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Innovation project or Innovation Capability?

Jeffrey Phillips

No, today I want to talk about the differences and problems when companies focus on innovation as a discrete project, versus what they really need, innovation as a competency or capability. Plus, innovation as a project demonstrates some investment in innovation but controls for cost and risk.

Project 209
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Eight Tips to Improve Employee Engagement in 2020

IdeaScale

There’s nothing more important to innovation than an engaged, thoughtful workforce. Yet bringing your team out of their box of day-to-day tasks and larger projects to focus on innovation can feel daunting. Innovation can happen spontaneously, of course, but toolkits will help to encourage creativity and channel it effectively.

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Employee Engagement Is About Building Trust

Tullio Siragusa

Employee Engagement Is About Building Trust. As a leader, one must cautiously observe the engagement level of teams in order to keep the energy of excitement in the workplace going. Communication, with the intention to build trust, is the main KEY to employee engagement.”. Seven Ways to a Better Communication Channel.

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How to Run a Virtual Design Thinking Project with Remote Teams

InnovationTraining.org

In this guest post, learn how to effectively implement a virtually-led design thinking project. There’s no question that teams are capable of great things when working remotely, and there is no shortage of project management tools, virtual whiteboards and prototyping software out there to help. A REMOTE DESIGN THINKING JOURNEY: 1.

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THE YEAR OF LIVING CREATIVELY: Next Course Begins on January 16th

Idea Champions

The Year of Living Creatively is a highly engaging, eight-week online course that helps aspiring innovators transform their inspired visions and ideas into new products, new services, new forms of expression, new businesses, and breakthrough ways of living. HOW IT WORKS: Dominoes delivers pizza. FedEx delivers packages.

Course 49
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THE YEAR OF LIVING CREATIVELY: Next Course Begins on Sept. 12th

Idea Champions

The Year of Living Creatively is a highly engaging, eight-week online course (September 12th -- November 7th) that helps aspiring innovators transform their bold ideas into new products, new services, new forms of expression, new businesses, and breakthrough ways of living. HOW IT WORKS: Dominoes delivers pizza. THE BASIC ELEMENTS.

Course 52
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What You Need to Know About How to Execute a Project 

Planview

In this post, we’re going to show you how to execute a project. You’ve initiated your project, created an in-depth plan, and secured stakeholder buy-in. Except that, as every PMO knows, project execution is the most challenging stage of the project life cycle, and it’s only gotten more difficult in a world of hybrid and remote work.

Project 59