Leapfrogging

MARCH 6, 2024

Learn more about the synergy of these concepts in our comprehensive guide on high performance leadership teams through psychological safety & experiential intelligence. In the context of leadership, it involves tapping into personal and professional experiences to make informed decisions, foster innovation, and guide teams effectively.

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Leadership Meeting Culture Collaboration 100

Gregg Fraley

MARCH 17, 2021

The 30 minute weekly webinar features demonstrations of various facilitation tools for: strategy, challenge clarification, idea generation (aka brainstorming), problem framing, idea selection, innovation projects, and idea development, etc. Thinking Differently Takes Tools.

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Tools Idea Generation Brainstorming LEAN 52

Innov8rs

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

From idea competitions and startup incubators to virtual whiteboards and design thinking workshops, there is no shortage of mechanisms for brainstorming what’s possible in an organization. It’s exciting to have so many ideas to work with. Innov8rs | Innovation activity is at an all-time high. But what happens next?

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Software Review Innovation Programs Project Innovation 105

Gregg Fraley

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Innovation Intensive, Beyond Design Thinking. Design Thinking is a popular framework that is viewed as best practice, but it’s only part of the solution. Brainstorming done effectively, more ideas, better ideas, and powerful tools for amping and refining ideas. REGISTER NOW. REGISTER NOW.

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Course Training Brainstorming Design Thinking 53

Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 22, 2018

When I step into a room to facilitate a strategy, innovation, or idea generation session I usually find a great deal of energy. Specifically: No fluidity in free-associative divergent thinking necessary to innovate — people do not know how to think like innovators! Energy is Not Enough, Get Training in Innovation

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Training Idea Generation Innovation Creative Thinking 48

Gregg Fraley

APRIL 22, 2019

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. Lack of Managment support will effectively kill any innovation program no matter how well conceived.

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Training Innovation Programs LEAN Innovation 58

Gregg Fraley

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

They may know frameworks, like Design Thinking or Agile, and a few tools, but very few have the extensive training and experience at hands-on facilitation required to make a difference. As an example, most brainstorming sessions fail because the challenge is not properly framed. Do any of the following Seven Fails ring true?

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Meeting Project Training Brainstorming 67

Gregg Fraley

MAY 1, 2018

Frameworks assume: engaged leadership, talent on the team, day to day creativity, curiosity, and domain knowledge. You will fail with: Lean, Agile, Design Thinking, TRIZ, Stage-Gate, Osborn-Parnes CPS, KILN’s FuseTrail, or a homegrown/blended framework. An authentic desire to improve or invent.

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Innovation Culture Creative Thinking Design Thinking 70

Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

To scaffold thinking, participants should explore the domain first, and related domains, before group ideation. This might include brainstorming alone, prior to a group session. Exploration (learning) isn’t lost on the Design Thinking framework, which emphasizes user empathy.

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Ideation Learning Innovation Exercises 85

Econic

MAY 23, 2019

Vision & Leadership 1. No compelling vision or reason to innovate If the people in your organization don’t get why you’re innovating, you’re going to have a hard time harnessing their talent, support, energy, ideas, and expertise– and you’ll need all of these if you want to be successful. Innovation needs structure.

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How To Innovation Innovation Programs Project 98

Econic

APRIL 10, 2018

Vision & Leadership. If the people in your organization don’t get why you’re innovating, you’re going to have a hard time harnessing their talent, support, energy, ideas, and expertise– and you’ll need all of these if you want to be successful. No compelling vision or reason to innovate. Senior team not aligned or embracing.

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How To Innovation Innovation Programs Project 109

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. Design Thinking is not innovation. DeBono’s Six Thinking Hats are not innovation.

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Project Big Data Innovation Brainstorming 50

Econic

MAY 23, 2019

Vision & Leadership. If the people in your organization don’t get why you’re innovating, you’re going to have a hard time harnessing their talent, support, energy, ideas, and expertise– and you’ll need all of these if you want to be successful. No compelling vision or reason to innovate. Senior team not aligned or embracing.

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How To Innovation Innovation Programs Project 83

Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 30, 2019

“Innovation Intensive, beyond Design Thinking” Public Course* With Master Trainer Gregg Fraley. Innovation Intensive, beyond Design Thinking is comprehensive in its approach and provides compelling methods, insights, tools, and stories from master trainer, Gregg Fraley. Innovation Training. Why innovation?

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Design Thinking Training Ideation Course 9

Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Delivery: A team of people who have the ability to take rough ideas and develop them into a customer-facing innovation. Management: A flexible approach to management and governance which enables leadership to understand direction and progress, but gives authority to the team to do their best work with reduced bureaucracy.

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Company Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Leadership 276

Inceodia

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Here are some ways to build innovation skills in yourself and your team: The next time you brainstorm, focus on problem discovery rather than idea generation. A good collaborative exercise is to create a gallery of empathy interviews to bring your team and leadership through to immerse them in your customer’s world.

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eBook Innovation Culture of Innovation Culture 40

Gregg Fraley

MAY 22, 2019

Companies are investing in innovation training, mostly learning frameworks like Lean, Agile, or Design Thinking. Osborn was the inventor of brainstorming. TRUE STORY about how ideas from a low level, untrained worker made a Huge Difference. And that’s a good thing. Who’s getting the training? END OF BLOG POST.

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Training Innovation Technical Review Culture 45