InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 29, 2023

We’ve been coaching professionals on using ChatGPT for their projects in their work. Now, we’d like to offer a live virtual workshop that will help our participants learn ChatGPT and how to use this tool (and other similar generative AI tools) in their work for their own unique projects and programs.

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Tullio Siragusa

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Lead Scoring in B2B Sales: Transforming the Process with Design Thinking Lead generation and qualification is a critical aspect of B2B sales success, but it’s also a time-consuming and complex process. Step 3: Brainstorm Potential Solutions With the problem defined, it’s time to brainstorm potential solutions.

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Tullio Siragusa

APRIL 11, 2022

Design Thinking the People-centric Modern Organization. Designed thinking can be leveraged to create better and more empathy-based organizations. . Empathy, along with self-awareness are the most important cornerstones of emotional intelligence, and foundational to design thinking. . Focus on the Issues.

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InnovationTraining.org

JUNE 14, 2022

Learn about some of the most popular activities and exercises for design thinking. Here at Innovation Training, we’ve spent over a decade studying and applying design thinking techniques to help organizations and individuals create real, innovative change. As you may know, empathy plays a critical role in design thinking.

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

In this guest post, learn how to effectively implement a virtually-led design thinking project. Design thinking is a hot topic for business these days, and it’s no surprise. McKinsey & Company research shows that “Design-led organizations realize 10% more revenue than ones that aren’t.”

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 12, 2022

We offer our design thinking certificate programs in partnership with an organization, university, or other institution. Our design thinking certificate courses are designed and delivered for varying lengths, settings, group sizes and can be a combination of in-person and virtual experiences for different purposes.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 30, 2022

This article is part 5 in a series designed to explore the design thinking process. Vague statements such as, “Customer X likes cars,” don’t do much to inform your design thinking. The Blue Ocean 4 Actions Framework is a very simple option for keeping brainstorming sessions focused and productive. Disney Create Strategy.

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Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Facilitators who scaffold well are master innovation facilitators and their projects achieve better results. The key is to get creative with how your organize your innovation projects. To scaffold thinking, participants should explore the domain first, and related domains, before group ideation. This done before ideation.

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

These exercises are designed for innovative workshops and sessions. Innovation exercises are designed to help participants find creative solutions to life’s everyday challenges. Design thinking Design thinking is a problem-solving approach that puts the user at the center of the design process.

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InnovationTraining.org

JULY 18, 2022

These top Jeanne Liedtka’s books are a great source of information on innovation and design thinking. Design thinking books continue to be a popular topic on our blog, as many find them a useful way to learn about innovation and how to apply these techniques to organizational or personal challenges. Find it here on Amazon.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 25, 2022

Let’s review the three stages of this design thinking framework. This article is part 3 in a series designed to explore the design thinking process. Click the link here to read through Part 1: What is Design Thinking and Part 2: Attitudes That Hurt Design Thinking & How to Change Them. . Stage 3: Action.

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InnovationTraining.org

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Reviewing innovation metrics and KPIs to apply for design thinking stages. In this article, we take a look at creating simple design thinking metrics or KPIs that may be applied to your scenario. A simple 3-stage design thinking process innovative thinking coaching model we use includes the stages of Challenge, Ideas, and Action.

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Are you interested in learning about the steps of design thinking so you can take action on applying the process? What is design thinking ? Design thinking is a popular approach to getting started with innovation that begins with empathy and understanding the needs of your users or customers. Design Thinking Step One: Empathy.

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

These activities are designed to help organizations get started with innovation. Ideation sessions These structured brainstorming sessions allow individuals from many different areas of the business to come together to generate and share new ideas. Ideation sessions can be conducted in-person or virtually.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 19, 2020

Discover how this innovation tool can be used for your design thinking workshop or design sprint. One of these ideation and visualization tools was Mural. Time and time again we have seen this tool mentioned as one of the best collaborative brainstorming and virtual whiteboard tools available. What is Mural?

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Examples of design thinking and human-centered design in the medical devices and pharmaceutical industries. Through the use of methodologies like design thinking and human-centered design, hospitals and other medical organizations have been able to better serve their patients and address specific problems or needs.

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mjvinnovation

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

This is because they break down the complexity of processes so that the designer has a full 360-degree view of the problem, anchoring them in their way of thinking. Continue reading to understand what Design Thinking is and how DT tools can be the turning point for your business! What is Design Thinking. INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS.

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

If you haven’t implemented design thinking or creative thinking exercises into your workspace, it’s time to start. Engaging in exercises that visually and mentally push your limits is important to flex your creative muscles, but also help highlight details or changes in a project that you wouldn’t have noticed before.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 4, 2023

As we move increasingly towards more open innovation hubs and increased ecosystem management the recognition is that many of the challenges and problems have not just become too complex to tackle alone, or even in a single industry but require cross-sector innovation (ecosystem designed) collaboration (CSIC) in consortia-developed approaches.

