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Innovation project or Innovation Capability?

Jeffrey Phillips

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. Innovation theater is very similar to what ecologists call "greenwashing" and both are bad for their respective movements.

Project 209
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The Innovative Mentor

IdeaScale

Mentors see themselves as people developers. They take a long-term view of their staff and see innovation projects as an opportunity to stretch their employees’ capabilities and to help them achieve their aspirations. Depending on the scope of their ideas, innovators’ careers can be significantly shaped by this journey.

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Shifting Radically the Innovation Business Model

Paul Hobcraft

Shifting Radically the Innovation Business Model. 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. Perhaps we are in urgent need to change the very dynamics of how we undertake innovation.

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Choosing the right innovation approach for your business

hackerearth

It is an arduous journey, inherently risky.But innovation partners, consultants, and innovation management software offer much promise in this space. Innovation can be incremental (e.g. a new product sold to existing customers with significant cost savings and better performance), or disruptive (e.g.

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What do most innovative companies have in common?

hackerearth

Such companies plan and execute innovative ideas across business activities by making innovation thrive in their company’s culture. They link innovation to their well-defined business objectives by establishing and maintaining dedicated innovation teams. They support systemic innovation.

Company 77
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10 Commandments of Corporate (Open) Innovation

CREATORS

They have amazing teams and talented individuals, endless resources and extensive market knowledge. Yet, they are failing at corporate innovation. They fear competition and disruption, they are afraid of the future, but at the same time they are afraid to take bold decisions and change their businesses overnight?

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Four disruptive threats to Nordic businesses: And how to meet them through innovating

Innovation 360 Group

We are probably in the middle of the biggest disruptive change in the market since industrialization. Many companies are stuck with a legacy of fossilized architectures and all that entails, including the need for extensive maintenance and problems with development to keep up with changing markets. 3 No pain, no gain.

Meeting 40