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Dark Innovation: Why Stealth is the Way to Go

Phil McKinney

Personal Example of a Dark Innovation Project Over my career, I've created several dark innovation projects leading to commercial products and services. Wired Magazine described it as. You can read the details in the Wired magazine article. To counter these threats, a novel approach has emerged: dark innovation.

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Use a Strategy Uncertainty Map to Find Clarity in Disruptive Times

Leapfrogging

For example, when you assess your projects on the basis of your uncertainty in these two areas, you get a relative view of which projects carry the most risk so you can invest more wisely. Competitors — How certain are we that the product is differentiated from the competition? First do it for the External Environment.

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4 Mindsets to Grow Through Innovation

Innovators Alliance

I hope you enjoy this excerpt from an article I wrote for BOSS Magazine that introduces the importance of measuring an organization’s mindset. For example, whether the organization has a competitive spirit that strives for profits, and/or an entrepreneurial spirit that strives for new ideas and growth.

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How to See Your Hidden Assumptions

Leapfrogging

This is a very simple example to illustrate how we all make assumptions. Examples might include things like board games children like most , the healthiest yet best tasting desserts , or the most successful social media influencers. Magazine, a leading keynote speaker and the founder of Praxie.com. Identify Areas of Intrigue.

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How to use the 70-20-10 Rule to drive innovation within your business

Leapfrogging

The basic premise of the 70-20-10 Rule is that if the organizational stakeholders consistently makes small improvements to their existing line or enters into new markets, they will sustain the organization without ever evolving it to remain competitive with changing times. Magazine , a globally recognized? 70%-Core Innovation .

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You can't burn data

Jeffrey Phillips

This comparison was strong enough to lead Wired magazine to define data as the new oil in a magazine article some years ago. Some countries - Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and others - have lots of oil, while others - Japan for example - have little or no oil reserves. After all, both are abundant commodities that can create value.

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FinTech and Machine Learning

IdeaScale

According to Fortune Magazine, some of the top financial technology trends for 2017 are consumer trust, buying behavior, mobile banking, blockchain, cybersecurity, and access. And machine learning could be applied towards many of those already (for example: using data to optimize for consumer buying behavior).