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How a South African Consulting Firm is Drawing on New and Old Innovation Best Practices

IdeaScale

Who Is Stratnovation Consulting? Stratnovation Consulting is an African strategy and consulting firm that helps companies innovate through idea sharing and management. Stratnovation advises companies on innovation by focusing on strategic planning, training entire workforces, providing new insights, and project management.

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Innovation Project Governance Do's & Don'ts

Innov8rs

Innov8rs | Despite its importance, innovation project governance is often handled ineffectively, slowing down rather than driving innovation. Innovation project governance is a decision-making discipline where organizational leaders decide which ideas to pursue, how to allocate the innovation budget, and how to assign resources.

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6 Building Blocks for Innovation Department Success

IdeaScale

Nearly 80 percent of executives surveyed by The Boston Consulting Group’s tenth global survey on innovation considered innovation to be either the most important priority at their company or in the top three. Allocating specific times for team members to work on ideas and projects promotes actual results.

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Overcoming Resource Management Challenges

Planview

In a recent webinar , 37% of attendees said their number one challenge was balancing capacity for supply and demand on their projects. Finding harmony between supply and demand and allocating resources based on this balance is one of the most important — and difficult — tasks for any product or project management team.

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Eight Tips to Improve Employee Engagement in 2020

IdeaScale

Yet bringing your team out of their box of day-to-day tasks and larger projects to focus on innovation can feel daunting. Bust these silos open by creating ways for departments to interact socially and consult with each other on ideas, such as drawing innovation committees from disparate departments. Celebrate effort, not results.

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4 Challenges Facing Embedded Services Organizations & How to Solve Them

Planview

Between 2021 and 2025, the global professional services marketplace is projected to grow from USD $5.428 trillion to $7.063 trillion, which is a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.9 In 2020, ESOs within SaaS companies and Management Consultancies represented the highest growth segment in the professional service marketplace.

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Magical Ideas and Creative Solutions

Innovation Excellence

When the Magical Idea is in some way transformed into a realizable project, it becomes a Creative Solution. Their Magical Idea: get celebrities (Leonardo di Caprio and Angelina Jolie were mentioned) to do door-to-door demos. In practice here’s the method and some real examples: · Define your Challenge. Imagine a Magical Idea.