Jeffrey Phillips

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

A new product may lack key features or components, or like some successful products take years to build an audience. I'm actually more interested in the 90+% of ideas that never make it to product development. Why is there so much failure in the front end of innovation? As much as any can be, these are good failures.

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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. Being an economist by training, I initially followed that path into financial and data analytics management roles within a major global energy company.

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Innov8rs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Mike has thirty years of experience in building and leading cross functional teams and organizations to successfully define, develop and bring new companies and products to market. The companies that already have embraced InnovationOps are reporting promising outcomes. Of course, every company is fundamentally different.

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Jeffrey Phillips

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Of course many of these conversations revolve around innovation and new product or service development (or the lack thereof), and how people are engaged in their work and their roles. I've had the good fortune to talk to hundreds of people, in different industries, in different roles and across different geographies and countries.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 25, 2019

The word ‘corporate innovation’ is becoming an increasingly popular buzzword, but for the most forward-thinking companies, it represents the future of the business and a significant spend on research and development. Rapid production and MVP. The concept is more broadly related to product development and UX design.

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Huub Rutten

JUNE 1, 2021

Andre is a man with 20 years of experience in a big discrete manufacturing company. He is the leader of quite a big group of researchers and developers, not only developing new IP but also engineering new features for the new product ranges. Product specifications get more and more complex. They are islands.

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Huub Rutten

JUNE 1, 2021

Andre is a man with 20 years of experience in a big discrete manufacturing company. He is the leader of quite a big group of researchers and developers, not only developing new IP but also engineering new features for the new product ranges. Product specifications get more and more complex. They are islands.

Change 52

Change Software Roadmap System 52

Planview

OCTOBER 16, 2023

With dedicated platforms, the emphasis on measuring value outcomes becomes more pronounced, fostering a culture of accountability and results-oriented strategies. The Rise of Continuous Value Measurement: In the swiftly changing terrain of today’s business world, the definition of value is not stagnant but constantly evolving.

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Moves the Needle

JUNE 6, 2023

In order to find the benefit of innovation, it’s necessary to challenge common definitions and adopt a broader perspective. What was the founding ethos, culture, and core values that shaped the organization’s beginning? Think M&A, product development, sales, marketing, new market development, IT, HR, and so on.

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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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Mike Shipulski

AUGUST 3, 2016

For established companies, when times are good, it’s not the right time to try something new – the resources are there but the motivation is not; and when times are tough it’s also the wrong time to try something new – the motivation is there but the breathing room is not. But this is not a binary world. Some work, some don’t.

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etventure

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

In our beginner’s guide to MVPs our Head of Product, Gregor Ilg, explains what a minimum viable product is, how it is developed and how it can help companies to enhance innovation. MVP” is an acronym for “minimum viable product”. So, what is a minimum viable product, and how do you go about creating one?

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Tim Kastelle

APRIL 30, 2016

Let’s sum up some relevant findings of these studies, making the case for dual innovation management: BCG: Most Innovative Companies 2014 . Two-thirds of all breakthrough innovators stated that all innovation and product development is controlled and driven by a centralized organization, at least in its initial stages.

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Moves the Needle

AUGUST 19, 2019

Noel: “I describe myself as an innovation product development life engineer who’s worked on product development teams through most of my early career and mostly in technology-driven companies, and after business school, went into consulting. Maybe a little bit of definition to kick things off.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This process is widely adopted by managers, executives, and consultants to drive new product development, service innovation, and business model refinement. At the core of design thinking lies a commitment to putting users’ experiences and feedback at the forefront of product and service design.

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Moves the Needle

APRIL 8, 2021

At some point, the Innovation Industry co-opted the original Horizon model, confusing the definitions of the horizons. The likelihood of that happening is, of course, dependent on your definition of innovation. A source could be an acquired company that is still scaling toward H1 size. What Happened to the Horizon Model?

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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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Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

You simply cannot do good innovation without giving people time to think, discover, investigate ideas and develop the ideas. Employee time is your company's most valuable asset. There are a lot of product development and execution tools that can actually accelerate this, including ideas like Agile, Lean, MVP and so forth.

