Jeffrey Phillips

JUNE 9, 2021

I'm often asked how many people should be employed in innovation work in larger organizations. Of course, with that and a towel, you can accomplish almost anything. But the question about staffing for growth, new products and innovation is an important and interesting question. As if there is a magic number!

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Jeffrey Phillips

JULY 21, 2021

The debate is about whether or not to fund innovation work, and if the decision is positive, how much to spend or invest in innovation. In this regard, there is clear demand for innovation, for new products, new services and experiences and consumers have the funds to spend on new things.

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CorporateIntel

APRIL 26, 2021

In product development, it might be an innovative, competitive technology solution that is worth marketing because it will surprise and delight customers. In product development, it might be the process management that lets you create a dependable schedule. What is Air? Water is the ability to deliver it.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 7, 2022

I spoke to 11 of the world’s leading female innovation experts to get their definition of “innovation” The variety in their responses may surprise you. In 2016, I wrote the article What is innovation? 15 experts share their innovation definition in order to answer the question of “What is innovation?”

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Innovation in Practice

OCTOBER 12, 2015

The Product Development and Management Association (PDMA), the premier global advocate for product development and management professionals, announced today that it has awarded the 2015 Outstanding Corporate Innovator (OCI) Award to BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX). 7-11 in Anaheim, Calif.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 11, 2021

I was asked recently to write a short post about the conditions necessary for innovation to succeed. It's actually not possible to write a short post about innovation, much less the conditions necessary for innovation to succeed, but I've tried to simplify this into nine critical factors for success.

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 24, 2021

Ibbaka is a consulting and technology development company focused on helping companies bring innovations to market and to help them to scale. This relates to pricing, because if you’re not sure what your value is then you’re not able to price effectively which means you’re not able to continue to innovate and grow.

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IdeaScale

MARCH 30, 2021

Overview: Sustainability approaches and innovation strategy go hand-in-hand, yet too often are seen as separate targets. Sustainability, ESG, and Innovation. Innovation will be key to this process. Yet precisely how will depend on the organizations, their products, and how they view sustainability and regulation.

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Open innovation is a core strategy for transformative growth amongst a growing number of enterprise companies around the world. The days of boardrooms and R&D departments keeping innovation under lock and key are waning, as companies are increasingly preferring a more collaborative approach with startups and other external parties.

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Jeffrey Phillips

MARCH 10, 2021

It's past time to innovate from the outside in. What I mean by that is to start taking your cues from your customers, the environment and future realities, and shape your capabilities and products to meet those emerging wants and needs. This is, of course, exactly opposite from what we've been told to do over our careers.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 18, 2019

And there, my friends, is one of the major reasons that we see so little innovation from established companies, and so much disruption from unexpected sources. When markets were stable and steady, the basis for success is to stay the course and not distract from a good thing. It's simple, I said. And we need it back. Thank you, next!

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Open-source innovation (or simply ‘open innovation’) is developing into a core strategy for transformative growth amongst enterprise companies around the world. We caught up with the founder and CEO of AccelIQ Digital, Ariana Smetana, to find out more about the business and its approach to open-source innovation.

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Jeffrey Phillips

DECEMBER 1, 2015

I bet the post title got your attention, but of course in this modern age of digital content we bloggers need headlines that pop through all of the noise and gain attention. It helps, of course, that I'm of the opinion that the headline is provocative, and has, as Kissenger once said, the added benefit of being true.

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Innov8rs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Innov8rs | As innovation leaders and teams we are tasked to enable our organizations to innovate at scale. Essentially, that means driving innovation in predictable, reliable and efficient ways- doing it again and again, rather than being a one-day fly. Yet 90% of executives are unhappy with their innovation performance.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 29, 2024

Understanding Strategic Thinking for Executives Strategic thinking is a critical component of successful leadership, particularly for senior executives who chart the course of their organizations. This will help in identifying areas ripe for innovation. This can be facilitated through brainstorming sessions or innovation workshops.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 29, 2024

Understanding Strategic Thinking for Executives Strategic thinking is a critical component of successful leadership, particularly for senior executives who chart the course of their organizations. This will help in identifying areas ripe for innovation. This can be facilitated through brainstorming sessions or innovation workshops.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 11, 2018

The Whitepaper called “ Product Complexity, Digital Transformation, and the Innovation Imperative- The race to reinvent how complex products are developed is here “ This made me a little jealous and a little wishing that ‘we’, across the whole of innovation management , could not have one of these platforms available today.

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Jeffrey Phillips

AUGUST 17, 2021

I'm a fan of military history, and it is always striking to me to see how much new product development and innovation can learn from the military and vice versa. The military is rich in innovation, but most of that innovation flows from the middle and lower ranks. Put the right people in charge of innovation work.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 27, 2018

I have written a fair amount about the new innovation era, offering a view on its future design. One that is jumping to a fresh cycle of innovative design. We are in the middle of it, some of you may not have noticed its impact and change but it is significant on the understanding of innovation, in it’s future design.

