Jeffrey Phillips

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

At some moments in my career I've blamed this phenomenon on lack of breadth - the idea that too many companies shrink innovation activities down to idea generation and rapid evaluation. Too few companies have a good understanding of the 'front end' and the important activities and processes, but many can stumble through.

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Strategos

MARCH 1, 2018

A stepwise approach to achieving an innovation culture. Culture eats strategy for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.” The famous quote is attributed to Peter Drucker, who pointed out that culture is a strong driver of how a company behaves and plays to win. innovation jams, hackathons, etc.)

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Cris Beswick

APRIL 16, 2024

However, for every Steve Jobs or Elon Musk who has famously steered their companies through the maelstrom of change, countless unsung leaders, often within the more traditional corporate structures, want to cultivate the culture that innovation requires within their organisation. It’s for those that I write this article!

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Open innovation is a core strategy for transformative growth amongst a growing number of enterprise companies around the world. The days of boardrooms and R&D departments keeping innovation under lock and key are waning, as companies are increasingly preferring a more collaborative approach with startups and other external parties.

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Innov8rs

MARCH 4, 2023

Your Employees Are Your Users Founded in 1994, the German railway company Deutsche Bahn today employs over 300,000 people. Deutsche Bahn Company has been investing in existing startups since a few years ago, enhancing its portfolio and accessing new digital business opportunities through its Corporate Venture Fund.

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ITONICS

MAY 14, 2018

It is the lifeblood of our global economy, a survival skill and a strategic priority for any company worldwide. Nevertheless, many market participants still face the enormous challenge of figuring out the blend of all necessary elements and the right mix for a successful innovation process. Fail forward.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JUNE 15, 2017

What rationale do innovators have to work on interesting or disruptive ideas if they have no stake in the outcome? We ask them to take risks through the innovation process for a small reward or some recognition if the idea succeeds, and the potential they might lose their job if the innovation fails.

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Jeffrey Phillips

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

I've been writing an occasional series on some of the fundamental building blocks for innovation success - at least those that I think are critical, intangible and often overlooked. This is a relatively simple and obvious conclusion, and a message that far too many companies are sending to their innovation teams.

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Open-source innovation (or simply ‘open innovation’) is developing into a core strategy for transformative growth amongst enterprise companies around the world. We caught up with the founder and CEO of AccelIQ Digital, Ariana Smetana, to find out more about the business and its approach to open-source innovation.

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Jeffrey Phillips

AUGUST 13, 2021

At the time I was writing this post, I was concerned that too many companies were under too much pressure to speed up their innovation activities and generate some interesting new ideas. Otherwise, speed can kill an innovative idea. The problem with that speeding up concept was that most companies were starting from zero.

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Strategyzer Innovation

JUNE 17, 2019

During our 2019 Bootcamp last week, we had the pleasure of hosting Anton Affentranger, former CEO of Implenia, a European construction company with CHF3.8BN in revenues. Alex and Anton discussed innovation within the context of an existing organization. Innovation is not part of an annual report. It must be transparent.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 24, 2022

.” Recently in Stanford Social Innovation Review, an article on the “ Adoption of Innovation ” by Benjamin Kumpf & Emma Proud is well worth the read as adopting any innovation process is a tough, slow one. ” Adoption or even following a decision process is a really tough nut to crack.

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Idea Champions

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Trying to create a culture of innovation is a daunting task for even the most committed organization. Cultures take decades to form. But if you and your colleagues are game, culture change is possible. But if you and your colleagues are game, culture change is possible. What do you mean by "innovation?"

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IdeaScale

JUNE 26, 2018

Although some customers will introduce some initial criteria or questions, this is the most open part of the innovation process where any idea can be shared, built on, and inspire others. What’s your advice on building an innovation culture? Refinement. This is a big, broad question.

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IdeaScale

MAY 23, 2017

If you look at the history of innovation, change — especially enormous, socially altering change — has been greeted with fear more often than joy. So how do you create a culture that makes “disruptive,” both the word and the concept , a positive? A better way, for most companies, might be “Think smartly and act quickly.”

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Jeffrey Phillips

AUGUST 4, 2015

Aligning innovation to day to day priorities We asked you to tell us how closely aligned executives' expectations for innovation are versus the day to day priorities and commitments. This shouldn't be surprising, since incremental innovation is more predictable and less costly.

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PlanBox Innovation

MAY 10, 2022

This article originally appeared on Innovation Leader. Launching an innovation management system does not have to be guesswork, and it is a lot easier than most organizations imagine it to be. Innovation by definition is very different from typical business processes, and it should be in a constant state of flux.

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Idea Champions

JANUARY 23, 2018

Trying to create a culture of innovation is a daunting task for even the most committed organization. Cultures take decades to form. But if you and your colleagues are game, culture change is possible. But if you and your colleagues are game, culture change is possible. What do you mean by "innovation?"

