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I don't want to live in a Ready Player One world

Jeffrey Phillips

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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My innovation journey (so far)

Jeffrey Phillips

What we quickly realized was that while companies could acquire and use our software, they lacked the infrastructure, the processes and the teams to do anything with ideas, so we quickly scaled up a consulting capability, more focused on how to do innovation, rather than how to capture and manage ideas. Not too innovative.

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The Future of Design Thinking: Embracing AI Tools for Success

Leapfrogging

Introduction to Design Thinking Design thinking has become a cornerstone methodology in the worlds of innovation, business strategy, and product development. This allows managers, executives, and consultants to focus on more strategic elements of innovation.

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Implementing Open Innovation: Insights from Ariana Smetana of AccelIQ Digital

Qmarkets

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. Is it to reduce R&D costs, accelerate product development, tap into new markets, or all of the above?

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New Study: 2018 State of Embedded Analytics Report

Why do some embedded analytics projects succeed while others fail? We surveyed 500+ application teams embedding analytics to find out which analytics features actually move the needle. Read the 6th annual State of Embedded Analytics Report to discover new best practices. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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Open-Source Innovation: Insights from Ariana Smetana of AccelIQ Digital

Qmarkets

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. Is it to reduce R&D costs, accelerate product development, tap into new markets, or all of the above?

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3 innovation types: evolution, preventative and creative

Jeffrey Phillips

One approach would be to focus on the "short term", what can innovation do for us to put better products on the shelves in less than 90 days. The general answer to that, given product development cycles, channel issues and customer awareness is: no much, except perhaps in the virtual world.