Peer Insight

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Disruption of markets worldwide has proven that speed is an important attribute of strong innovators. Companies that are built for speed can react quickly to changing preferences and competitors’ moves in the market, manifesting in greater potential to boost top and bottom lines. . At the heart of innovation is change.

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BrainZooming

MAY 17, 2016

While there’s more to come in the months ahead, here are highlights of a couple of innovation strategy presentations this week to very different groups. Innovation Strategy in Your Organization – An Innovative Workplace Culture. Encouraging and supporting organizational change.

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Yet2

DECEMBER 18, 2018

The automotive industry is undergoing massive technological and social change. Automotive manufacturers, companies in the automotive supply chain, and technology startups eyeing the automotive market need to understand the innovations that are taking place today – and those that will take place tomorrow.

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Legacy Innovation Group

APRIL 1, 2019

The Innovation Generation Has Arrived. But that day has long come and gone, and all that has changed now. A new wave of product developers are entering the workforce, and these are not your grandfather's lock-step minions. They are called the Innovation Generation ¹, and they are all grown up now.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

Version control to track changes and revert to previous versions if necessary. To further improve your team’s efficiency, consider implementing virtual team productivity strategies alongside these platforms. File synchronization to ensure all team members have the latest version of a document.

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Innov8rs

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Innov8rs | Innovation teams often find themselves in a catch-22. Different Stuctures, Yet The Same Need For Support Panera has adopted a distributed approach to innovation. Here, different roles have ‘innovation’ in their job title, and the company is also very open to collaboration with others. How to deal with this tension?

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Anaqua

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Client needs are ever-changing, which should be reflected in the evolution of their IP solution. In November 2020, Hyperion Research awarded Anaqua the Highly Innovative designation for its Customer Driven Roadmap and Persona Driven User Interface. Over the years, we’ve made investing in product development a top strategic focus.

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Wazoku

JUNE 22, 2017

Every successfully implemented idea/product is a result of a long and painstakingly supervised innovation process. this stage, the idea is just a hypothesis and might be altered or changed later. The real test is when the product is launched but this preliminary research gives a hint. Image from dilbert.com.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

We routinely ask those of you downloading Brainzooming strategy and innovation eBooks to share – if you are willing – the opportunities and challenges you are facing at the time. “Buy in from staff on the new vision and the required change” 5 Keys to Engaging Employees in Innovation Strategy – Our Buy-In Manifesto.

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BrainZooming

JULY 17, 2018

To avoid it, it’s vital to break out of the typical strategic planning process formula where it’s all about the same old people, the same old strategy exercises, and the same old expectations to just get a plan done so it can sit on the shelf with other strategies while the organization keeps doing the same old things.

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BrainZooming

JULY 12, 2016

Reviewing the innovation strategy challenges business executives identified when downloading Brainzooming eBooks , they frequently mention gaining “buy-in” for significant change initiatives. Here are five keys we’ve found for successfully engaging employees in innovation strategy. That’s no surprise.

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Taivara

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Product Hunt Columbus is proudly sponsored by: Assisting startups and small businesses, advising on both legal and practical operations issues. Helping companies compete in a rapidly changing digital world through everything from Software Design & Development, New Product Strategy, and Corporate Innovation.

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The Kanban system is a visualization strategy that helps you manage innovative development projects. Kanban can help you eliminate bottlenecks and pain points across your processes , which are likely limiting your team’s creative productivity. Timely Manufacturing and Post Production Campaigns. source: pixabay.com.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

Hackathons, internal innovation programs, open innovation, technology acquisitions…these days it seems like everyone is jumping onto the innovation bandwagon. How is innovation best performed? Can guidelines for innovation be created? Once upon a time innovation was a technique practiced by lone inventors.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

Hackathons, internal innovation programs, open innovation, technology acquisitions…these days it seems like everyone is jumping onto the innovation bandwagon. How is innovation best performed? Can guidelines for innovation be created? Once upon a time innovation was a technique practiced by lone inventors.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 9, 2015

We facilitated a two-day innovation strategy workshop for an industrial company. The company wants to make significant changes to a major production process. During the innovation strategy discussions, we addressed the production process changes from five different perspectives.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 25, 2016

