Jeffrey Phillips

MARCH 12, 2024

In my last two blogs, I made the argument that given how fast change is happening, your strategy must incorporate and address external change and the ability to change internally. In the more recent blog, I wrote about what I consider the most difficult thing to change in an organization - its culture.

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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. What is Design Thinking? Empathize : Understanding the needs of those you’re designing for.

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Tullio Siragusa

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Redefining Conflict Resolution: The Design Thinking Way Business conflicts have been a staple challenge since the advent of commerce. Among the most promising approaches is Design Thinking, traditionally associated with product design and user experience but increasingly recognized for its potential in resolving disputes.

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Tullio Siragusa

JULY 24, 2023

The Detriments of a Command-and-Control Culture and the Power of Design Thinking In the competitive landscape of modern business, the approach we take to leadership can make or break an organization. Example: Kodak, a once-dominant player in the photography industry, struggled to innovate and adapt to the digital age.

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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. Design thinking involves five key phases: Empathize : Understanding the human needs involved. It helps teams to observe and develop empathy with the target user.

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Tullio Siragusa

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Beyond the Daily Grind: How Design Thinking Can Illuminate Your Life’s Purpose In the hustle and bustle of our daily lives, it’s easy to get caught up in the routine, to lose sight of what truly matters to us, and to wonder if there’s more to life than the daily grind. This is where the concept of “purpose” comes into play.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Embracing the Evolution: AI Meets Design Thinking The intersection of artificial intelligence and design thinking is poised to redefine the landscape of innovation and strategy. What is Design Thinking? Its collaborative nature fosters creativity, leveraging diverse perspectives to uncover innovative solutions.

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Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In innovation projects, we often hear about companies resisting a change to the status quo. As a result, many innovation projects fail at the final hurdle, when they are asked to actually implement the change they were designed for. How then should we ever hope to achieve change in ourselves, our teams and our companies.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

A culture that embraces change and is open to new ideas will naturally drive innovation, leading to greater business growth and the development of competitive advantages. A culture that is flexible and adaptive to change will enable your organization to navigate challenges and capitalize on opportunities more effectively.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

They serve as a catalyst for change, a forum for problem-solving, and a way to foster team unity. Engaging in this practice equips you with a clearer understanding of where your organization stands and where it needs to go, helping to navigate through competitive and rapidly changing markets.

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Tullio Siragusa

APRIL 25, 2022

Emerging Trends in Design Thinking Innovation. According to Tim Brown, Executive Chair of IDEO, “Design Thinking is a human-centered approach to innovation that draws from the designer’s toolkit to integrate the needs of people, the possibilities of technology, and the requirements for business success.”.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

These retreats are not merely a change of scenery but a strategic move to foster innovation and alignment among the top decision-makers of your company. To assist you in crafting a focused agenda for your offsite, you might find valuable guidance in how to design and run a strategic planning offsite.

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Tullio Siragusa

JUNE 5, 2023

Orchestrating Design Thinking and AI for a People-Centric Business Future The tapestry of business evolution tells a remarkable story. Products were no longer simply created and sold; they were designed to meet customer needs and solve their problems. From the onset of marketing in the 1950s to today, we’ve seen clear transformations.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 22, 2024

Deploying a design that recognizes the layers of an Innovation Ecosystem feeds the Business Ecosystem, and these provide the Dynamic Ecosystem to adjust and respond and, when combined, allow the Enterprise Ecosystem to generate collective prosperity, dynamism and a sustaining environment that thrives on its interdependence and interconnectedness.”

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Tullio Siragusa

MAY 23, 2022

Improve Customer Success with Design Thinking. Implementing Design Thinking can help with customer success. . Design Thinking can help better focus on the demands of customers and support people’s needs by providing them with appropriate products and services. . What is Design Thinking? Solve problems. Understand people.

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Innovating4Energy

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Designing the Energy Transition with Ecosystem Thinking and Design By fostering greater collaboration and co-creation within the Energy Industry, it is becoming crucial to consider Ecosystems in design and thinking. Ecosystems designed well are robust for navigating the complex landscape of any Energy transition.

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Jeffrey Phillips

MAY 24, 2021

The slightly more interesting news is that consumer expectations and demands have changed during the pandemic, and you cannot expect that consumers have all the same wants and needs, or that they place the same emphasis or priority on the needs they had in the past. For others, it changed focus and priority.

