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Giving and Receiving Intense Criticism and Feedback

Phil McKinney

So, if we want to turn our ideas into innovations, we need to learn to embrace intense criticism. So why is constructive intense criticism a critical part of the innovation process? This feedback helps us identify the weaknesses in our ideas, and we can improve on them. Why Is Intense Criticism Important?

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Innovation is too easy

Jeffrey Phillips

When I write that "innovation is easy" what I mean is that innovation as practiced in many corporations is rapid, inexpert and quickly converges on a simple solution. Innovation rarely has the preparation, commitment or effort applied to it to really succeed. But commercialization is hard in this setting, for several reasons.

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Shifting Radically the Innovation Business Model

Paul Hobcraft

In summary, on results gathered so far: “The results so far suggest that while innovation is a key strategic focus, it’s still taking time to filter down to a day-to-day activity, frequently losing out to other priorities. The front end in many companies is poorly defined and much of the innovation work is incremental.

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Spotting Innovation Opportunities

ITONICS

A strategic innovation field, let’s call it “ opportunity space ”, can be found by connecting all the dots between bits of diverse information you already know and put them together in a way that breaks a pattern. So why is it so very important to take this upstream step in the innovation process?

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Applying the Three Horizon Thinking to a Fresh Perspective of Innovation Design

Paul Hobcraft

We also know today that innovation management itself must become “fluid” in design, in adaptation so the right approach is to be constantly ‘adaptive’ and put together what is needed to tackle the challenge that needs resolution. Where is innovation within this? These help us to figure out what is changing.

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Going Lean, Again

etventure

On a recent client visit to a German OEM of construction machinery, the CEO and the Head of Production gave me a tour of the shop floor – where the final assembly and inspection take place. I complimented the team on how calm the assembly line seemed to run – and how clean the workshop looked. The Proud Leader.

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Delivering Innovation: 5 Insider Tips to Streamline your Innovation Software Implementation Process

Qmarkets

Our experts talk innovation - Qmarkets’ employees discuss their personal experiences and provide tips and best practices for the successful deployment of Innovation Management systems: Some will say that there are no bad ideas, only bad adaptation from idea into reality. Below are five tips on what NOT to do.