Gregg Fraley

OCTOBER 4, 2018

If you’re in the Chicago or Denver areas, check out these innovation training course offerings. Gregg Fraley Innovation (GFi) is offering three public courses in late October and early November. Click on the course title to register. Innovation Intensive, Beyond Design Thinking. REGISTER NOW. How do you get there?

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Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

You see, for all of the keynote speaking, workshops and consulting that I have done recently, I keep running into the same problem. True Creativity will be an online learning system, but much more than just a video-based course. I want to help a billion people improve their creativity.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

From my perspective I’ve been looking at a real challenge today, that many consultants offering innovation services are not providing real sustaining consulting value to clients, only ad-hoc services. I think if this trend continues it will be a mistaken course. The mismatch of client needs and consultants offerings.

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InnovationTraining.org

OCTOBER 14, 2019

With the trending nature of design thinking, there are many options now for design thinking certification, especially from universities, consulting firms, or expert practitioners. What is a Design Thinking Certification? Who Could Benefit from a Certification in Design Thinking? Design Thinking MicroMasters.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Together, Qmarkets and Capgemini Invent will provide leading global enterprises with a combined package of strategic consultancy services and dedicated innovation software.   Michael Stilger , co-founder of Qmarkets and SVP of Global Solutions, said: “We’re thrilled to be working together with Capgemini Invent.

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Idea to Value

JUNE 2, 2022

And I want to show you the tools I use and recommend to run a business in the innovation and creativity consulting field. Website Design. They make it incredibly easy and fast to develop pages specifically designed to convince someone to give you their email address, or even high-converting sales pages. Check it out. Scheduling.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 28, 2018

Course Description: Innovation Intensive is a one day, deep dive, into fundamental and advanced concepts in innovation. It includes an overview of key frameworks ( Design Thinking, Agile, Lean, TRIZ, Synectics, Stage-Gate, CPS ) and their essential tools. This is a compelling and informative training course.

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Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

One, a consulting firm, grew rapidly but never went public. The software ideas are of course almost infinitely scalable, while consulting is somewhat scalable. In the past, when selling time by the hour was popular, consulting firms could not get enough people to join.

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Christensen Institute

APRIL 7, 2022

I’m privileged to lead the Labs Product Team—we offer other schools and programs everything from strategic learning consulting to program design, development, and implementation. With CBE, students understand how the competencies they master are preparing them for their next course and ultimately their next job.

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Braden Kelley

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Of course a million and one innovation and creativity consultants will endlessly … Continue reading → One of the best ways to challenge people’s thinking and get a group moving in a direction towards innovation is to get the group to define the box.

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Innov8rs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Sebastian Müller believes that the root of many of these problems lies in the fact that corporates have learned their venture building approaches from consultants and VCs. Consultants earn money for telling people what to do, but not actually doing it. Emulating VCs hasn’t worked for venture builders either. “

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

AccelIQ Digital is a global consultancy based in Houston, Texas, with a mission to help enterprise businesses unlock the benefits of this outward-looking, collaborative approach to innovation. Consulting with legal experts is often a smart move. How does AccelIQ work with its clients?

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IM Insights

MAY 25, 2022

Whether a sceptic or a fan of well told stories, the question arises, how do we best design a system that fosters evidence-based storytelling? 28:30) How humans are not designed to think probabilistic . Tendayi Viki is an author and innovation consultant. Innovation Accounting Course. Tendayi’s Books.

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

AccelIQ Digital is a global consultancy based in Houston, Texas, with a mission to help enterprise businesses unlock the benefits of this outward-looking, collaborative approach to innovation. Consulting with legal experts is often a smart move. How does AccelIQ work with its clients?

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Qmarkets

JULY 21, 2017

Digital design teams are their natural counterpart, driving innovation on a more personal level. Innovation centers and digital design teams: quick definitions. Innovation centers have captured significant attention in recent years for their role as formalized institutions for driving innovation within large businesses.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

On first look at this acquisition you see a 180,000 consulting firm, operating in 40 countries with nearly EUR12 billion in revenue adding a 60 to 70 people innovation and design consultancy operating in the US and less so in the UK and you wonder what simply happens with such a move. David meets and marries a Goliath.

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Innov8rs

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Of course, innovation projects are supposed to fail in great numbers, but the idea of a corporate innovation department itself is under tremendous pressure. This goes hand-in-hand with resources of course. I am a strong believer and advocate of agile, design thinking, and lean startup.

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 15, 2020

turns HR into its own agile consulting organization that focuses not only on delivering services, but also practices design thinking to push innovative solutions, tools, and transparency into the organization. Build and apply capabilities in agile and design thinking (more on this below). Invest in the new role of leadership.

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Christensen Institute

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The flight from public school districts that started while schools were closed isn’t reversing course. That’s the conclusion of newly released research by Tyton Partners, an education consultancy. That means they will have to design new schools that better personalize learning and create options for parents with different priorities.

