Destination Innovation

APRIL 14, 2021

If you are planning a major change, a big initiative, a new product launch or something really innovative then try writing a future news story. Imagine that the project has been a surprisingly big success. Write the report and then share it with your team or whoever is working with you on the project. Write it up.

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TechEmpower Innovation

JULY 24, 2023

At TechEmpower, we frequently talk to startup founders, CEOs, product leaders, and other innovators about their next big tech initiative. After all, that’s what tech innovation is all about. The innovator/developer relationship needs to be a conversation. But there are some common elements too. Six months from now?

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Idea to Value

JULY 5, 2023

This can be an especially big problem in medicine, where doctors will often want to run additional tests for potential diseases even after it is clear what the likely source of a symptom is, and which will not change the recommended course of action. This makes planning and producing a business case very challenging.

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Jeffrey Phillips

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

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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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 1, 2022

The Executive Innovation Work Mat as a compelling business case. After a series of conversations around the Executive Innovation work mat, Jeffrey Phillips and I decided there was a need to add one more to the series, one that makes the business case for the work mat, one that is more from the leaders perspective.

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Innov8rs

MARCH 8, 2024

Innov8rs | At Chick-fil-A, innovation is not merely a process, but a culture deeply embedded within the organization's fabric. Their approach is to develop the innovation mindset at all levels, starting with leadership and gradually influencing the entire organization.

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Idea Champions

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

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.

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Jeffrey Phillips

MAY 22, 2023

I've been leading innovation work for close to 20 years, writing about it on this blog and in my book (Relentless Innovation). I've made some great friends along the way and been influenced by a range of great innovation thought leaders. Too much time at the innovation coal face was making me a bit cynical.

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Qmarkets

JANUARY 25, 2024

It’s natural to consider education and innovation as mutually compatible. It’s surprising, then, that many academic institutions still lag when it comes to implementing well-structured innovation processes. Innovation in Education: A Proud History DNA, Genetic Fingerprinting, CDs, Computers, and the Internet.

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

In this guest post, learn how to effectively implement a virtually-led design thinking project. A growing body of research shows that organizations that have adopted this innovative approach based on customer-centricity, creative problem-solving and experimentation, are significantly outperforming their competitors.

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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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Idea Champions

JUNE 2, 2021

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.

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Innov8rs

MARCH 8, 2024

Innov8rs | Companies are increasingly focusing on quantifying the return on investment (ROI) of their innovation initiatives. Click to play the full session recording The Evolving Role of Innovation Departments Innovation departments maintain a company's competitive edge through continuous reinvention and adaptation.

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hackerearth

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Innovation is one of the most popular terms used in the corporate world. As described by Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google, “Innovation is more of an idea than location.”. As described by Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google, “Innovation is more of an idea than location.”. Why take a course on innovation? List of courses.

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Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 4, 2019

Innovation Learning Points From the Great Faucet DIY Fiasco. DIY is a Form of Innovation. I’m the Abraham Lincoln of home fix-it DIY projects. As an innovation consultant who is a facilitator, team builder, idea person, and strategist, my need for hands-on engineering skills are minimal. Innovation is Projects.

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Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

You need the ability to adapt to change, and innovate, faster. Thus, for most businesses, the only truly lasting source of competitive advantage these days is the pace of innovation. You might then ask what that means in practice and how to accelerate your pace of innovation. Why does pace of innovation matter?

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hackerearth

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Innovation is one of the most popular terms used in the corporate world. As described by Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google, “Innovation is more of an idea than location.”. As described by Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google, “Innovation is more of an idea than location.”. Why take a course on innovation? List of courses.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Over the years that followed, this venture would overcome significant obstacles and make countless breakthroughs on its journey to becoming the global innovation powerhouse known nowadays as ICL. Innovation is central to the company’s commitment to help humanity meet its sustainability challenges.

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Idea to Value

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

In recent years, more and more companies have realized the need for innovation as they’ve seen businesses all around them, and perhaps even their own business, being disrupted. According to McKinsey research , 96% of executives have made innovation a strategic priority, yet only 6% are satisfied with their innovation performance.

