Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The image here is the list of exactly which capabilities your company needs to succeed at innovation. Almost every business leader will tell you that they value innovation and that it is a positive & important factor for their company. Now, I’m going to outline step by step what enables a company to deliver those ideas.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The Five Stages of Design Thinking The Design Thinking process is often represented by five key stages: Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, and Test. Ideate : Generating a range of possible solutions. Prototype : Building a version of one or more of your ideas to show to others.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2024

AI technology aids in the analysis of large datasets to identify trends, predict outcomes, and make informed decisions at a speed and accuracy that is beyond human capability. AI is capable of streamlining workflows, predicting trends, personalizing customer experiences, and driving innovation forward.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Defining Design Thinking Design thinking involves five key stages: empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test. It drives growth, differentiation, and value creation, allowing companies to stay ahead in a rapidly changing market.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Designing a technology-enabled innovation process still holds good for the individual company that wants to evolve this out in more open thinking. This step may involve iterative processes of idea generation, refinement, evaluation, and real-life testing and prototyping. This step involves testing and refining the concepts.

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Traditionally the Innovation funnel is a stage-gate process that organizations use to define their approach to ideation. Businesses that adopt this usually start off by narrowing down their challenges, gathering ideas around them, reviewing said ideas, and then implementing them.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

The right keynote speaker can provide a fresh perspective, inspire new ideas, and refocus an organization’s vision. When you select a speaker whose expertise aligns with your company’s goals, you create a unique opportunity for growth and learning. Offer strategies for effective prototyping and testing.

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Traditionally the Innovation funnel is a stage-gate process that organizations use to define their approach to ideation. Businesses that adopt this usually start off by narrowing down their challenges, gathering ideas around them, reviewing said ideas, and then implementing them.

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PlanBox Innovation

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

As an innovation manager, you’re tasked with the challenging responsibility of leading the development and implementation of new ideas, products, and initiatives that will drive growth and competitiveness for your company.

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Faisal Hoque

DECEMBER 16, 2019

In this post, serial entrepreneur Faisal Hoque flags the trends that professionals in every field will have to adjust to, and how to do it. Whether you’re in a leadership role, focused on innovation, running your own business, or all of the above, here are six traits and trends that will impact your work today and for years to come: 1.

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Faisal Hoque

DECEMBER 16, 2019

In this post, serial entrepreneur Faisal Hoque flags the trends that professionals in every field will have to adjust to, and how to do it. Whether you’re in a leadership role, focused on innovation, running your own business, or all of the above, here are six traits and trends that will impact your work today and for years to come: 1.

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Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

In this blog, we will share the additional ‘innovation assets’ that many companies are yet to include in their business innovation strategy. Ideas – The Most Essential Innovation Asset Idea management is the process of finding, developing, and implementing ideas on an enterprise level.

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Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

In this blog, we will share the additional ‘innovation assets’ that many companies are yet to include in their business innovation strategy. Ideas – The Most Essential Innovation Asset Idea management is the process of finding, developing, and implementing ideas on an enterprise level.

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Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Fresh combinations of technologies, processes, materials, people, trends, concepts, and other factors are what creates innovation. I can almost guarantee you’ll have ideas. Local economic development leaders could do this same exercise, listing local assets on one side, and new technology (or trends) on the other.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 12, 2021

A Practical Solution for Medium Sized Companies to Grow. This mild paralysis is an opening for small and medium sized companies. A full time Chief Innovation Officer (CINO) is a large line item expense, and, most small and medium sized companies simply can’t afford one — or think they can’t. Fractional Trend.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 1, 2018

It’s designed to uncover unlikely, but useful, combinations of technologies, products, services, trends, and insights that lead to breakthrough innovation. GFi is now offering a new version of MoshPit to discover ideas that exploit new digital technologies. A smattering of related consumer trends (like sustainability).

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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. We looked at some of the most innovative companies and their unique practices and filtered out seven key habits that are applicable to business and beyond. Innovation. Fail forward. In other words: grow tall, stay slim!

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Ecosystems4Innovating

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Here’s why: Human Creativity : Human creativity is characterized by generating novel ideas, thinking outside the box, and connecting seemingly unrelated concepts. AI can assist in idea generation and optimization, but it lacks the capacity for originality and the ability to envision entirely new possibilities.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

It propels companies forward, allowing them to adapt in rapidly changing markets and to respond effectively to evolving customer needs. Encourages leaders to seek out emerging trends and technologies that could influence future markets. Several companies have been recognized for their outstanding commitment to fostering innovation.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 1, 2018

The outcomes cover more than innovation but provide a good overview of board thinking and priorities for areas such as strategic challenges companies face, governance activities and processes that boards are good at, expertise sitting on the board, and the hard aspects of being a board director. The two major takeaways for me.

