KindlingApp

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

We generally call that last kind an “innovation program.” Let’s talk about a fourth kind: programmatic innovation on the scale of a small team, such as a startup or a department within a large company. Desiree’s blog post last week about innovation tools throughout the 20th century was interesting in this regard.

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eZassi

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Supporting an innovative culture and adopting an innovation management platform across your company assesses valuable KPIs of the current pipeline and promotes future opportunities through the transformative power of innovation. No idea is too wild or unconventional during this stage.

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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.” ” “We don’t do idea generation well.” But I digress.

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Gregg Fraley

APRIL 22, 2019

Lack of Managment support will effectively kill any innovation program no matter how well conceived. Very few organization’s are any good at all at Brainstorming/Idea Generation. Digital technology innovation is an opportunity where most organization’s will be too late to the party.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 22, 2018

Yes, you can train people in creative thinking, Front-End-of-Innovation (FEI) frameworks, problem solving, and meeting facilitation. The research that says brainstorming doesn’t work studied groups with no training and no facilitator. If you are in charge of an innovation program or initiative — do training first.

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KindlingApp

JUNE 1, 2015

From these “simple truths”, my team and I worked to develop a structure that would support an Idea-Driven Organization. While we all left our offsite excited to continue reading and discussing the book together, it became very clear that building an idea driven organization would not be quick or easy.

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Gregg Fraley

MAY 1, 2018

If you want to kick start an innovation program, get in touch, I can give you a roadmap and help you adapt it to your context. This series of Seven Innovation Fundamentals is available as a training, workshop, or as a keynote speech, from Gregg Fraley of GFi.

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