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InnovationTraining.org

JULY 13, 2020

6-3-5 Brainwriting is a group-structured brainstorming technique that is a highly collaborative way to generate as many ideas as possible in groups within a short period of time. The technique can be used in multiple projects or work cases, such as marketing, design, product/service development, and more. What is Brainwriting?

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InnovationTraining.org

MAY 3, 2022

Creative problem solving is a foundation of many of the innovation and design thinking processes. From identifying the problem, to studying it, and then brainstorming how to solve it, there are many factors at play that can be improved through the use of a digital whiteboard tool like Miro. Problem Solving for Teams.

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Gregg Fraley

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Prepare, Then Brainstorm. Most brainstorming doesn’t work. The literature bashing brainstorming is extensive. I’m going to focus on one problem with brainstorming in this post: lack of preparation. There is not enough mental preparation done with participants before brainstorming/idea generation sessions.

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InnovationTraining.org

MAY 21, 2021

Add this online whiteboard tool to your innovation and design thinking software toolkit. From Miro , Mural , Stormboard , Conceptboard , and FigJam , there are many different digital collaboration tools out there that can help you brainstorm and ideate with your design thinking teams. Design Thinking Workshop Resources.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 16, 2016

Fast Company Article “Brainstorming is Dumb” Misses the Point. Brainstorming, Done Properly, Is Not a Tool, It’s A Multi-Step Process. And yet another major publication publishes a misleading article about brainstorming — Brainstorming is Dumb. Brainstorming as a technique is beside the point.

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Shape is the latest collaborative digital software tool created by IDEO to help with innovation and design thinking projects. This software platform was designed to be fully customer-centric – allowing users to quickly gather feedback and collaborate on new ideas. Shape Features. Resources and Guides.

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

We can take our decades of experience to design an innovative learning and naming workshop experience just for your organization. This serves to bring team members together in the process and structure the ideation itself. Design Thinking for Naming. Why not consider letting your team take control?

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InnovationTraining.org

JUNE 21, 2021

Next up in our list of digital collaboration tools and resources is Lucidspark, another digital whiteboard option for design thinking and innovation focused teams. Workflows and project documentation. Design Thinking Workshop Resources. Innovation Meetings: Formats, Designs, and Examples. Lucidspark Features.

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Qmarkets

DECEMBER 8, 2021

This class of software allows businesses to manage their various innovation practices digitally – enabling all relevant data around an innovation project to be organized and promoted in a secure, centralized location. giving users the means to brainstorm, comment, and vote on ideas – and gamification elements – i.e,

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 1, 2018

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). Ideas for innovation projects emerge from the intensive sessions. This is not your Dad’s brainstorming.

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100%Open

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Problems are the start-point for effective innovation and design. In a project with Merz , the global pharmaceutical company, 100%Open was asked to find technical partners to improve ultrasound skin treatment devices. It’s easy to put together an ideation brainstorm using a 2 hour Online Jam for Problem Prototyping.

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Innov8rs

MARCH 4, 2023

In other words, neither brainstorming nor ideation workshops can produce meaningful or useful ideas. All you have to do is define success metrics that reflect both your innovation process and the stage of your project funnel. Yet not every idea has the potential to be an innovation. Innovations begin with ideas, that's true.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 15, 2020

We’ve compiled this “meta-list” from looking at the software tools that were recommended again and again from 30 different innovative designers, collaborators, and facilitators who were posting their own lists of recommended software and online tools in our social networks. Miro looks and feels like an online whiteboard.

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InnovationTraining.org

APRIL 13, 2020

This visual collaboration workspace is being used for innovation and design thinking workshops and projects. Easy to use templates to get started quickly with brainstorming, meetings, product development, and more. Conceptboard is another excellent option for online collaboration and ideation processes.

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Gregg Fraley

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Innovation projects are about a lot of meetings. Seven Facilitation Fails: Most innovation project managers haven’t been trained in facilitation. There are specific tools for visioning, problem framing, and ideation etc. As an example, most brainstorming sessions fail because the challenge is not properly framed.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 18, 2020

To better ensure your company can respond efficiently to changing customer needs during the crisis, you may want to consider expanding your brainstorming initiatives to include external input. With the Qmarkets platform, you can ensure that the brainstorming sessions that could result in major disruptive ideas can continue uninterrupted.~

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Gregg Fraley

APRIL 20, 2021

Accelerate the Momentum of Work and Life Projects With Focused Creativity. MCPS perfectly complements innovation frameworks like Design Thinking, Agile, and Lean, and quality frameworks like Six Sigma. CPS first started being used in the early 1950’s, created by the founder of brainstorming, Alex Osborn.

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Qmarkets

JULY 22, 2021

Ideation is most successful when it is focused on the challenges that your organization is facing and/or around your business goals and strategy. Create Teams Around an idea Another way to facilitate collaboration is to create teams with specifically chosen members who can work together to develop an idea (or indeed brainstorm for new ideas).

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