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TechEmpower Innovation

AUGUST 7, 2023

Check out our blog post 53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators. Instead, given a startup project, they’ll default to building everything in-house, using technologies that they’re already familiar with. This is a safe choice, of course - but is it the best choice? cto , infotech , innovation , product , project , saas

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 28, 2018

Innovation Intensive . Master Innovation Trainer: Gregg Fraley. Course Description: Innovation Intensive is a one day, deep dive, into fundamental and advanced concepts in innovation. It examines culture assessment, strategy, and on-going project management. Register Now: gregg@greggfraley.com.

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Idea to Value

APRIL 12, 2021

As we all know, innovating and creating something new is usually seen, for good reason, as an important, yet highly risky endeavor. As such, innovation leaders are constantly under a lot of pressure from many different directions. Why is it so difficult to make smart decisions related to innovation?

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Idea to Value

JUNE 30, 2020

Innovation culture has long been one of the most challenging, and oft-discussed, topics in our conversations with business and innovation leaders. What is an innovation culture? The question we need start with is to actually define what an innovation culture is. Why is an innovative culture so important?

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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. Steven Forth: Ibbaka was founded by a group of six people who have worked together in different configurations over several decades at different companies on different open source projects.

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, has already changed the course of history. Here’s what we can all learn from DARPA’s approach to innovation management and product design strategy. The post What We Can Learn About Government Innovation from DARPA appeared first on IdeaScale.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JUNE 16, 2021

I'm writing a series of blogs based on questions that I regularly receive about innovation. In my last post, I wrote about the staffing plan necessary to sustain growth and innovation , basing it in part on the Pareto rule. What skills are critical to next and new innovation First, we need to define our terms.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Effective collaboration harnesses the collective intelligence of the team, leading to innovative solutions and a competitive edge in the market. Managers and leaders must understand the dynamics of team collaboration strategies to foster high performance and innovation within their teams.

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Innov8rs

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Innov8rs | Innovation departments are continuing to fail. Of course, innovation projects are supposed to fail in great numbers, but the idea of a corporate innovation department itself is under tremendous pressure. Too many projects lack concrete outcomes and stubbornly refuse to discuss ROI.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 14, 2021

I've been asked several times lately to write about, or perhaps more specifically, to opine about, innovation strategy. If you are a somewhat regular reader of this blog or my work generally, you may know that I think talking about innovation strategy conflates two very important ideas that are related but not the same thing.

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PlanBox Innovation

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Unifying the PMO and Innovation Team through ISO 56001 to Move the Business Forward. Indeed, in this age of relentless change, the last thing any enterprise wants is a free-falling portfolio of innovative projects. 52% of projects veer off course —either going over budget, missing deadlines, or not meeting the set expectations.

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Jeffrey Phillips

MAY 15, 2019

I'm just wrapping up another project that's focused on trend spotting and scenario planning, working to help a client company understand the emerging competitive conditions their business will face in the next 5-7 years. Instead innovators plunge in to create the products and services they believe customers need.

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Innov8rs

MARCH 6, 2023

Innovators are forced to give up on initiatives, projects, and resources. In this context, innovators wonder how to get ideas across, how to continue projects, what back-up solutions to find and how to keep innovation afloat. Why is Innovation Essential During an Economic Downturn?

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Values Centered Innovation

MAY 27, 2018

This year’s Project Management Conference in Dallas focused on all things innovation. Given my long-standing background with both project management and innovation, I was delighted to be on a panel that explored how project managers, their teams, and their company cultures could be more innovative.

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Overview: While the fundamentals of creating an innovative culture at a company remain the same when remote, such as encouraging ideas and using small teams to build up, the remote workplace offers new challenges for innovators. Remote Work And Innovation Culture. The same will be true of your innovation strategy.

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

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. The M entor Role in I nnovation .

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The partnership will see Qmarkets collaborate with Capgemini Invent , Capgemini’s innovative management division. Capgemini Invent helps clients from a diverse range of industries to remain competitive through customer-centric innovation. They are a great bunch of innovators. Very hands-on in their approach with great insights.

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The human-centered design programs can blend our design thinking training , innovation workshops , design thinking online courses , innovation assessments , design thinking coaching , and other unique project-based experiences and reflection into a certificate program. What is a design thinking certificate program?

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