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Jeffrey Phillips

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

I was thinking over the weekend that for years we've positioned innovation incorrectly. Too often we position innovation as creating a new and valuable offering or solution, ready when customers are ready to demand new products and services. Another approach is to use innovation to ferret out efficiency gaps.

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Jeffrey Phillips

MARCH 15, 2016

Henry Ford is perhaps one of the most well-known innovators in the US. After all, it was his mass production line that helped people make the shift from horses or high cost / low quality automobiles to a reliable, affordable car - the Model T. Ford was a synthesizer and a manufacturing innovator.

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Jeffrey Phillips

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

I've been thinking a lot about why innovation fails. Not about why supposedly innovative new products fail, because there are multiple reasons for the failure of a new product. A new product may lack key features or components, or like some successful products take years to build an audience.

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Jeffrey Phillips

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

These fundamentals are necessary to sustain innovation in corporations, and are most often overlooked or treated as an afterthought. Let's first talk about why diverse voices and perspectives are so rare in many corporate innovation teams, and then look and what a little more diversity can do. But these usual suspects aren't criminals.

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IdeaScale

JANUARY 2, 2019

Of course, this means that a company needs to have the capability to recognize and act on great ideas when they arrive, as well. Having a place and a system for managing innovation is what helps a company to keep pace with change. To learn more from top innovators, view and download the presentations from Open Nation 2018 here. .

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Qmarkets

JANUARY 13, 2022

As such, more and more of these companies are thinking about how to better structure their innovation exploration activities, often through an ideation platform. Not only is continuous innovation necessary for survival, but also constant refinement and recalibration of existing business models. Innovation Exploration vs Exploitation.

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Jeffrey Phillips

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Of course many of these conversations revolve around innovation and new product or service development (or the lack thereof), and how people are engaged in their work and their roles. While there is a lot of noise about innovation from all quarters, it appears from my discussions that there is little activity.

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Jeffrey Phillips

AUGUST 22, 2019

I've been writing lately about the intersection of innovation and digital transformation, first because it is a very current topic and second because there are fascinating possibilities as innovation and digital transformation collide. Soon all products will be smart products. But I digress.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JULY 10, 2018

Jesters of course are an outgrowth of slaves who rode with generals returning from major conquests in ancient Rome. Since everything in a business is focused on core products and services, delivering the results on a quarterly basis, someone, it seems, needs to act as a 'jester', constantly asking to expand thinking beyond the next quarter.

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 12, 2022

How can design thinking help with product development? Design thinking is a problem-solving approach that involves empathy for the user, creative ideation, and experimentation to create innovative solutions. It is often used in the design of products, services, and experiences. What are the principles of design thinking?

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Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Lately I've worked with or encountered a number of corporate clients who are trying desperately to innovate. Their executives and management teams recognize the importance of innovation, and even include innovation as top three priorities or as a component of the annual strategy.

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Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The software ideas are of course almost infinitely scalable, while consulting is somewhat scalable. Now, of course, consulting is shifting its business model, looking for revenue streams outside of the billable hour because the model is no longer deemed scalable. We can't (at least not yet) wear or eat software.

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Jeffrey Phillips

MAY 15, 2015

If that sounds like a pretentious title, you are probably right, but it's time to start talking about the fact that so many companies simply cannot innovate effectively. Past success does not guarantee future success, and by the time many of these firms recognize the need to innovate the opportunity has past them by.

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Open Innovation EU

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

A while ago I sat down with Machiel Wetselaar & David van Dinther to create a list of innovation methodologies for a course we’re developing. Up to now we’ve gathered 71 different methodologies for implementing innovation in your organization. Innovation Cycle (Avans). Open Innovation (Chesbrough).

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

FOUR QUESTIONS TO ASK WHEN FACED WITH THOSE PUTTING A DRAG ON INNOVATION. Simple words extinguish ideas, zap energy, and gobble up enthusiasm: We don’t have time to innovate. We’re not set up for innovation. Innovation isn’t rewarded. Have you ever come across someone who exhibits “wet blanket” behavior?

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 4, 2024

Introduction to Design Thinking Design thinking has become a cornerstone methodology in the worlds of innovation, business strategy, and product development. Businesses have recognized its potential for fostering innovation and tackling complex challenges.

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Qmarkets

JANUARY 13, 2022

As such, more and more of these companies are thinking about how to better structure their innovation exploration activities. Not only is continuous innovation necessary for survival, but also constant refinement and recalibration of existing business models. When they return, reality kicks in, nothing changes. What has happened here?

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

FOUR QUESTIONS TO ASK WHEN FACED WITH THOSE PUTTING A DRAG ON INNOVATION. Simple words extinguish ideas, zap energy, and gobble up enthusiasm: We don’t have time to innovate. We’re not set up for innovation. Innovation isn’t rewarded. Have you ever come across someone who exhibits “wet blanket” behavior?

Strategy 100

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