PlanBox Innovation

MAY 10, 2022

Here is a collection of the most popular innovation management system questions we have been asked over the years, and what best-in-class companies believe are sound strategies and operating models to address them. Question 1: How can we build a system if we have not settled on an innovation management process? .

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Mentors see themselves as people developers. They take a long-term view of their staff and see innovation projects as an opportunity to stretch their employees’ capabilities and to help them achieve their aspirations. Depending on the scope of their ideas, innovators’ careers can be significantly shaped by this journey.

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Jeffrey Phillips

MARCH 15, 2016

The guy who stole a march on Ford, and really defined the automobile company structure that we have today was William Durant. While Ford grew rich on the Model T, his company grew stagnant and failed to understand the wants and needs of customers. Instead of cars, they are working on innovations.

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The Inovo Group

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

It is what will drive an enterprise’s creative engine that is the source of long-term, future growth Most of today’s large corporate enterprises treat strategy, R&D, and innovation as separate and distinct functions – worthy of specialized teams, segmented funding, reporting structures and operational charters. Now it is 5 or less.

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Steve Blank

JULY 30, 2014

Startups are not smaller versions of large companies, but interestingly we see that companies are not larger versions of startups. I’ve been spending some time with large companies that are interested in using Lean methods. One of the conundrums is why does innovation take so long to happen in corporations?

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ITONICS

JULY 26, 2019

One of the challenges that companies face is understanding how to manage their innovation resources. Should they go after the disruptive and risky idea? Or concentrate more on incremental innovation, improving their current products that already have generated customer interest? 70% | Core Innovation.

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ITONICS

JULY 30, 2018

It is an advantageous space to innovate and grow in and builds the starting point for the development of ideas for products, services or new business models. So why is it so very important to take this upstream step in the innovation process? Having only one good idea won’t help companies to survive.

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Innovation 360 Group

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

We are probably in the middle of the biggest disruptive change in the market since industrialization. If companies in the Nordic market do not alter their business models fundamentally, there is a risk that Swedish Innovation miracle (on the Nordic Market) might just become an innovation mayfly. 2 Booby trapped.

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ITONICS

JULY 25, 2019

One of the challenges that companies face is understanding how to manage their innovation resources. Should they go after the disruptive and risky idea? Or concentrate more on incremental innovation, improving their current products that already have generated customer interest? 70% | Core Innovation.

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hackerearth

AUGUST 2, 2017

Innovation can be incremental (e.g. a new product sold to existing customers with significant cost savings and better performance), or disruptive (e.g. Need for innovation. Innovate or die” has become the catchphrase of the decade. Companies use different tools or approaches depending on the end goal.

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Idea to Value

JULY 21, 2017

Every company says that innovation is important, and that they value the ideas of their people. In fact, creativity is becoming a core skill which companies know they need in the future. However, there are more effective ways to innovate, as you will see further down this list. So what can you do about it?

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 7, 2015

I have been spending some significant time on questioning the current innovation business model, from both the customers (clients) perspective and the innovation consultants’ one. Now we all know not all things are equal, many companies have invested significantly in improving their innovation capabilities.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 6, 2018

I would argue this fits within a constellation of partners all working towards delivering innovation that is highly valuable, radical, disruptive and distinctive. Innovation today conflicts with much of our existing organizational designs. These help us to figure out what is changing.

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CREATORS

DECEMBER 3, 2018

They have amazing teams and talented individuals, endless resources and extensive market knowledge. Yet, they are failing at corporate innovation. They fear competition and disruption, they are afraid of the future, but at the same time they are afraid to take bold decisions and change their businesses overnight?

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The Inovo Group

MAY 14, 2018

Highlights: Companies make continuous bets on their future. As the world becomes increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous ( VUCA ) , longer-term disruptions are the greatest existential threat to a company’s growth and survival. Bill Gates. But the future they bet on typically isn’t so different from today.

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Integrative Innovation

JANUARY 27, 2016

From my point of view, all of the issues pinned down at that time have gained significant importance, are being intensively debated and can still be considered cutting-edge for companies to stay ahead in managing innovation. Let’s have a brief look at each of them: Differentiating and integrative innovation concepts.

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The BMI Lab Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

During this last September and October BMI Lab organized the Second Senior Management Experience Study Trip with Covestro, a Bayer company spin off created in 2015 (formerly Bayer Material Science division). It’s a great mix of theory and practice combined with a reflection on the innovation ability of their own company and their role.

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hackerearth

JANUARY 22, 2019

At HackerEarth, we have conducted over 2,000 hackathons to date, for enterprises, companies, startups, non-profits, universities, and others. These hackathons can be around new challenges, letting employees collaboratively brainstorm and develop ideas in a wide range of niche verticals. Great ideas are never restricted to winners.

