Strategyzer Innovation

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Innovation isn’t the same as product development or R&D. It’s not as simple as coming up with new ideas or just doing something differently in your company. What innovation is really about, according to Rodrigo Tona (CEO, Ternova Group ), is building the company of the future.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Innovation is essential throughout the entire new product development (NPD) process, but nowhere is it more key than it is in the Fuzzy Front End (FFE) stage. FFE is the starting point of NPD and is where new product ideas are generated before entering the formal development process.

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Moves the Needle

JANUARY 3, 2019

In today’s fast-moving business landscape, the ability to commercialize products quickly and efficiently is imperative. Companies that successfully bring new products to market rapidly, benefit from having a leg up on their competition while diminishing the negative effects of shrinking product life cycles.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

These companies have hardwired innovation into their framework and have ingrained innovation into their organization’s culture, but how exactly do you define a ‘culture of innovation’? The ideas are continually evaluated and are also shared with other innovators at the company.

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IdeaScale

JUNE 22, 2017

After 69 years of growth, Dick’s is a great company ripe for crowdsourcing and they launched their first company-wide ideation platform last year. But how do we know that a company like Dick’s is a good fit for crowdsourcing? Well, here are a few qualities that make a company more likely to succeed in a crowdsourcing effort.

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Taivara

AUGUST 29, 2018

Building an Innovative Company Culture. Executives love talking about “disruption” nowadays, but very few companies can achieve truly disruptive results. The reason: before you can disrupt an industry, you need to disrupt your own company culture first. Taivara Blog Post by Michael Shuchter.

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Tullio Siragusa

JANUARY 23, 2023

Maximizing Venture-Backed Company Success: The Importance of VC Investment in Operating Partners Venture capital (VC) firms have long been a key source of funding for startup companies, providing the necessary capital to help these businesses grow and succeed.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2024

This transformation is visible in various facets of management, including: Strategic Planning : AI algorithms can analyze market trends and consumer behavior to inform the strategic direction of product development.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

To support you in building out your innovation competencies, capabilities and capacity that requires a deeper investment in skill development in a culture of continual learning. Foster a culture of continuous learning, where feedback and insights lead to evolving strategies through effective collaboration relationships.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

This venture arm operates at the intersection of corporations and the startup ecosystem , and has become a strategic tool for companies to foster innovation and growth. By engaging with and investing in startups, companies can gain insights into emerging technologies, trends, and business practices.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The Intersection of Corporate Growth and Startup Innovation Defining Corporate Venture Capital Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) is the investment of corporate funds directly in external startup companies. This alignment can result in a myriad of collaborative opportunities, from product development to new market entry.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 17, 2024

These insights complement the strategies discussed by keynote speakers for enhancing team culture and innovation, as seen in keynote speakers for team culture transformation and keynote speakers for inspiring team innovation. Product development, process improvement. Innovation, willingness to embrace change.

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Business and Tech

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Years ago, companies didn’t do much about their customers, until they figured out it was cheaper to keep a customer than it was to find a new one, which drew them toward customer loyalty. Why is it crucial for companies to offer a broad range of benefits, and how can they ensure employees utilize them?

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

When you select a speaker whose expertise aligns with your company’s goals, you create a unique opportunity for growth and learning. These speakers can also deepen the understanding of an innovation culture by: Illustrating how to create an environment that nurtures innovative thinking.

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IdeaScale

JUNE 22, 2017

After 69 years of growth, Dick’s is a great company ripe for crowdsourcing and they launched their first company-wide ideation platform last year. But how do we know that a company like Dick’s is a good fit for crowdsourcing? Well, here are a few qualities that make a company more likely to succeed in a crowdsourcing effort.

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Destination Innovation

AUGUST 23, 2015

Nine out of ten companies believe that they are too slow to market with new products. In the consumer goods category around 80% of new products fail. These are some of the reasons why senior corporate executives are increasingly turning to separate innovation labs to spearhead their new product development.

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Innov8rs

APRIL 7, 2024

This say-do gap presents a significant challenge for companies committed to sustainability—it's not enough for a product to be sustainable; it must also resonate with consumers on multiple levels, including cost, convenience, and quality.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2024

The Importance of AI in Today’s Product Development Artificial Intelligence has become an indispensable tool in modern product development. It is not just an enabler but a catalyst for innovation that can significantly shorten the time-to-market for new products and services.

