Destination Innovation

OCTOBER 22, 2017

Innovation should be a regular topic item on the agenda of company board meetings. If you have not had a fundamental conversation about innovation with your key corporate stakeholders and senior executives then these are some of the questions and topics to discuss at the first such meeting. How good are we at innovation today?

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Meeting Innovation Conference Tips 207

Jeffrey Phillips

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

There's an old marketing adage that you sell the sizzle, not the steak. I wonder, as I watch Super Bowl television ads, how many marketing people have forgotten the basic tenets of their craft. What's this diatribe got to do with innovation? Other than discovering customer needs, there's nothing subtle about innovation.

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Marketing Innovation Processes Tools Trends 113

IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Are you looking for ways to take your innovation strategy to the next level in 2020? Check out our top innovation blogs from 2019 for tips on transforming your product, process, market, and more. Crowdsourcing is a great way to assemble data for product innovation. What Is Sustainable Innovation?

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Brainstorming Crowdsourcing Conference Product Development 173

Jeffrey Phillips

JUNE 16, 2021

Again, Pareto raises his head to say less than 20% of your people are even reasonably prepared to do interesting innovation work. I am talking about Horizon 2 and Horizon 3 (transformative and disruptive innovations), which of course can come in a variety of types - Doblin identifies ten types of innovation.

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Innovation Trends Survey Course 144

Strategyn

JULY 12, 2016

Companies often define the markets they serve around the technology in their product offerings… a technology that one day will become obsolete. Clearly, this is a mistake, but it’s one that has been repeated by hundreds of companies over the decades. Where are the companies that defined themselves around CDs?

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 22, 2017

As many of our business organizations seek to optimize their processes across the company, they are constantly reaching more outside to gain growing partnerships and greater innovation interactions. They are looking to complement and reinforce existing capabilities through more open innovation thinking and approaches.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

Still, the hockey stick of benefits has not kicked in yet – while all companies are making efforts to adopt technology, most of the production industry (~70%) remains in pilot purgatory (where technology pilots last for extended periods of time, and companies do not take the final step of scaling up viable technologies).

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Industry Technical Review Design Innovation 213

Qmarkets

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Innovation — a necessary component of any successful business in the modern world. Without it, our companies would fail to grow and evolve with the ever-changing markets that we are serving. While innovation is pertinent, it is often misunderstood and as a result, many companies fail to reap the benefits of it at its best.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Innovation — a necessary component of any successful business in the modern world. Without it, our companies would fail to grow and evolve with the ever-changing markets that we are serving. While innovation is pertinent, it is often misunderstood and as a result, many companies fail to reap the benefits of it at its best.

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Strategy Strategy Idea Generation Comparison 98

Qmarkets

AUGUST 26, 2021

Here a few benefits that organizations are most likely to achieve from innovation: Competitive Edge There are many examples of new businesses taking over the market and killing their competitors, but perhaps one of the most well-known is Blockbuster vs. Netflix. “In But what’s most important is they’re frequent.’

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 26, 2021

Here a few benefits that organizations are most likely to achieve from innovation: Competitive Edge There are many examples of new businesses taking over the market and killing their competitors, but perhaps one of the most well-known is Blockbuster vs. Netflix. “In But what’s most important is they’re frequent.’

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Innovation Programs Innovation Open Innovation Technical Review 95

Planview

JULY 15, 2022

The bulk of the webinar is based on a recent research paper— Accelerating innovation: some lessons from the pandemic —published by Dr. Robert Cooper in the Journal of Product Innovation Management. Cooper makes the case that “firms can respond quickly and pivot with innovations.” From: [link] rs/).

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Product Development Agile LEAN Survey 52

Jeffrey Phillips

MARCH 23, 2016

The Accenture article goes to great lengths to note that "US executives are unrealistic in believing they have the capabilities they need to achieve their bold innovation goals". The authors go on to suggest that "a significant gap exists between what companies want to do in the area of innovation and what they are able to do".

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100%Open

AUGUST 27, 2019

The Financial Services sector is dynamic and the factors that contribute to this are markets, competitors and customers. So how can the Financial businesses ensure to stay abreast with the demands of the Market? Innovation, I hear you say. Innovation can be driven by numerous factors.

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Technical Review Innovation Open Innovation Marketing 63

Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 3, 2018

This could be in a new plant, in where production should be situated, so it can be allowed to scale at a later date, in resources able to achieve scale or more importantly you scale according to the type of goods or demand so they can be readily available, closer to the market they are needed. The scale has to respond accordingly.

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Innovation Software Review Design Engagement 222

Norbert Bol

DECEMBER 13, 2015

In the journal of Technological Forecasting & Social Change is an interesting article about the effects of corporate identity on innovation strategies and sustainability (Staub et al., Innovation in this article is classified as product innovation, process innovation, marketing innovation and organizational innovation.

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hackerearth

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Understanding Innovation Management. What besets today’s companies? Is it a lack of innovation or an inability to cope with change? Either way, businesses need to identify where they are going wrong because innovation as a business strategy is here to stay. For survival, innovation is almost obligatory (Drucker, 1999).

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Innovation Management Technical Review Management Software Review 40

hackerearth

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Understanding Innovation Management. What besets today’s companies? Is it a lack of innovation or an inability to cope with change? Either way, businesses need to identify where they are going wrong because innovation as a business strategy is here to stay. For survival, innovation is almost obligatory (Drucker, 1999).

