Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

By stepping away from the day-to-day operations and fostering a focused environment, your leadership team can craft innovative strategies and strengthen collaboration. Engagement : Increases engagement and ownership among team members by involving them in the strategic process.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Introduction to Design Thinking Design thinking is a problem-solving approach that combines empathy, creativity, and rationality to meet user needs and drive successful business outcomes. Defining Design Thinking Design thinking involves five key stages: empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test.

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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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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Through a blend of strategic planning sessions, team-building activities, and reflective exercises, a well-designed offsite can unlock new perspectives, ignite creativity, and lay the groundwork for transformative growth. The two key components of structuring your offsite are the agenda design and the planning of breakout sessions.

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Tullio Siragusa

MAY 30, 2022

Design Thinking Applied to Re-Organizations. Reorganizing a company to solve complex problems, introduce innovation, improve business operations, and identify market opportunities requires design. Design Thinking can be used as a tool to transform or reorganize a company to identify innovative solutions to current problems.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

How can we realize the power of ecosystem thinking and design and its growing value to enterprises? Ecosystem thinking and design require continuous collective learning. Interactive Application: Application in Workshops or Discussions: Suggest applying the insights in workshops or group discussions.

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Tullio Siragusa

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Design Thinking in Education: Shaping Creative Minds for the Future In a world characterized by rapid changes and complex challenges, the traditional education model, which primarily focuses on the dissemination of knowledge, is increasingly proving to be insufficient.

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Be-novative

MARCH 17, 2021

Best practices from our Be-novative Partner Hub The all-time most successful entrepreneurs and company leaders all have a unique ability to empower people to co-create and foster a culture that promotes group-dynamics instead of building silos. In this blogpost we uncover some of the best practices that help companies on this journey.

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Be-novative

MARCH 17, 2021

Best practices from our Be-novative Partner Hub The all-time most successful entrepreneurs and company leaders all have a unique ability to empower people to co-create and foster a culture that promotes group-dynamics instead of building silos. In this blogpost we uncover some of the best practices that help companies on this journey.

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 3, 2019

I have a group of Ecosystem Mind maps but I thought I’d share this one here to trigger further the thinking that needs to go into building an Innovation Ecosystem. To be honest I am not sure if it conveys as much as I would like, to reflect on differences when you come to working in innovation ecosystem designs.

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Ecosystems4Innovating

APRIL 12, 2023

In a series exploring cross-sector innovation ecosystem collaborations, this is the third post discussing different aspects and the approach to this that needs to be taken as my suggested starting point. Defining roles and responsibilities : The next stage is to define the roles and responsibilities of each partner in the collaboration.

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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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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Enhanced Collaboration : Offsites encourage open communication and teamwork, fostering a spirit of cooperation that can lead to innovative solutions. Increased Morale and Engagement : Offsites can also serve as a team-building exercise, boosting morale and increasing engagement among team members.

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Destination Innovation

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

Networking : Engage with a diverse group of people in your industry or interests. Collaboration often leads to the generation of novel ideas. Art and Creativity : Engaging in artistic activities like painting, music, or writing can stimulate your creativity and lead to fresh ideas. Use an external facilitator if possible.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 13, 2023

Increased collaborations and co-creation through innovation ecosystems can foster the greater potential for collaborations and co-creations between associated parties that can “trigger” innovations that feed from these growing cooperations forming between the parties Greater scalability and speed.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

As you lead your distributed teams, understanding the nuances of virtual collaboration is crucial for driving innovation, productivity, and engagement. When you prioritize robust management practices, you pave the way for seamless collaboration and ensure that your virtual teams can meet and exceed their objectives.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 3, 2016

To meet different challenges, to be highly adaptive it needs to begin to organize around ecosystems to deliver on a vision that recognizes it has to be part of a greater collaborating network to thrive in this highly connected world. Adapting to collaborating never fully in control can be unnerving. Either they adapt or die.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This requires all businesses to face rapidly changing business environments to design their response rates and abilities to react differently. It is the connecting up of opportunities with the ability to design the solution in highly exploratory and exploring ways of learning that begin to break down complexity and see new ways to evolve.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 24, 2023

It is our ability to consistently capture, build and develop new ideas within organizations or in open collaborations with others that have a direct effect on revenue growth and the ability to provide future sustainability. So often innovation struggles to be recognized for what it is.

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Tullio Siragusa

JULY 10, 2023

Leveraging Design Thinking for IT-Business Alignment in Prioritizing Mission-Critical Needs In the 21st-century business world, the role of IT has transitioned from a support function to a strategic driver of business success. This discordance can lead to a lack of collaboration and a rift between IT and the rest of the organization.