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Tullio Siragusa

MARCH 6, 2023

Creating a Unified Future with Design Thinking: How to Align Sales and Marketing After M&A Post-merger and acquisition integration can be a complex and challenging process. In contrast, Design Thinking takes a collaborative and iterative approach that involves empathy, experimentation, and continuous improvement.

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Ecosystems4Innovating

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Why is design thinking regarded as so crucial to the future of innovation in a world of accelerating interplays between humans, technology and generative AI? What will be the changes or potential to leverage these three of Design Thinking, Technology and AI Generative Thinking for solving innovation challenges in the future?

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 12, 2022

We used AI to identify the most frequently asked questions about design thinking. Here are your design thinking FAQs and answers. You can also see our “human” responses to the big question: what is design thinking ? Design Thinking Frequently Asked Questions 1. Design Thinking Frequently Asked Questions 1.

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InnovationTraining.org

AUGUST 1, 2022

Find examples of how design thinking is used to solve problems, prototype, and innovate. As more organizations and companies across the world adopt design thinking into their operations, it becomes even more obvious just how essential innovation is for continued success and growth. Netflix’s Innovative Updates.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 22, 2021

We are in a period of (great) change. Within business, the present crisis offers a chance to make significant changes to how we operate in the future. However, I am not sure many of you feel the same; it seems disruption is in everything we need to undertake in what is coming towards us in change.

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 2, 2018

Innovation is changing how we care for each other. Here are three promising examples of innovation in healthcare that may inspire others in the industry: Fighting HIV and AIDS. The National Institute on Drug Abuse, or NIDA , is hoping to change that by looking into app design. Tackling Addiction.

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Phil McKinney

MAY 24, 2023

We live in a world designed to be convenient and easy for us. He used the example of web browsers to illustrate his point: when given a choice between two different browsers, most people take the default option without considering any other possibilities. 5 Defaults To Hack It is hard to change our ingrained defaults.

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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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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 22, 2021

We are in a period of (great) change. Within business, the present crisis offers a chance to make significant changes to how we operate in the future. However, I am not sure many of you feel the same; it seems disruption is in everything we need to undertake in what is coming towards us in change.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 22, 2021

We are in a period of (great) change. Within business, the present crisis offers a chance to make significant changes to how we operate in the future. However, I am not sure many of you feel the same; it seems disruption is in everything we need to undertake in what is coming towards us in change.

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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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Tullio Siragusa

AUGUST 22, 2022

Gain Better User Adoption the Design Thinking Way. People tend to resist change when change means altering or replacing existing norms of doing things. Companies should always consider the design of user adoption as a primary part of their entire product life cycle. What Is Design Thinking? What Is User Adoption?

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Tullio Siragusa

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Design Thinking for Startup Sales Success: A Step-by-Step Guide. This could be through creating a more effective sales pitch, using new technologies, or adapting to changes in the market. Lead by example: Lead by example and model the behavior that is expected from the team.

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Times have changed. In layman terms, not only is the goal something that creates a positive change in society, but it is about how you achieve the goal too. Take Patagonia as an example. Change Your Corporate Mission. All the leading companies are now in the process of changing their corporate mission.

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Christensen Institute

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Policies are a critical lever for change. For example, including social needs assessments and referrals is good, but as detailed in our research report, You are what you treat , this isn’t sufficient to improve health outcomes. For example, we know access to doula care—both virtual , and in-person —improves health outcomes.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 11, 2023

For example, AI-powered chatbots can handle customer service inquiries, while machine learning algorithms can analyze large datasets to identify patterns and insights that would be difficult for humans to detect. Human-Centric Design : Designing technology and AI systems with a human-centric approach is crucial.

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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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Tullio Siragusa

AUGUST 14, 2023

Example: Alan Mulally, former CEO of Ford, originally hailed from Boeing, a completely different industry. Under Mulally’s strategic vision and the “One Ford” plan, he streamlined brands, globalized the company’s operations, and renewed focus on innovative car designs. By 2012, Ford reported a $5.7 Leaders are the beacon of clarity.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 19, 2023

I wonder if that is the current incumbents, be these current innovation management software providers or individuals inside the organizations resisting change, as it brings significant uncertainty of change and disruption to the (inadequate) process, one that I feel is not fit for today’s and tomorrow’s innovation purpose.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 21, 2023

The potential returns, including increased agility, improved innovation outcomes, enhanced collaboration, and long-term competitiveness, make this radical change worthwhile for organizations aspiring to thrive in today’s dynamic business environment. The ability to build the context and show its (ongoing) value makes the difference.

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