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Has innovation changed over the last ten years?

Paul Hobcraft

Open innovation is the practice of sharing and using external and internal ideas to create value 2. From incremental to radical : Innovation used to be seen as an incremental process where organizations improved their existing products, services, or processes by making small changes. References 1. oecd.org 2.

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Incremental or Radical Innovation?

IdeaScale

What Is Disruptive Innovation? Disruptive” boils down to a drastic shift in how your business or your entire industry changes. Think, for example, of how the Toyota Prius suddenly changed how we talked about ecology, or how Amazon is changing retail as you read this. That said, disruptive innovation is a gamble.

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12 Types of Innovation You Should Know in 2021

IdeaScale

Process innovation is the development and application of technology, production method, or method of delivery that’s newly introduced or improved to a notable degree. This includes changes in technique, equipment, or software that help an organization remain competitive in the marketplace. Product Innovation. Radical Innovation.

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8 Types of Innovation in Business: A Comprehensive Guide

Qmarkets

For companies, embracing incremental innovation means fostering a culture of continuous improvement where even the smallest changes are valued for their cumulative impact over time. Radical innovation is about making significant leaps forward, often creating new industries or reshaping existing ones.

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The Ten Types of Innovation

Destination Innovation

Incremental innovation is an improvement in an existing thing (e.g. Radical innovation is finding an entirely new way of doing something. For example if you had been making spectacles in the 1950s then plastic lenses instead of glass lenses would have been an incremental innovation. product, process or service).

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Knowing Your Innovation Pathway Curve – A methodology

Paul Hobcraft

Innovation building faces a multitude of obstacles to overcome so innovation has a chance to be embedded within an organization. Firstly you have to ask what you are trying to achieve, is it incremental innovation, distinctive, disruptive or even radical? Here is ONE EXAMPLE of the pathway curve of understanding.

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Seeking more Energy Transition Ecosystem Success Stories in 2024

Ecosystems4Innovating

This is partly why I focus on the Energy Transition and Industrial Transformation for my innovation and ecosystem work. Let us remind ourselves where those collaborations between different stakeholders deliver real change in radical, innovative solutions.