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 21, 2022

These are some of the top questions people have about learning experience design (LXD). Read on for the answer summaries for each frequent asked question about designing learning experiences. What is learning experience design and why is it important? How do I get started with learning experience design?

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BrainZooming

MARCH 2, 2021

In any collaborative meeting, you, as a leader, have an opportunity to foster innovative thinking. Moving to an anonymous, text-based online collaborative environment, though, offers multiple new, intriguing possibilities for leaders to cultivate innovation. A leader can make way for bigger thinking among group members.

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Planview

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

We’d recommend creating channels for collaboration – crowdsourcing via the web – at all junctures in the work management lifecycle. Let’s break down the innovation lifecycle and consider the options for establishing managed internal and external collaboration channels. Hmmm, crowdsourcing. “Oh, Plans – The “What Will We Do?”

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InnovationTraining.org

JANUARY 10, 2023

In this article we will: Explore how we can use VR (virtual reality) during the different steps of the design thinking process. Teach you how to design a VR workshop using an app called Zoe Immersive. A group of happy participants. Design Thinking Process & VR. VR & Design Thinking Limitations.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

A positive organizational culture can lead to improved employee engagement, higher levels of innovation, increased agility, and better adaptability to change. To assess the alignment of your company’s values with its daily operations, consider conducting regular surveys or focus groups.

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

In this guest post, learn how to effectively implement a virtually-led design thinking project. Design thinking is a hot topic for business these days, and it’s no surprise. McKinsey & Company research shows that “Design-led organizations realize 10% more revenue than ones that aren’t.”

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 15, 2020

Online collaboration tools for innovative work remotely. If you and your teams have found yourselves working more remotely, you may be interested in this collection of top remote working, meeting, communication and facilitation tools that can increase your collaboration, impact, productivity, and ease while working virtually or from home.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

It shapes the work environment, influences decision-making, and ultimately drives employee engagement and satisfaction. A culture that is adaptable, innovative, and collaborative can better withstand market fluctuations and respond to challenges swiftly and effectively. This can be done through surveys, interviews, and focus groups.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 26, 2023

Having those insights are the wonderful moments of magic, and they still hold such power over our innovative thinking, sometimes unfairly judging our innovation process as “ad hoc”, but we must not deny us all to find ways to open up to a different way of innovation management through open, collaborative innovation engagement.

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Innovation Architecture

MARCH 21, 2018

Of late, many have embraced the practice of collaborative innovation, with its application of social media to sourcing crowds and ideas, and design thinking, with its structured approach to vetting hypotheses about new business opportunities. I reference Designing for Growth by Jeanne Liedtka and Tim Ogilvie to depict design thinking.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

For insights into designing impactful leadership retreats, explore our guide on designing leadership team offsites for strategic planning. Link to related articles such as designing leadership team offsites for strategic planning for further insights on crafting an effective agenda.

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

In order to get your creative juices flowing it can be important to engage in creative thinking exercises and practice ways you can improve your innovation process. If you haven’t implemented design thinking or creative thinking exercises into your workspace, it’s time to start. Increased Range of Thought. Improves Team Alignment.

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Innovating4Energy

AUGUST 31, 2023

I take and leverage the use of Ecosystem thinking and design for promoting innovation within the Energy Transition?” ” My constant question is how do we adequately apply Ecosystem thinking and design, innovation engagement and activation to gain attention and achieve attraction and participation in the Energy Transition?

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Innov8rs

APRIL 17, 2024

Innov8rs | How Zurich Insurance Group uses its annual Innovation Championship to harness the innovative potential of startups for long term success. Innovation at Zurich Insurance Group is characterized by a mindset that embraces challenge head-on. This ensures that the startups enter into true collaboration with Zurich from the start.

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Anaqua

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Over the years, Anaqua has made it a priority to engage with customers and harness their valuable feedback to help create the market leading IPMS, as recognized by industry analyst Hyperion Research. We partner closely with our clients in a structured manner through client committees and working groups. Our Clients Make an Impact.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

It equips leaders with the tools necessary to connect with their team members on a deeper level, foster a collaborative environment, and navigate the complexities of workplace dynamics. These leaders are better equipped to recognize and understand team members’ emotions, leading to more effective communication and collaboration.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

This report provides a definitive innovation benchmarking document for leaders in strategy, R&D, design, and other innovation roles inside large organizations. With regard to a physical, prototyping, or collaboration space dedicated to innovation…How frequently does your organization use its innovation space(s)?

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