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hackerearth

JANUARY 22, 2019

At HackerEarth, we have conducted over 2,000 hackathons to date, for enterprises, companies, startups, non-profits, universities, and others. These hackathons can be around new challenges, letting employees collaboratively brainstorm and develop ideas in a wide range of niche verticals. Great ideas are never restricted to winners.

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hackerearth

JANUARY 22, 2019

At HackerEarth, we have conducted over 2,000 hackathons to date, for enterprises, companies, startups, non-profits, universities, and others. These hackathons can be around new challenges, letting employees collaboratively brainstorm and develop ideas in a wide range of niche verticals. Great ideas are never restricted to winners.

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hackerearth

JANUARY 22, 2019

At HackerEarth, we have conducted over 2,000 hackathons to date, for enterprises, companies, startups, non-profits, universities, and others. These hackathons can be around new challenges, letting employees collaboratively brainstorm and develop ideas in a wide range of niche verticals. Great ideas are never restricted to winners.

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Innovation 360 Group

OCTOBER 29, 2017

The perception of a gang of wired people in white coats doing the “innovation thing” is widespread, but nothing, based on data from 6,000+ companies in 62 countries, could be more wrong. Innovation360 was built to boost the odds in favor of innovators, the true heroes of our time.

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The Inovo Group

MARCH 8, 2018

Uncertainty makes companies very uncomfortable. All four need to be managed during the innovation process. By using the ORL uncertainty framework, organizations can better manage innovation uncertainty. For large companies that strive for operational excellence, uncertainty gums up the works.

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Innovation 360

OCTOBER 29, 2017

The perception of a gang of wired people in white coats doing the “innovation thing” is widespread, but nothing, based on data from 6,000+ companies in 62 countries, could be more wrong. Innovation360 was built to boost the odds in favor of innovators, the true heroes of our time.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

. — I just watched a very smart company try to manage innovation by hiring a global consulting firm to offload engineering from “distractions.” They accomplished their goal, but at a huge, unanticipated cost: the processes and committees they designed ended up strangling innovation. There’s a much better way.

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Idea to Value

MAY 18, 2020

I recently met with a very successful company that is seen as a highly innovative global pioneer that others in their industry, which is facing many structural headwinds and inevitable changes, look up to. This is actually a very common approach, but we’ve yet to see a single company that would be very successful with it.

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Leapfrogging

AUGUST 15, 2017

Moving faster and cheaper when innovating new products and services ideas is the name of the innovation game. And believe me, those inventions were not disruptive in any way. The only thing that’s disruptive is customer adoption.”. A company like Amazon can obviously afford a few big misses and sales flops.

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Leapfrogging

JULY 2, 2017

A few weeks ago, Jeff Bezos voiced a dirty little secret about disruptive innovation: it’s not just about creating groundbreaking new products and services, it’s about creating groundbreaking new products and services that people actually want to buy. “At And believe me, those inventions were not disruptive in any way.

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Innov8rs

OCTOBER 3, 2022

And it's your role as innovation leader, for your company as a whole, or for your department or region, to get them right. We dive into getting the fundamentals right during this month’s Learning Lab on Innovation Strategy, Leadership, Governance & Portfolio Management. Thus, execution becomes an integral part of strategy.

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Leapfrogging

JULY 2, 2017

A few weeks ago, Jeff Bezos voiced a dirty little secret about disruptive innovation: it’s not just about creating groundbreaking new products and services, it’s about creating groundbreaking new products and services that people actually want to buy. “At And believe me, those inventions were not disruptive in any way.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The hard part is deciding what tools and tactics will help you manage innovation in a way that achieves disruptive results. After all, without the right tools of the trade, ‘innovation theatre’ will take center stage at your organization – that is, the ‘appearance’ of innovation, but without the substance.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 14, 2022

How much time should you spend improving your existing processes as opposed to innovating new ones? There are two types of companies: those who innovate and those who improve. Regardless of size or scale though, many businesses struggle to decide whether they should invest their resources in innovation or improvement.

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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

JANUARY 21, 2020

However, by developing an innovation strategy that anticipates a downturn, you can help your enterprise weather the storm and even uncover lucrative ways to gain a competitive edge. As we saw in 2019 , the business landscape is sufficiently volatile and disruptive even when the market is relatively stable.

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ImagineNation

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

It was an exciting and exhilarating journey into the playful and innovative world of gamification pioneers such as Farmville, Angry Birds, and BetterWorks. At the same time, this period has also created incredible opportunities for expanding our knowledge, developing new mindsets, behaviours, and skills!

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Many companies today are experiencing an accelerated pace of change. As the world around us changes, how do successful companies drive change internally? Now we find that a new set of skills is necessary, and many companies aren’t sure how to identify and cultivate these skills. They will be much happier. But not all diversity.

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hackerearth

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Sadly, this was the case of The Eastman Kodak Company. It is definitely not a failure of a single product, acquisition, or bad campaign. In fact, there are companies that came later and captured a much bigger market share. It is the failure to innovate that led to its “demise.”. Absence of an exclusive team.

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