Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

The Power of Organizational Culture Organizational culture is the bedrock upon which companies build their strategies and operational approaches. A culture that is adaptable, innovative, and collaborative can better withstand market fluctuations and respond to challenges swiftly and effectively.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Here’s the secret to Unicorn innovation. He’s the author of numerous books and an expert on how lean principles can be used to drive innovation. I encourage you to get it and embrace these strategies, whether you’re running a startup or in a big company. Of course, not all friction is bad. They are real.

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Jeffrey Phillips

MAY 24, 2022

As an innovator, it would be awesome to pop into a completely different meta-world to understand the hidden workings of the metaverse I just left. You don't need a pill, you need a team. Why you should consider a red team Let's imagine, instead, that your innovation team, the people with the great new idea, are the blue team.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Shaping Innovation for a Meaningful Change Following on from my initial post, “ Our Need is to Shape Innovation Dynamically, ” this post outlines the eight value-adding points that I can help build out and deliver alongside you in different delivery modules to fit your circumstances and budgets.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

Unpacking Organizational Culture Defining Organizational Culture Organizational culture embodies the collective values, beliefs, and principles of organizational members and is a product of such factors as history, product, market, technology, strategy, type of employees, management style, and national culture.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

You might notice a lack of enthusiasm among your team, increased absenteeism, and a decline in productivity and quality of work. If you observe these signs, it’s crucial to act promptly to prevent further erosion of your team’s well-being and performance. Explore further on building a positive work culture.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 29, 2024

By fostering strategic thinking, leaders can better adapt to changes, identify opportunities for innovation, and prevent potential setbacks before they occur. Build a resilient organization that can withstand market fluctuations and competitive pressures.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 29, 2024

By fostering strategic thinking, leaders can better adapt to changes, identify opportunities for innovation, and prevent potential setbacks before they occur. Build a resilient organization that can withstand market fluctuations and competitive pressures.

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Idea to Value

OCTOBER 21, 2020

IP strategy. Partners and team. Tip: Develop mock-ups or prototypes early and use them for validating your assumptions and the market need. IP strategy. Starting to develop an invention without having an intellectual property strategy in place is just as dangerous as starting a business without a business plan.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

By stepping away from the day-to-day operations and fostering a focused environment, your leadership team can craft innovative strategies and strengthen collaboration. It’s an opportunity for you and your executive team to step back, assess the business landscape, and align on the vision and direction of the company.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Creativity is how we get great innovation, but encouraging creativity in a structured environment, like work, can be a bit tricky. Here are a few ways to encourage creativity as part of your innovation strategy. So, think of challenges you can issue to your team. Encourage Both Cooperation And Competition.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 29, 2024

It involves a shift from a fixed mindset to one that is dynamic, encompassing self-awareness, resilience, and the courage to drive innovation and growth. It’s about seeing the bigger picture and aligning your team with the core objectives and values of the company. To develop a growth mindset, commit to lifelong learning.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 29, 2024

It involves a shift from a fixed mindset to one that is dynamic, encompassing self-awareness, resilience, and the courage to drive innovation and growth. It’s about seeing the bigger picture and aligning your team with the core objectives and values of the company. To develop a growth mindset, commit to lifelong learning.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JULY 27, 2022

I'd like to borrow this idea from the entrepreneurial community and turn our gaze to mid-sized and larger firms, and think about how much time, if any, companies spend on two critical aspects of their business: strategy and innovation. I n Strategy or On Strategy? That is, if you have a strategy.

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IdeaScale

JUNE 16, 2021

Are you among the most highly innovative organizations? Staying on top is about more than just beating the competition. Innovation drives economic growth. The most innovative companies understand the importance of developing solutions that solve critical problems. ranking third on the Global Innovation Index.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 12, 2023

In my view any new approach to innovation needs to aim to achieve interdependent and interlocking innovation, solving problems that have not been addressed before and offering sustainable value, impact, and returns to all involved or significantly improving on the existing solutions. Nothing can work in isolation.

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Cris Beswick

MAY 8, 2024

Innovation has often been treated as a cyclical phenomenon, eagerly embraced during prosperous times and relegated to the sidelines during economic downturns. More than 70% of senior executives regularly acknowledge that innovation will be among their companies’ top three growth drivers in the next three to five years.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Embracing the Evolution: AI Meets Design Thinking The intersection of artificial intelligence and design thinking is poised to redefine the landscape of innovation and strategy. This process is widely adopted by managers, executives, and consultants to drive new product development, service innovation, and business model refinement.

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ImagineNation

APRIL 7, 2024

Because it is currently being challenged by poor sales performance, it has bunkered down and frozen any change initiatives, learning programs or new projects until mid-2025. According to BCG in a recent article, “To Drive Innovation with GenAI, Start by Questioning Your Assumptions.”