The thing is, there’s a different way to structure business meetings to help a group come together and collaborate in an innovative, productive way. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage more employees in strategy AND implementation success.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 15, 2016

Creative Thinking Skills: 29 Phrases Blocking Innovative Ideas. Disruptive Innovation, Change Management & Taking the NO Out of InNOvation. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage more employees in strategy AND implementation success.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 29, 2017

All the Strategy Roles You Need. 9 Strategic Thinking Questions for Innovative Ideas from Experts. Can Analogies Change the World? 6 Strategies – Innovative Business Ideas to Stay Ahead of Customer Needs. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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Innovation in Practice

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

How and where innovation is performed matters: As Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter, author of classic texts on corporate strategy and the competitive advantage of nations, has noted, “Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity.”. But that conceals what has actually been happening.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Friday’s priority involved finalizing a new product innovation workshop we’re developing in collaboration with a market research company for one of its clients. That is a huge change, and opens the door to some radically different future workshops.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Instead of including too few or too many people in strategic planning and not thinking about how to help them participate successfully, we specifically match peoples’ perspectives, expertise, and interests so they can most efficiently and effectively share innovative ideas.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 10, 2016

In many companies, the list of items on the SWOT analysis does not change all that much from one year to the next. Are you up for changing that? Go into your next strategy meeting with a different spin on this important, yet tired old strategic thinking exercise. Use a New SWOT Strategic Thinking Exercise Nobody Expects.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 22, 2016

Have them share suggestions for things they would experiment with, change, or definitely keep as is. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Based on all The Brainzooming Group experience in helping clients generate new ideas and innovative strategies, diversity is vital to successful creative thinking activities. Let me ask a few questions: Does your organization have all the diversity it needs to uncover creativity and innovative strategies?

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 20, 2016

What implementation steps are set, and which are still open to change? Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage more employees in strategy AND implementation success. How much leeway is built into the implementation schedule?

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Planview

JANUARY 22, 2024

As we welcome the new year, we asked our team of product innovation experts and thought leaders to identify trends they’re seeing across the industry and within our customer implementations. Trend #1: Greater Financial Scrutiny on New Product Development Balanced Against Innovation Opportunity While the U.S.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

While I didn’t start with a formal group of questions, here are seven strategic thinking questions that helped me quickly identify potential changes to the plan and settle on the best possibilities: Is there something that IS working that I can work with more? Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 4, 2016

What do we need to change about the upcoming strategic planning process to make it more effective and efficient? Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success. How aggressively do we need to update them for this year?

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

When discussing a strategic planning or innovation strategy engagement with a client, we use the graphic below to design our recommended approach. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 5, 2015

If you are a leader (or even if you’re not a leader) where creativity in business is under appreciated, how about changing things for the better? Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success.

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Taivara

JULY 23, 2018

In the broadest sense, we’re talking about open innovation. As product managers or entrepreneurs, curiosity will ensure we always have a plan B. That feeling of “good” is what we’re striving for when we develop a new product idea, and it’s not going to be there if there is no pain. Now, it’s big business. Kevin Dwinnell.

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Planview

AUGUST 23, 2022

Technology-related issues that weren’t a concern just five or ten years ago are now top of mind as customer demands and a rapidly changing industry push automakers and OEMs in new directions. Those changes bring incredible growth and innovation opportunities but can also be a source of uncertainty and turmoil.

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Planview

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Organizations that lead the pack have two things in common: an airtight alignment between investment spending and business strategy and a formal scoring model in place to determine any in-market product changes. Bridge the Gap Between Product Strategy and Delivery.

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Your Ideas are Terrible

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Ever been in a product strategy meeting and unable to answer this simple question: So who is our customer? You can use the same tool bring speed and efficiency to your corporate innovation team. All personas serve the same purpose: to help innovation teams empathize with customers and create solutions to solve their problems.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

Acquiring a company is a common way to stay relevant in a quickly changing business world. There are many different types of innovation. Some are internal ( involving employees , incremental innovation , etc.), and some are external ( involving customers , open innovation , etc.). This is what many large organizations do.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

Acquiring a company is a common way to stay relevant in a quickly changing business world. There are many different types of innovation. Some are internal ( involving employees , incremental innovation , etc.), and some are external ( involving customers , open innovation , etc.). This is what many large organizations do.

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