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The Challenges being Faced by Innovation Consultants

Paul Hobcraft

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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Top Jobs for Innovation Professionals in 2019

IdeaScale

While there are many job titles for innovation professionals in 2019, the following are among the most prominent. Innovation Consultant. An innovation consultant is someone brought in by a company, usually for a defined period of time. Innovation consultants earn around $97,000 per year.

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12 Types of Innovation You Should Know in 2021

IdeaScale

Process innovation is the development and application of technology, production method, or method of delivery that’s newly introduced or improved to a notable degree. Product Innovation. Product innovation refers to the creation of a new or significantly improved good or service. Schedule Now!

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What to innovate now

Jeffrey Phillips

From new medical devices to new banking products, to new consumer appliances and more, I've worked on a number of innovation projects in a wide range of industries. Over time, as innovation has matured somewhat, many innovation consultants began to reference Doblin's Ten Types model.

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Innovative Strategies for Effective R&D Budgeting

Innov8rs

As Tobias and Oliver say, R&D budgeting is not merely about allocating funds to different projects.

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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. They’re already overloaded and adding “innovate” to their task load may not get a good reaction.

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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.