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Zebras - Not Unicorns - for Profitable and Scalable Corporate Innovation

Innov8rs

Beyond internal innovation, Zurich is also continuously looking for solutions externally. The organization collaborates with startups, academia, corporate peers, and other external partners including venture capital firms, accelerators and incubators, NGOs, and hackathons.

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Is Your Innovation Training Program All It Could Be?

IdeaScale

While online or self-paced training programs can fill niche training needs, innovation training should be in-person and hands-on. Academic training without hands-on exercises won’t make as lasting an impact. Further, the exercises should require a range of tools and techniques and emphasize collaboration.

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Creative Thinking Exercise – Rethinking Shrimp

BrainZooming

As an example, I wrote some time back about the “Shrimp” creative thinking exercise we included during a creative thinking workshop for a regulated financial services company. Rethinking the “Shrimp” Creative Thinking Exercise. Learn and rapidly deploy effective strategic thinking exercises to spur innovation.

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Why Aren’t You Crowdsourcing?

IdeaScale

Because these programs aren’t limited by one department and people can participate part-time in these creative exercises, crowd innovation programs generally have lower costs than traditional research & development departments. Viral Marketing. New ideas that make progress generate interest and excitement.

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10 Most Popular Innovation Management Questions

PlanBox Innovation

or “Where should we innovate next?”. Question 4: How do we get our executives to support the innovation program? . Executives want to receive a demonstrable benefits, or ROI, and easily track the progress of the innovation program. Begin with the end in mind. Focus on tracking and reporting the right metrics.

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Innovation Management: 3 Tips for Igniting Valuable Ideas

Planview

Whether it was at one of our Ignite Innovation Summits or our recent Horizons conference, a common theme connecting many of my conversations was this: While innovation programs built on ideas alone can be successful, they are typically not sustainable. But we are innovative—right? Reframe Innovation as Engagement.

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Innovate to Live, Live to Innovate

PlanBox Innovation

This includes focusing on general culture and collaboration to foster a supportive environment for innovation. ” – Harlod Geneen Leading an organization towards innovation success is like riding a motorcycle through challenging terrain. Define the scope of your IMS and establish it within your organization.