Idea to Value

MARCH 26, 2020

A while back, one of my consulting partners from another office asked me to review their client’s innovation process. To figure out why, the consulting team had reviewed the company’s innovation lifecycle process, showing what happens to an idea in order to get implemented. So what can we do about it?

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Innovation Excellence

JUNE 15, 2020

The consulting industry was already being disrupted before the coronavirus. If you work with consultants or have your own consultancy, take note: Things are changing, fast. Remote work , lean budgets , and the need for contingency plans are three big trends impacting the industry. Consulting Services Stratification.

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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. In many ways, the consulting industry specializing in innovation is its own worst enemy.

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IM Insights

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

He introduces Estimatic, his latest venture, software designed to model uncertain projects and ideas. Peter recommends checking out Lean Change Management and gives a shoutout to Jason Little ! [05:23] Peter’s experience working on web development and e-commerce projects. [16:15]

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mjvinnovation

DECEMBER 28, 2020

That is the case of Design Thinking , a structured approach to innovation. Keep reading to understand how you can implement an innovation culture into your company with Design Thinking! That’s because only the visible artifacts of organizational culture can be designed. Design Thinking applied to cultural transformation.

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mjvinnovation

MARCH 13, 2019

She is the woman of the moment and can teach you a lot about agile project management! She is the woman of the moment and can teach you a lot about agile project management! In this article, in besides knowing better the Japanese sensation of the present, you will see what lessons she can bring us about agile project management.

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Econic

APRIL 13, 2022

Much like our consulting practices, we leaned into a loose framework to build a customized approach to transformation. Visual design elements created by Rihab. As we continue our process towards B Corporation certification, we are happy to share Econic’s first impact report. View the full report.

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Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

This new management method makes it nearly impossible for innovation teams to fail at delivering multiple challenging innovation projects faster, with less risk and lower required budgets. Most innovation experts often say that traditional management processes are not the way to run innovation projects. And this is true.

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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 . 42:00) Should we test purely data-based investment decisions for innovation projects? (47:40) Tendayi’s Books.

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Tim Kastelle

MAY 5, 2016

“In the end, these projects are all business model problems.” ” That’s what I said to my friend Steve Adelman about the projects we collaborate on as part of the Wharton-UQ Global Consulting Practicum program. We’ve run into this on some of our GCP projects. ” he replied.

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Planview

MARCH 24, 2016

Getting (and retaining ) buy-in from decision makers for innovation projects is often the stumbling block that many a corporate innovator and intrapreneur faces. GE managed to cut cost of market validation by 80% using the lean startup methodology. Got some stories on how you secured buy-in for an innovation project?

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Gregg Fraley

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Innovation Intensive, Beyond Design Thinking. This essential training for leaders and project managers provides answers, and from an industry thought leader. Innovation Intensive will help you improve the effectiveness of innovation projects. Streamlined management of innovation projects. REGISTER NOW. REGISTER NOW.

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Planview

MARCH 24, 2016

Getting (and retaining ) buy-in from decision makers for innovation projects is often the stumbling block that many a corporate innovator and intrapreneur faces. GE managed to cut cost of market validation by 80% using the lean startup methodology. Got some stories on how you secured buy-in for an innovation project?

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Innovation 360 Group

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Partha Mallikarjun has more than 25 years of experience in leading, managing and delivering technology and process improvement projects in the Information Technolofy space. Some of the certifications he holds are Innovation 360 Licensed Practitioner, PMP, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and Lean Startup. Based in Dayton, NJ, USA.

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Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

He’d asked me what I did and when I told him I was an innovation consultant, his eyebrows raised. I replied “you need to be thinking about project cycles and measures.” I added my punchline, “because if you’re not doing projects you’re not doing innovation.” Not Design Thinking?”

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 1, 2018

Discover Ideas for Long Term and Tactical Innovation Projects. Chicago, IL, August 1, 2018 — The MoshPit Innovation Service is an innovation project discovery service marketed by GFi (Gregg Fraley Innovation). Ideas for innovation projects emerge from the intensive sessions. GFi guarantees its work.

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IdeaScale

APRIL 4, 2017

Almost any new idea and project eventually hits major obstacles or encounters people who say it could never work. when projects do not turn out as expected. Approve experiments and encourage Lean prototyping. Assign some of your best people to innovation projects. Innovation is not easy. Ask, “What can we learn?”

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Innovation 360 Group

MARCH 28, 2018

Kristian helps businesses and organizations to evaluate or create strategies for reaching that wanted future state and to create and deliver innovation programs and projects to fill the gap between the current state and wanted state. Management consulting. Business model design. Lean Start-up. Areas of expertise.

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IM Insights

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Co-Founder of Yellow Cat – an innovation coaching, consulting and training company. 14:00) On bad leadership behaviour and how not to fund projects. (16:00) 14:00) On bad leadership behaviour and how not to fund projects. (16:00) 14:00) On bad leadership behaviour and how not to fund projects. (16:00)

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Boxes and Arrows

MAY 5, 2015

Have you ever asked for an update on a project you’d invested a great deal of time and energy in, only to hear “they have completely redesigned it since then”? After some wallowing, I realized I needed to discover a new way to think about the way I work and what really matters in my consulting career. Client mentoring as an investment.