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Innovation Management Technical Review Management Software Review 40

Tim Kastelle

MARCH 7, 2016

From our 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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Innovation Management Management LEAN Technical Review 100

hackerearth

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Although enterprise collaboration software market has been around for over 20 years, innovation management software is a specialized segment that helps companies guide and support their innovation process. Why do companies need innovation management software? Ideas are only part of a bigger process.

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Software Innovation Management Management Underperforming Technical Team 45

Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

Today innovation talent pools are growing even larger. Companies are realizing that all their personnel can help contribute to the ideation process – not just a designated few. For example, one company saw they were making most of their sales from their traditional products, so they focused on that.

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Survey Innovation Crowdsourcing Idea Management 40

Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

Today innovation talent pools are growing even larger. Companies are realizing that all their personnel can help contribute to the ideation process – not just a designated few. For example, one company saw they were making most of their sales from their traditional products, so they focused on that.

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Survey Innovation Crowdsourcing Idea Management 40

Innovation 360 Group

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

As the manufacturing sector speeds into a world of futuristic tech and disruptive business models, creativity and innovation are becoming critical skills for figuring out how to unlock value strategically. Attracting the most skilled talent has already become a strategic focus for future-forward companies.

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Strategos

MARCH 1, 2018

Metrics help managers make informed decisions based on objective data, which is especially valuable given the long-term nature and risk associated with some innovation projects. Maintaining and posting an “innovation dashboard” keeps innovation progress front and centre for employees and executives.

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Guidelines Innovation Innovation Programs System 45

hackerearth

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Although the enterprise collaboration software market has been around for over 20 years, innovation management software is a specialized segment that helps companies guide and support their innovation process. Why do companies need innovation management software?

Software 40

Software Innovation Management Management Underperforming Technical Team 40

ITONICS

AUGUST 23, 2018

We took a closer look at the most important sources of innovation in large companies: The Leadership. Corporate Innovation Board, Chief Innovation Officer, or other senior executives. The strategy and the direction of innovation are set by a company’s top management. Centralized R&D Unit.

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Technical Review Innovation Software Review Leadership 44

Innovation 360 Group

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

New research shows that a culture of innovation in all it’s forms key. Following the importance of the entrepreneur and their initial team, innovation culture and capability was identified as a key success factor. The fact that technology companies need to be innovative to succeed is not really news I hear you thinking.

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Technical Review Culture of Innovation Innovation Culture 40

Collective Innovation

OCTOBER 30, 2016

The most common types of sustaining innovation are: Application Innovation : This is when you find a new use for an existing product, tapping into a new base of customers and potential. Product Innovation : Creates a difference with an existing product line and existing market, usually through features.

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Crowdsourcing Innovation Marketing Idea Management 40

Innovation 360 Group

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Innovations are infinite, even within a finite market. However, not all innovations start with the same chance at a fully productive lifecycle. From my earliest days, I have been struck by the riddle of why some companies become hotbeds for innovation while others seem to flare out or just fade away.

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Culture Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team 63

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

You know they are nowhere at the point of really understanding the potential of the changes that could take place within adopting a broader view on all aspects of innovation. I was reading that drug development costs can be up to $2 to 3 billion and can be taking a process of up to 14 years. Industry 4.0 Can this change?

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Collaboration Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Industry 138

Innovation Excellence

AUGUST 4, 2020

When you innovate from inside a company with scale, your innovations naturally scale more quickly. The internal innovator’s experience is often the opposite. You can pick up the phone and speak to experts on production, technology, operations, markets, and industries for example. The third is resources.

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Innovation Technical Review Exercises Brainstorming 60

Innovation Excellence

AUGUST 4, 2020

When you innovate from inside a company with scale, your innovations naturally scale more quickly. The internal innovator’s experience is often the opposite. You can pick up the phone and speak to experts on production, technology, operations, markets, and industries for example. The third is resources.

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Innovation Technical Review Exercises Brainstorming 53

ITONICS

AUGUST 23, 2018

We took a closer look at the most important sources of innovation in large companies: The Leadership. Corporate Innovation Board, Chief Innovation Officer, or other senior executives. The strategy and the direction of innovation are set by a company’s top management. Centralized R&D Unit.

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Technical Review Innovation Software Review Leadership 28

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

Innovation 360

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Innovations are infinite, even within a finite market. However, not all innovations start with the same chance at a fully productive lifecycle. From my earliest days, I have been struck by the riddle of why some companies become hotbeds for innovation while others seem to flare out or just fade away.

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Innovation Underperforming Technical Team Culture Leadership 40

Innovation Excellence

AUGUST 15, 2017

Too often, companies are sold on a target price for their product. They want to charge somewhere between what the market is willing to pay and what’s necessary to turn a profit — sometimes at four to five times the manufacturing cost. It’s tempting to take shortcuts in manufacturing and material selection to make more money.

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Case Study Study Marketing Innovation 41

Qmarkets

AUGUST 23, 2023

I want to dive into incremental innovation with you to unpack how and why it should be front of mind for your innovation program. We’ll explore examples, discover the key benefits of this type of innovation, and identify the best way of developing your own incremental innovation process. Let’s get started.

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