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Why Infrastructure Projects Require High-Quality Management

Business and Tech

Rutledge, CAE, president and CEO of the Construction Management Association of America, about the value trained and educated program and construction managers bring to projects, and how hiring the right pros can help improve U.S. For those investing in infrastructure (government bodies, private companies, etc.), infrastructure.

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Innovation project or Innovation Capability?

Jeffrey Phillips

Innovation theater happens when companies and executive talk up innovation but fail to do anything. No, today I want to talk about the differences and problems when companies focus on innovation as a discrete project, versus what they really need, innovation as a competency or capability.

Project 209
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The Failure of Innovation Training

Innov8rs

Of course, innovation projects are supposed to fail in great numbers, but the idea of a corporate innovation department itself is under tremendous pressure. The macroeconomic climate is battering companies around and leading to budget cuts across the board. Too many projects lack concrete outcomes and stubbornly refuse to discuss ROI.

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Podcast S3E53: Alex Osterwalder – Creating an invincible company

Idea to Value

We speak about what it takes to create an invincible company, with a particular emphasis on the importance of a balanced innovation portfolio. Topics covered in today’s episode: 00:01:30 – How the Business Model Canvas (BMC) was created 20 years ago, to help companies innovate. The importance of killing projects.

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Measuring Innovation Performance

Why do only a third of the organizations worldwide have formal innovation metrics in place despite accepting that innovation is critical to survival? Download this eBook to learn about the 5 basic principles that guide every successful innovation process.

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Is Your Innovation Training Program All It Could Be?

IdeaScale

It isn’t just tech companies and startups that are emphasizing innovation, but businesses in all industries and of all sizes. As a result of increased focus on innovation, innovation training programs are springing up – both inside companies and as entities that are marketed to businesses. Key Elements of Innovation Training.

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Is Design Thinking dead?

Idea to Value

A few weeks ago, I saw an article in Fast Company about the layoffs at IDEO , one of the world’s most respected Design Thinking firms. According to the Fast Company article, revenues have fallen from $300m in 2019 to under $100m in 2023, a more than 2/3 drop.