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The BMI Lab Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Because of this challenge, innovators have developed a wide range of tools to help people unleash and nurture their innate creativity, which is usually constrained by the rules, procedures, and methods that many companies use. Analogy thinking produces 80% of ideas during the ideation session.

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Gregg Fraley

MAY 9, 2017

.” “We don’t do idea generation well.” The quotes above are all from larger company high level managers who already have highly defined innovation processes in place. How can you expect your innovation program to thrive if: It’s much like every other company in your industry.

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ITONICS

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Innovation is a central lever in today’s business environment and a buzzword which can cause companies to feel a great deal of uncertainty. Even the most successful brands have to keep up with the rapid pace in order not to be displaced by more dynamic and aggressive companies. Download full White Paper.

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Qmarkets

DECEMBER 6, 2019

The evolving trend of smart city innovation is one that governments should be wholeheartedly embracing, but as with many government initiatives, seems to be having a hard time getting off the ground. While these are an auspicious start to the smart city innovation trend, they are still the outlier, and not indicative of most cities.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 6, 2024

Real-world Examples of Psychological Safety and Experiential Intelligence in Action In one global technology company, a shift in leadership approach led to a dramatic increase in team performance. Innovation Metrics : Measure the number of new ideas generated and implemented by the team.

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hackerearth

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Sadly, this was the case of The Eastman Kodak Company. Kodak had almost 10 years to respond to the trend of cameras becoming digital and eventually merging with phones. In fact, there are companies that came later and captured a much bigger market share. It has three major phases discovery, ideation, and execution.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 3, 2018

The evolving trend of Smart Cities is one that governments should be wholeheartedly embracing, but as with many government initiatives, seems to be having a hard time getting off the ground. While these are an auspicious start to the Smart City trend, they are still the outlier, and not indicative of most cities.

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Idea to Value

JUNE 16, 2017

Or you might even just think of the person in your business who is always the first person to come up with a seemingly great idea in a brainstorming session. And this is usually also very clear to see when teams and companies are trying to generate new ideas. Inspiration. Verification.

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Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 19, 2015

Multi-Modal Mash-Ups with Trend-Centric Stimulus and Scaffolding. The trend is towards greater acceptance of these unusual stimulus an scaffolding tool. Invoking a form of play to invent is a topic works – and it’s being explored, and used effectively by companies like IDEO, Pixar, Clear Channel and many more. Conclusion.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 16, 2016

Fast Company Article “Brainstorming is Dumb” Misses the Point. This time it’s Fast Company. This time it’s Fast Company. Fast Company missed an opportunity to inform more fully at the very least. For results in idea generation you need a system, a framework, and a wide, deep chest of tools.

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hackerearth

OCTOBER 16, 2017

What besets today’s companies? This discipline of managing the innovation process harnesses creative ideas and uses them to build a steady pipeline of innovations that are reliable, repeatable, consistent, and profitable. Innovation management programs for different companies will vary significantly. Organizational structure.

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hackerearth

OCTOBER 16, 2017

What besets today’s companies? This discipline of managing the innovation process harnesses creative ideas and uses them to build a steady pipeline of innovations that are reliable, repeatable, consistent, and profitable. Innovation management programs for different companies will vary significantly. Organizational structure.

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Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

The man asking, a CEO of a Fortune 500 company, was dead sincere. The information they gather is a necessary jumping off point for invention and ideation. Another question to ask – is that insights team looking at trends outside your industry? Nine Questions CEO’s Should Ask About Innovation. We were at a social event.

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Econic

MAY 23, 2019

More and more companies are finding approaches worth repeating, getting promising new ideas into their customers’ hands, delivering value, and making revenue. That way, people throughout the organization can quickly get why innovation matters and how it’s contributing to your company’s broader goals.

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ITONICS

AUGUST 23, 2018

We took a closer look at the most important sources of innovation in large companies: The Leadership. The strategy and the direction of innovation are set by a company’s top management. Yet, companies around the world are in digital transition and face even larger leadership gaps. Centralized R&D Unit.

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Econic

APRIL 10, 2018

More and more companies are finding approaches worth repeating, getting promising new ideas into their customers’ hands, delivering value, and making revenue. That way, people throughout the organization can quickly get why innovation matters and how it’s contributing to your company’s broader goals. Just tossing money at it.

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Gregg Fraley

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Working with Fortune 1000 companies I’ve found cultures rich in respect for qualitative research. Smaller companies often do qualitative to, usually less formally, and often poorly, but sometimes brilliantly. The trap is thinking that consumer words, aka insights, are great launching pads or problem frames for ideation.

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