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Idea Champions

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

If you expect your organization to make the kind of changes required for it to succeed, long-term, know this: the outside consultant as prescriber model (referred to in the OD world as "sage on the stage") has got to go. This is the primary difference between our approach and traditional "sage on the stage" consulting.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

We do need to ‘lean in’ on many specialists and experts to help us, not just business consultants! Stay flexible, agile and adaptable, and have up-to-date contingency plans in place to adjust course if needed and, in a controlled manner, options to existing business strategy. As well, and ask, are we really interested?

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Stephen Shapiro

JULY 18, 2022

When asked outright, consumers will of course provide answers, but those answers may be incomplete at best and quite misleading at worst. While designing cars and other products such as cell phones, computers, and tractors, instead of starting with the basic functions and features, the company has consumers tell them stories about emotion.

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Remember that goals are to be reached for, and you don’t get there in one stride, but a careful consultation of your business strategy will offer some drivers for your innovation strategy. Design A Refinement Process. Another question that needs exploring is where your company wants to go with this innovation. Select A Leader.

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Planview

MAY 31, 2023

This month, we’re highlighting Chriztine Kirk, our energetic and team-focused Director of Solution Consulting APAC, based in Singapore. What is Solutions Consulting? Solutions Consulting is a pre-sales role. The APAC Solution Consulting team has three members – Mohamed Zahran based in Sydney and Mansi Pare based in Bengaluru.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 7, 2015

I have been spending some significant time on questioning the current innovation business model, from both the customers (clients) perspective and the innovation consultants’ one. In my research I certainly felt also the innovation consultant is struggling. The innovation consultants’ dilemma. It simply pisses the employee off.

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Business schools are teaching courses on CSR, top-notch organizations are too. Mutual cooperation, collaboration, and consultation are the essence of a co-creation model. For instance, a cross-functional team can be assigned the task of designing a socially innovative campaign. Previously, NGOs and companies “co-existed.”

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Jeffrey Phillips

AUGUST 26, 2021

I've been writing, speaking and consulting about innovation for over 15 years, and I'm constantly amazed by the different perspectives and definitions about innovation. Then, a problem or opportunity is defined, a team designated, and the proposition is defined as an innovation activity.

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InnovationTraining.org

JANUARY 26, 2022

If we can understand this set of desired outcomes, we can plan backwards from that endpoint to determine a series of steps in product or service design. Agile design, on the other hand, begins without a clear endpoint, assuming that any presumptions about results may bias or limit our opportunities and options. Core Elements of Agile.

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whataventure

JULY 21, 2020

So, innovation and inspiration are key skills, besides a good sense of humor, of course! I know, we say that a lot but it really is something that is quite unique and different to other consulting companies. on the project, there are many roles I can take: Consultant. And Yoga, of course! Creativity & Inspiration.

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

After that, I decided to chart a different course by exploring my other interests and developing my creative side, which I expressed by founding an Interior Design and Workspace strategy firm in 2010. With my curiosity and perpetual learner mindset, I reinvented and innovated my career once again.

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Tim Kastelle

MARCH 20, 2018

” Of course, we often avoid doing this in universities, mainly because…… we’re uncomfortable with ambiguity ourselves. We collaborated with the Wharton Business School for eight years on their now sadly-ended Global Consulting Practicum program. It’s a lot easier to teach a framework, then assess recall.

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 5, 2017

When you step back and recognize all the different advancements we have making in designing tools and frameworks, in understanding innovation, it holds promise. Of course, much of what we have will still remain. Now we have to weave them together. We require a more evolutionary fresh perspective.

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Boxes and Arrows

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

“ Just like with any other UX research or design tool, context plays a critical role in determining how effective prototyping will be for you. When aimed well, a prototype can answer design questions and communicate design ideas. These wireframes show layout and functionality but have no visual design.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 7, 2022

In the intervening time, I have gotten to know dozens of smart, strong female leaders and innovation experts, as part of my consulting and speaking work, as well as by interviewing them for the Idea to Value Podcast. That could be a new product, of course, which is what people usually think of. Let’s get started. Rita McGrath.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 25, 2016

There is one rich source of knowledge that comes from many of the larger consulting firms. The emphasis from many of these leading consultancies has been on establishing a clear “thought leadership” approach to underpin their expertise and attract as a ‘go to’ resource. The really important sniff test is “so what?”.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 8, 2015

One really rich source of knowledge comes from the consulting firms. The emphasis has been on establishing a clear “thought leadership” approach to underpin the consulting expertise. Many of the bigger consulting companies highly value their “thought leadership”. The really important sniff test is “ so what? ”.

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CMOE

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Hiring a chief learning officer (CLO), whether as a part-time consultant or a full-time staff member, is an ideal way to begin building a culture of continuous learning in your company. Training in creative fields like graphic design is perfect for these types of employees. These talents, too, can be cultivated. The Takeaway.

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