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Innov8rs

APRIL 7, 2024

During a recent Innov8rs Learning Lab, Gina O'Connor's offered a compelling roadmap for companies seeking to navigate the complexities of fostering innovation that transcends incremental improvements to achieve radical, market-shifting outcomes, based on decades of research with large multinational organizations, as summarized below.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Understanding Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) Defining Corporate Venture Capital Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) refers to the investment of corporate funds directly into external startup companies. By investing in promising startups, companies can leverage external expertise and tap into novel technologies and business models.

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Jeffrey Phillips

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The companies that do make the bet, and that do focus on innovation, often show the benefits in terms of higher profits, greater market share and higher stock prices. Why is innovation so expensive culturally or psychologically? They may point out blind spots in how the company is structured or goes to market.

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hackerearth

MARCH 5, 2018

The most common aspect of some of the innovative companies is that they are also high-performing organizations. Innovation is a part of their organizational culture. In innovative companies, innovation is not sporadic. In innovative companies, innovation is not sporadic. Here’s what they are: 1. They encourage failure.

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Idea to Value

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

We speak about how Microsoft went from losing its status as a worldwide innovator to rediscovering what it takes for innovation to succeed at a large, well-established company. 00:02:30 – How Satya Nadella joining as Microsoft’s CEO completely changed the company culture in the past 5 years.

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Innovation Excellence

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Scenario: A technology company is creating a consumer electronics solution that involves hardware, software and web components. Three separate teams, located in different parts of the company’s facility, create three platforms. Each platform has its own development team, its own Program Manager and its own Project Manager.

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Innovation in Practice

OCTOBER 12, 2015

The Product Development and Management Association (PDMA), the premier global advocate for product development and management professionals, announced today that it has awarded the 2015 Outstanding Corporate Innovator (OCI) Award to BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX). To learn more, visit www.pdma.org.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 11, 2021

For example, one of the biggest idea killers is the inability for many companies to take really good ideas and get them prioritized in the existing product development process. Culture - The old saying is that culture eats strategy for breakfast. Make your culture more welcoming to innovation.

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ImagineNation

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

It takes a lot of empathy, patience and healthy detachment to provide for the immediate needs of the people on the margins of society and to help them find permanent solutions to their many problems – innovation a company-wide responsibility. Innovation is a Company-Wide Responsibility.

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Brainstorming is where innovation and product development strategy begin, but sometimes you need a little push to get started. Did you know innovation can bridge social, cultural, and political differences? Crowdsourcing is a great way to assemble data for product innovation. Top 5 Women Innovators of All Time.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

These young companies thrive on adaptability, a drive for growth, and often, a technology-based solution that disrupts existing markets or creates new ones. These fledgling companies bring forth new products, services, and business models, challenging the status quo and pushing industries forward.

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Planview

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Speed in delivering high-value innovations is a critical differentiator that can make or break companies. According to a Boston Consulting Group report, companies prioritizing innovation—arriving first to market with new and relevant ideas—outperform the MSCI World Index on shareholder return by 3.3 percentage points per year.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 7, 2022

What mistake do companies often make when they talk about innovation? What simple thing can a company do to change their conversation / perspective about innovation? The results were incredible, with insightful recommendations on what it takes to make innovation succeed at companies of any size. Let’s get started.

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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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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 18, 2019

And there, my friends, is one of the major reasons that we see so little innovation from established companies, and so much disruption from unexpected sources. This means that most new products or services are so carefully managed and monitored that they can only be incremental change at best. It's simple, I said. And we need it back.

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Be-novative

MAY 27, 2021

How to empower leaders to build a better Culture of Collaboration using virtual facilitation techniques? Building a better Culture of Collaboration can be a challenging topic, especially when you are a consultant, hired to work with the leadership team of a company. LET THEM DESIGN THE WORST POSSIBLE WORKSHOP.

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Planview

DECEMBER 5, 2018

This is why companies invest so much money on improving employee engagement – over $100 billion annually to be exact. This tactic not only helps to discover actionable ideas to grow the business, but it also enables a company’s workforce to get more involved. Check out the Business2Community article here for more.

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Idea to Value

OCTOBER 20, 2016

The innovation book Robert’s Rules of Innovation: A 10-Step Program for Corporate Survival hammers the point home that innovation is the key to your company’s survival—in other words, “innovate or die.” However, unless your organization has a culture of innovation in place, progress on the i nnovation front will most likely be stymied.

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Planview

APRIL 28, 2019

As organizations seek to add value to customers and develop new, differentiated products and services, innovation is at the heart of strategy. It starts with creating a culture of innovation from within by tapping into the wisdom of employees. million members from companies like Amazon, Microsoft, and Starbucks.

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