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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IdeaScale

JULY 19, 2021

It’s well known that design thinking is a creative problem-solving process, which focuses on reaching solutions that were previously inaccessible. To the trained eye, this may ring a bell as a common goal of innovative thinking as well. Design Thinking and Innovation. Uses Visual Elements.

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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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Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

According to research conducted by findcourses.com , companies with real revenue growth were more than twice as likely to use innovative training techniques in their L&D strategy. Companies that foster and encourage innovation were also significantly more likely to have satisfied or highly satisfied employees.

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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.

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IdeaScale

APRIL 3, 2019

The downside of using this model is that buy-in from other departments may be hard to achieve as the innovation department may seem out of touch with other departmental processes etc. So how do you level up the entire brainstorming capacity of your workforce? Make it part of the of the onboarding process.

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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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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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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The top innovative companies in the world know that hosting effective, engaging meetings makes all the difference. Empowering their teams with technology and creative tools that guide their brainstorming sessions goes a long way in changing the outcome. A follow-up innovation meeting can push further on these three ideas.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2024

By integrating AI into the innovation process, companies can uncover valuable insights, streamline workflows, and make more informed decisions. Additionally, AI can aid in collaborative brainstorming sessions, providing real-time suggestions and enhancements to spur innovation.

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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.

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InnovationTraining.org

AUGUST 26, 2021

Innovation teams are built for the purpose of advancing and discovering new ideas or ways of doing things that will improve the company’s output (product, service, experience, etc). What makes a successful, innovative team? Leadership is also a key factor in successful innovation teams. 11 Templates for Brainstorming.

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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. And we can train your people to do the same thing we do.

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IdeaScale

APRIL 3, 2019

The downside of using this model is that buy-in from other departments may be hard to achieve as the innovation department may seem out of touch with other departmental processes etc. So how do you level up the entire brainstorming capacity of your workforce? Make it part of the of the onboarding process.

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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. Analogy cards.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 25, 2022

In this blog post, we’ll look at a design thinking framework that can be used to help you design innovative solutions to your challenges. This is based on the three basic thinking stages of the process. Either way, they are the spark of the innovation process. You’ve brainstormed some ideas and solutions.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Drive Results : Focused on impact, they turn innovative concepts into tangible outcomes that contribute to organizational growth. These programs should focus on enhancing innovation leadership skills that align with the organization’s vision for innovation.

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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

MARCH 4, 2024

Adapting to the use of AI not only enhances creativity and productivity but also leads to more informed decision-making and ultimately, better outcomes in new product development, service innovation, and business strategy. These tools can prompt new lines of thinking, challenge assumptions, and ultimately lead to more innovative outcomes.

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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. And we can train your people to do the same thing we do.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 5, 2021

This template also contains a step-by-step guide to following the LDJ process. Make faster decisions and generate better, more creative ideas through this innovative process. The fill-in-the-blank approach allows for easy adaptation by team members who are new to the process, Miro, or are working together remotely.

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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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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. And we can train your people to do the same thing we 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. And we can train your people to do the same thing we 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. And we can train your people to do the same thing we 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? Get in touch!

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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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100%Open

JULY 7, 2020

Since 2011 we have hosted a grand total of 36 Union events, but Summer Union 2020 was the first of its kind as it was entirely virtual from farm to fork – from our first brainstorm to the execution of the event itself. The second breakout session was around the topic of how to fashion a new innovation process, exclusively online.

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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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Idea to Value

JULY 21, 2017

Additionally, software systems like this do not replace people in the innovation process and cannot automate its management. But I would also recommend the following books: 8 – Effective Brainstorming. What is it: Every company knows about brainstorming. 9 – Understanding the science of creativity.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

AI in the Ideate Stage of Design Thinking The Ideate stage of Design Thinking is where creativity comes to the fore, with the objective of generating a broad set of ideas for innovative solutions. Expanding the Ideation Process with AI Artificial intelligence systems are adept at processing large amounts of data much faster than humans can.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 30, 2016

are Not Innovation. 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.

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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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IdeaScale

MARCH 13, 2018

When you apply this train of thought to innovation, it becomes apparent that some of the most successful products and services in human history were developed by recycling existing ideas. Take the iPod for example.

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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. But commercialization is hard in this setting, for several reasons.

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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

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

For many organizations, brainstorming, building, and implementing new processes can take anywhere from 6 months to 2 years to put into effect, and that doesn’t include the time it takes to train internally and get everyone on-board with embracing the change. Hackathons like Project WOW significantly speed up that process.

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