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Planview

APRIL 6, 2023

I’m also referencing upstream activities, software development technical impediments, and post-build activities. Fresh off the pain of my poor Boilermakers loss in the NCAA tournament, I reflect on what a startling competitive disadvantage you’re at if your competitor can score buckets at three times your team’s speed.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 18, 2016

I believe we need a new way to manage risk within our innovation activities. This post here is the third and last part , part three, where I lay out different mechanisms and framing of risk and innovation. We need to formulate a more robust risk innovation framework. Risk is becoming an evolving capability.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 18, 2016

I believe we need a new way to manage risk within our innovation activities. This post here is the third and last part , part three, where I lay out different mechanisms and framing of risk and innovation. We need to formulate a more robust risk innovation framework. Risk is becoming an evolving capability.

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Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Strategy Strategy 124

IdeaScale

APRIL 7, 2021

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. It reflects a mix of culture, motivation, and misunderstanding that can weigh down innovation processes like a stone.

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Moves the Needle

JANUARY 21, 2019

Executives are not investing in innovation simply for the fun of it, but recent trends have uncovered that leaders inside many enterprises are still struggling to find strong parallels between corporate and innovation strategy , and a large portion of these companies are still making “blind bets” with their innovation investments.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 12, 2024

Introduction to Emotional Intelligence in Leadership Emotional intelligence has become a cornerstone in the realm of leadership development, recognized for its pivotal role in enhancing a leader’s effectiveness. Change Adaptation Leaders with strong EQ can smoothly guide teams through transitions.

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PlanBox Innovation

MAY 9, 2023

Innovation is the key to staying ahead of the competition and meeting the ever-changing needs of customers. To be successful, organizations must be able to effectively manage their innovation processes, from idea generation to commercialization. The process should entail a natural grading of your current innovation ranking.

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Ecosystems4Innovating

JANUARY 10, 2024

Be these “innovation ecosystems”, “business ecosystems” or “dynamic ecosystems.” Before I get to explaining and exploring this overarching “ Hierarchy of Ecosystem Needs “, I wanted to describe a step-by-step way of building out the needed dynamic innovation ecosystems.

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PlanBox Innovation

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Creating an innovation approach that is as effective as it is exciting should be the focus of every innovator. As we embark on the “ corporate innovation odyssey ” that is 2024 (as Planbox CEO Ludwig Melik calls it), equipping ourselves with the right features in our innovation toolkit cannot be overstated.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 21, 2018

“The more bad ideas the better. If you work really hard on coming up with bad ideas, sooner or later, some good ideas are going to slip through.” – Seth Godin (June 19, 2018). If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.” – Elon Musk (Sometime before June 19, 2018). 2 – Wearing out the Competition.

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Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team Innovation 72

PlanBox Innovation

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Anyone leading in innovation will tell you that managing the complete idea lifecycle is an uphill battle. So let’s look at some practical ways you can maximize your innovation potential and overcome the top 3 innovation challenges with the help of ChatGPT. Improve Decision-Making What informs your innovation strategy?

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Jeffrey Phillips

DECEMBER 16, 2016

At this point in business evolution, every CEO understands the need for more innovation. After a decade of reading about it, getting pounded over the head with the Jobs/Apple story and watching new innovations disrupt entire industries, businesses are starting to react. Innovation does require creativity and expansive thinking.

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CMOE

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Hiring new talent is a key function of Human Resources, so the time it takes to find a suitable candidate for an open position is an important performance parameter for the HR team. It also ensures that you can snap up talented candidates before your competition. 1) Set Up a Structured Hiring Process. 2) Automate the Hiring Process.

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Moves the Needle

JANUARY 3, 2019

Companies that successfully bring new products to market rapidly, benefit from having a leg up on their competition while diminishing the negative effects of shrinking product life cycles. Lean Innovation doesn’t begin and end with product development. It does not include product development.

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Product Development LEAN Underperforming Technical Team Marketing 75

The Inovo Group

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The tight integration of Strategy, R&D and Innovation – and other related growth functions – is critical for an effective Growth Transformation system. They often have their own teams, their own budgets, and their own objectives. It is one that innovation researcher Gina O’Connor refers to as “mainstream” and “newstream”.

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ImagineNation

JANUARY 4, 2023

In our last blog , we described why innovation is transformational, and why, at this moment in time, it is more important than ever to innovate, to take advantage of living in a globalised world, interconnected through technologies and values and within an interrelated structure of reality. Strategy #1. Strategy #2.

Change 52

Change Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Culture 52

PlanBox Innovation

AUGUST 3, 2021

Collaborative innovation software brings purpose, focus, and structure to collaboration to help you turn ideas into commercial value. Whether it’s Google Workspace, Slack, Microsoft Teams or SharePoint, to name a few, we all use one tool or another to communicate with team members. What does that mean exactly? .

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ImagineNation

OCTOBER 7, 2023

This shift was powered by the defining trait of our species, our human creativity, which is at the heart of all creative problem-solving endeavors, where innovation is the engine of growth, no matter, what the context. But for business problem solving, using GPT-4 resulted in performance that was 23% lower than that of the control group.

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