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Innovation project or Innovation Capability?

Jeffrey Phillips

Innovation theater is very similar to what ecologists call "greenwashing" and both are bad for their respective movements. Innovation theater happens when companies and executive talk up innovation but fail to do anything. This means their focus is divided and their loyalties lie with their day jobs.

Project 209
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The 4-Step Guide to Refining Your Innovation Process

IdeaScale

Innovation processes can be complex. Most companies today make innovation a priority — or at least they say they do. However, innovating is an inexact science. So how do you know if your innovation process is working? So how do you know if your innovation process is working?

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Five Barriers to the Innovation Process and How to Overcome Them

IdeaScale

It would seem that the innovation process is simple: Get an idea, refine that idea, implement it, and repeat the process. Here are five common problems with the innovation process and how to resolve them. This, by far, is the most common challenge faced across companies. Challenges in “Buy-In”.

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Ambidextrous organisations: Where innovation should sit in an organisation

Idea to Value

It might seem like a straightforward question, but it is fundamental to whether a company will end up succeeding at innovation or failing. After all, if innovation is so important, should it not get its own department? Companies that survive do both. Here are a couple of options seen at various companies over time.

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15 most important Innovation Theories your company should be using

Idea to Value

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?

Company 248
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The appropriate innovation speed: slow, then fast

Jeffrey Phillips

At the time I was writing this post, I was concerned that too many companies were under too much pressure to speed up their innovation activities and generate some interesting new ideas. Otherwise, speed can kill an innovative idea. The problem with that speeding up concept was that most companies were starting from zero.

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The Day the Enterprise Stood Still

PlanBox Innovation

Unifying the PMO and Innovation Team through ISO 56001 to Move the Business Forward. Indeed, in this age of relentless change, the last thing any enterprise wants is a free-falling portfolio of innovative projects. Oh, the horror! And, 19% crash land —either abandoned halfway or completed but left unused. Their skill set?