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Jeffrey Phillips

APRIL 29, 2015

First is a cultural phenomenon that people must overcome the business as usual culture and think about innovation and change, rather than efficiency and stability. Also embedded in this idea is the concept that people must be trained on innovation tools and processes. A definition of innovation.

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Mike Shipulski

JULY 19, 2017

With regard to tools and processes, the right next steps are not universal. But with all companies’ innovation processes, there is a common factor – the innovation process is run by people. Regardless of process maturity or completeness, people run the process. And again, minimize the words.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 24, 2021

While each approach has its own unique advantages and disadvantages, this blog will share the best practices we have witnessed first-hand as being vital to the success of any innovation program. The definition of an innovation program can sometimes differ, so before we dive in let’s clarify what we mean when we use this term.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Leveraging Data Analytics for Problem Definition Data analytics, powered by AI, can transform raw data into actionable insights. The Define stage, bolstered by AI, becomes a more precise and evidence-based process. To learn about the tools that can aid in this process, visit AI tools for design thinking.

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Jeffrey Phillips

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Survey Results According to the synopsis available on Slideshare, the majority of firms responding to the survey described themselves as immature in the development of an innovation capability, and close to 60% of those surveyed have fewer than 10 people working on innovation activities. I wrote those focus areas with specific intent.

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Innovators Alliance

MAY 18, 2018

Yet we all throw around terms like creativity, breakthroughs, and disruptive innovation. Companies eat up this stuff–they’re fully on board. Innovation is going to shape the future. Some might argue that innovation is impossible to quantify. Why aren’t more companies measuring innovation? Definitions differ.

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Jeffrey Phillips

APRIL 14, 2015

It's definitely time to pick up the pace and learn to operate at speed. When the speed is too slow There are a number of factors that limit innovation speed, most important among them a lack of experience or familiarity with tools, a need for perfection and elimination of risk, and long decision cycle times.

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Qmarkets

DECEMBER 4, 2019

While process excellence is more focused on the actual process and processes, organisational excellence is combined with innovation and strong leadership across the whole organisation. How has the landscape of process excellence changed? What can we expect from the next generation of process excellence?

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hackerearth

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Understanding Innovation Management. What besets today’s companies? Is it a lack of innovation or an inability to cope with change? Either way, businesses need to identify where they are going wrong because innovation as a business strategy is here to stay. For survival, innovation is almost obligatory (Drucker, 1999).

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hackerearth

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Understanding Innovation Management. What besets today’s companies? Is it a lack of innovation or an inability to cope with change? Either way, businesses need to identify where they are going wrong because innovation as a business strategy is here to stay. For survival, innovation is almost obligatory (Drucker, 1999).

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Qmarkets

JULY 21, 2017

Devised as centers for accelerating the digital innovation process, innovation centers are now used by 38% of the world’s largest 200 companies, including household names such as BMW, McDonalds, and Ford. Innovation centers and digital design teams: quick definitions. Touchpoint 7.2 2017): 20-25.

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Tim Kastelle

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

Recently, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has published key findings of their latest “ Most Innovative Companies 2014 ” survey. Beside the annual ranking, headed by the top three companies Apple, Google and Samsung, some insightful outcomes with regard to organizational and cultural requirements have striked my eye.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

But there are a lot of different opinions on the questions of whether creativity can be forced, and if large companies can grow ideas. Having geeky friends as a teenager and freelancing for an idea generation company, I was always surrounded with people full of ideas. The creative process and the innovation process.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 11, 2015

I just spent a day working with Bob, the Chief Innovation Officer of a very smart large company I’ll call Acme Widgets. Bob summarized Acme’s impediments to innovation. “At At our company we have a culture that fears failure. Bob looked wistful, “Our founders built a company known for taking risks and moving fast.

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Innovation 360

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

What’s the hardest part of commercialising innovative concepts? First, the Innovation Process consists of four phases; Ideation, Selection, Development, and Commercialization. In our global analytic tool and database, InnoSurvey™, we measure the Innovation Capability needed in each an one of this phases.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

But there are a lot of different opinions on the questions of whether creativity can be forced, and if large companies can grow ideas. Having geeky friends as a teenager and freelancing for an idea generation company, I was always surrounded with people full of ideas. The creative process and the innovation process.

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hackerearth

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Although enterprise collaboration software market has been around for over 20 years, innovation management software is a specialized segment that helps companies guide and support their innovation process. Why do companies need innovation management software? Boost an internal culture of innovation.

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hackerearth

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Although the enterprise collaboration software market has been around for over 20 years, innovation management software is a specialized segment that helps companies guide and support their innovation process. Why do companies need innovation management software? Boost an internal culture of innovation.

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Innovation Excellence

AUGUST 4, 2020

When you innovate from inside a company with scale, your innovations naturally scale more quickly. The internal innovator’s experience is often the opposite. Your company has assets to invest that typically demand a lower return that venture capital because they carry a lower cost of capital.

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