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Innov8rs

MARCH 4, 2023

At our recent Innov8rs Connect on Strategy, Leadership & Organization, Jeffrey Phillips (Senior Strategy and Innovation Consultant) discussed what it takes to build an innovation capability for continuous innovation. However, they may lack training in innovative thinking, creativity, and design thinking. It's easier said than done.

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mjvinnovation

JUNE 29, 2021

It’s a management format that draws from the same source as Lean and Agile. refers to the third generation of project management models, considered more suited to current business requirements in the context of Digital Transformation – toting more agile, lean, and modern management values. What is Management 3.0?

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mjvinnovation

MAY 29, 2019

Scrum Master (SM) – the person who monitors the processes or activities of the team, controlling deadlines and verifying if there is any holdback to the accomplishment; Product Owner (PO) – the team person responsible for the project and who represents the clients/stakeholders. Lean Startup. Where to apply. Where to apply.

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Moves the Needle

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

It was a myth perpetuated by popular books, canvases, academia, and consultants. Many helped identify future opportunities, built minimum viable products, and supported internal projects that led to new revenue. The exploration expertise brought by innovation teams is designed to overcome such uncertainty.

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Planview

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Klaus is a computer scientist with more than 10 years’ experience as a top management consultant for companies across the globe. Many leaders set a goal of designing the perfect organizational chart to propel their Agile transformation. Finish these projects and have fun. Breaking Down all the Silos. Klaus explains below. “If

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Inceodia

MARCH 18, 2019

You’ve gone through training or read about things like design thinking and lean startup. But somehow the project doesn’t go as smoothly as the exercises and cases studies you read through. Tell me about your project,” I said, “What does success look like in 3 months when the program ends?”

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Planview

APRIL 13, 2017

Lean is the top Continuous Improvement method. When it came to which method practitioners use to drive CI success most often, the Lean method topped the list, followed by Kaizen and Six Sigma. Project Management, Business Intelligence. Management consulting. Let’s dig in. Innovation. System for Daily Improvement.

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Econic

MAY 23, 2019

Unrealistic expectations of first projects Out of the gate, most organizations put too few resources on too few ideas and expect too much out of them. What makes this even more dangerous is that the further away the first projects are from the core business, the more likely they are to fail.

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Planview

MARCH 3, 2016

This was the mantra of Facebook in its early days, as is the case with most startups that subscribe to the iterative product development method popularized by the Lean Startup. If we put a certainty lens on inherently uncertain projects, in order to get our business case signed off, then we are destined to do one thing.

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IM Insights

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

13:00) Why it is hard to Pivot in a system that is designed for execution with siloed teams and different KPI’s. (15:30) Pitch Projects & Manage Stakeholders. Don’t miss an episode and sign up to our innovation blog for the latest on Innovation Accounting, Lean Startup and Innovation Ecosystem Design.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 11, 2018

In this article, you are going to learn exactly what Loss Aversion is, why is creates crippling fear in middle managers and decision-makers, and a simple model for how you can reframe your company’s thinking which encourages more innovation projects to thrive.

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Moves the Needle

JUNE 11, 2020

Experimenting With Failure As a business consultant, there's not an organization out there that I talk to that doesn't bring up the word ‘failure.’ If you're trying to learn if somebody likes your messaging, you can do split testing or a landing page design. Killing failed projects is a success. So that's a success.

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Planview

APRIL 13, 2017

Lean is the top Continuous Improvement method. When it came to which method practitioners use to drive CI success most often, the Lean method topped the list, followed by Kaizen and Six Sigma. Project Management, Business Intelligence. Management consulting. Let’s dig in. Innovation. System for Daily Improvement.

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Econic

APRIL 10, 2018

Unrealistic expectations of first projects. What makes this even more dangerous is that the further away the first projects are from the core business, the more likely they are to fail. Instead, organizations need to look for quick wins in their first projects. Just tossing money at it. Failure to secure sustained funding.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 10, 2019

In this blog, we’ll take a closer look at how TSYS launched their revolutionary Project WOW (War on Waste) – a ground-breaking process improvement methodology developed by management consulting firm Above + Beyond and powered by Qmarkets software. This left employees sceptical of the idea that future programs would be any different.

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Cris Beswick

APRIL 16, 2024

They are not always intentional or by design. Corporates and consultants alike (I can’t say that I haven’t been guilty of this myself) have bastardised and devalued the word innovation for a decade now, to the point where many don’t know what it means. Take the Double Diamond of Design Thinking for example.

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Moves the Needle

AUGUST 19, 2019

Noel: “I describe myself as an innovation product development life engineer who’s worked on product development teams through most of my early career and mostly in technology-driven companies, and after business school, went into consulting. That’s where design thinking and lead startup comes in. I worked across industries.

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