be good at. Understanding the term “innovation”. Innovation is a term that carries with it immense possibilities of success and sustainability. Innovation can be incremental (e.g.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 10, 2019

There has never been a more critical time for financial firms to prioritize innovation. To counter these challenges, companies are increasingly focused on creating a culture of innovation to achieve financial process improvement. However, sometimes the most important innovations are also the most simple.

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Idea Champions

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Innovation is a huge topic in organizations these days. Flying in an outside consultant to lead a workshop or training can sometimes be cost prohibitive. Say the word and I will produce a private page of curated content for your company -- more than 50 innovation-sparking articles and videos. Our workshops and trainings.

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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. 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. Suggested reading: 13 – Budgets for Micro-Innovations.

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Idea Champions

OCTOBER 8, 2016

We've been designing innovative conferences since 1987 (see below for testimonials). We were looking for a miracle and then we found Idea Champions.". -- Paulette Esposito, Manager, Training and Development, Champion International. Idea Champions made our annual conference on innovation a huge success. out of 5.0.

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Idea Champions

JUNE 17, 2016

Most people think that the ability to be innovative is a mystical state available only to the chosen few. And since they don't have time and don't like hard work, they reason that innovation just isn't in the cards for them. But innovation is not a mystical state. The people in your organization, in fact, already are innovative.

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Leapfrogging

JANUARY 5, 2017

Promoting a culture of innovation focused on business growth starts with providing practical tools that give anyone the opportunity to innovate in whatever they do. It’s one thing to say you want a culture of innovation. It’s another to actually get everyone truly innovating. Nothing wrong with that.

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Idea Champions

APRIL 11, 2024

Since 1987, Idea Champions has been designing and facilitating a wide range of brainstorming sessions, creative thinking trainings, and innovation workshops for more than 130 organizations in 11 different countries. During that time, we have worked with just about every industry on planet earth and every kind of mindset.

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Leapfrogging

JANUARY 5, 2017

Promoting a culture of innovation focused on business growth starts with providing practical tools that give anyone the opportunity to innovate in whatever they do. It’s one thing to say you want a culture of innovation. It’s another to actually get everyone truly innovating. Nothing wrong with that.

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Idea Champions

JANUARY 12, 2018

You were thinking about the need your company has to establish a sustainable culture of innovation -- the kind that would make it much easier for everyone to bring the best of their innate creativity to the table on a daily basis. Our fabulous brainstorm facilitation training. You weren't breast fed. Someone's on Line 2.

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Idea Champions

MAY 16, 2017

You were thinking about the need your company has to establish a sustainable culture of innovation -- the kind that would make it much easier for everyone to bring the best of their innate creativity to the table on a daily basis. Our fabulous brainstorm facilitation training. You weren't breast fed. Someone's on Line 2.

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Inceodia

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Innovation and invention are often used interchangeably yet they are two very distinct practices. Innovation is a new way of doing something in your business or in your industry. Innovation is a new way of doing something in your business or in your industry. Skills Required to Innovate.

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hackerearth

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

The IBM Bluemix hackathon was a product building innovation campaign where participants could build web and mobile apps with Watson on IBM Bluemix. HP Enterprise: When innovation acted as a brand driver. HPE is a brand synonymous with innovation. Accelerate customer innovation — Faster go to market for customer requirements.

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hackerearth

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

The IBM Bluemix hackathon was a product building innovation campaign where participants could build web and mobile apps with Watson on IBM Bluemix. HP Enterprise: When innovation acted as a brand driver. HPE is a brand synonymous with innovation. Accelerate customer innovation — Faster go to market for customer requirements.

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Idea Champions

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

I've been doing a lot of thinking these days about "culture of innovation" -- trying to get down to the root of what the heck it's all about. If you want to create a sustainable culture of innovation, you will need to understand that there are always four forces at work -- four currents that are always interacting with each other: 1.

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