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ImagineNation

MARCH 14, 2018

The Boston Consulting Groups’ (BCG) Most Innovative Companies Report 2018, states that: At leading innovators, R&D and new-product development have become digital endeavours. Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes is worried Australian businesses aren’t accepting they will soon almost universally be technology companies.

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Idea to Value

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Here at Idea to Value, we have a very clear view on the definition of Innovation. By asking 15 of the world’s top innovation experts , and finding the common definition, which is as follows: Innovation is Executing an idea which addresses a specific challenge and achieves value for both the company and the customer.

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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. 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. How can we restart our innovation culture?”.

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Qmarkets

DECEMBER 4, 2019

This audience is already delivering results across a huge range of use cases, from disruptive innovation to new product development, so why is it currently being overlooked by leaders looking to augment their operational excellence strategy? How are Qmarkets enabling companies to achieve sustainable performance improvement?

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Qmarkets

DECEMBER 4, 2019

These thinkers gave rise to companies such as Adobe, Apple, eBay, Cisco, Fairchild, Facebook, Google, HP, Intel, Lockheed, NetApp, Oracle, PayPal, Tesla, Twitter, YouTube, Yahoo, and thousands of start-ups that are transforming the world every day. Development Driven by Venture Capital. Is it Magic? It’s a discipline of innovation.

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The Inovo Group

AUGUST 5, 2019

The processes, methods and tools used for New Product Development (NPD) are insufficient for strategic innovation [1] and strategic innovation is necessary for the accelerated growth that companies demand. An issue is how to adapt these to large companies. A Definition of Incubation (from an Innovation Perspective).

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New Markets Advisors

MAY 29, 2019

Moreover, companies have gotten better at competing asymmetrically, blurring the definitions of who a company is even competing against. This is especially true in industries with long product development timelines. Companies rarely have trouble finding opportunities in which they can invest.

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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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ImagineNation

APRIL 9, 2018

In our March blog “Taking the path to digital transformation” we described how leading innovators, R&D and new-product development have become digital innovation endeavors. Brief Summary of the Key Cultural Challenges. Why do mindsets matter? Mapping Mindsets Case Study Example .

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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 principles of creativity. But also very easy not to achieve.

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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 principles of creativity. But also very easy not to achieve.

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hackerearth

OCTOBER 16, 2017

What besets today’s companies? Whereas, Gartner says it is a business discipline that aims to drive a repeatable, sustainable innovation process or culture within an organization. Innovation management programs for different companies will vary significantly. Companies no longer confine themselves to the fourth generation.

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hackerearth

OCTOBER 16, 2017

What besets today’s companies? Whereas, Gartner says it is a business discipline that aims to drive a repeatable, sustainable innovation process or culture within an organization. Innovation management programs for different companies will vary significantly. Companies no longer confine themselves to the fourth generation.

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Innovate2Grow Experts

MARCH 8, 2019

First, if you want to develop innovative new products, you may want people from marketing, sales, research, product development, and maybe even manufacturing and finance. Company culture is very powerful. Most cultures strictly define what the company will do and will not do.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

This combination of factors became an attractor for great visionaries, thinkers and entrepreneurs, and gave rise to companies such as Adobe, Apple, eBay, Cisco, Fairchild, Facebook, Google, HP, Intel, Lockheed, NetApp, Oracle, PayPal, Tesla, Twitter, YouTube, Yahoo, and thousands of start-ups that are transforming the world every day.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

This combination of factors became an attractor for great visionaries, thinkers and entrepreneurs, and gave rise to companies such as Adobe, Apple, eBay, Cisco, Fairchild, Facebook, Google, HP, Intel, Lockheed, NetApp, Oracle, PayPal, Tesla, Twitter, YouTube, Yahoo, and thousands of start-ups that are transforming the world every day.

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Technical Review Innovation Disruption Leadership 40

Integrative Innovation

APRIL 7, 2016

Let’s sum up some relevant findings of these studies, making the case for dual innovation management: BCG: Most Innovative Companies 2014 . Two-thirds of all breakthrough innovators stated that all innovation and product development is controlled and driven by a centralized organization, at least in its initial stages.

Disruption 40

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

This audience is already delivering results across a huge range of use cases, from disruptive innovation to new product development, so why is it currently being overlooked by operational excellence leaders? The next generation of process excellence will definitely bring in more elements from the world of crowdsourcing.

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