Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 27, 2018

Many companies are still in denial or not wanting to address the significant legacy and change required. Innovation has gone from being islands of knowledge, developing new products and services exclusive to that one company, then quickly copied by the competitors, into something radically different.

Innovation 186

Innovation Radical Innovation Design Big Data 186

Moves the Needle

JANUARY 8, 2019

How The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards Used Lean Innovation to Create New Value for Their Customers Take this Case Study with you! The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards ( NCARB ), a national non-profit organization, develops standards for licensure and credentialing of architects.

Marketing 65

Marketing LEAN Case Study Study 65

Moves the Needle

OCTOBER 4, 2018

But, without having regular customer empathy , companies miss out on collecting valuable insights from the people they are aiming to serve. An innovation sprint is a 3-5 day intensive, experiential engagement that focuses on teaching participants Lean Innovation methodologies while making impact on real business issues.

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Groups Case Study Underperforming Technical Team LEAN 45

Fehmida Kapadia

JANUARY 3, 2018

Paradigms of product development have shifted significantly in the last decade. We have started integrating the agile and lean methodology (popularized by the IT industry) into our waterfall methodology (popularized by the manufacturing industry). The key tenet of agile and lean development is to quickly and iteratively build?—?test?—?learn.

Engagement 40

Engagement Tools LEAN Design Thinking 40

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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Company Underperforming Technical Team Brainstorming Design Thinking 248

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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LEAN Culture Agile Tools 46

The Inovo Group

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

In frustration, Yuan left Cisco to establish his own company, Zoom Video Communications. Everyone who has tried to get support (and resources) for a new concept within their large company will undoubtedly have their own story of an idea that their company declined to pursue and eventually was a great business success…for someone else.

Leadership 52

Leadership Groups Product Development System 52

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. Is there a better way?’

Innovation 59

Innovation Culture Creativity Disruption 59

Innovation Excellence

JANUARY 27, 2019

Every innovative product begins as a concept in the mind of someone or some group of people. These concepts are the seeds of your company’s future growth. How is your company cultivating these seeds? How do companies manage this asset, the portfolio of product concepts, even before they enter the pipeline?

How To 79

How To Groups Innovation Management 79

Imaginatik

JULY 12, 2016

In many cases, it’s the only way to achieve a scale that justifies the often-substantial investments in the development of technical prototypes and operations. In many product development processes, companies tend to create incremental improvements within the fairly well known scope of their current production and distribution scale.

Innovation 100

Innovation LEAN Innovation Programs Culture 100

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.

Culture 100

Culture Radical Innovation Innovation Underperforming Technical Team 100

Integrative Innovation

FEBRUARY 14, 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.

Culture 40

Culture Radical Innovation Innovation Underperforming Technical Team 40