Braden Kelley

MARCH 13, 2018

Many of you reading this have created or operated innovation or insights programs for organizations of a variety of sizes, or are curious about how to go about it. Operating an innovation program or leading an insights group is definitely … Continue reading →

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Leapfrogging

JUNE 29, 2019

What is the Agile Innovation Process, and what are best practices, tools and online templates for teams and organizations? This process can be transformative to businesses across various industries, especially in the realm of software development and manufacturing. By Upboard. Today, everyone wants to be agile.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 11, 2021

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. With those basics in mind, you can do a lot of good innovation. And, the work isn't free and requires air cover.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2022

The extract offers much for any innovation pathway we might be considering. The Innovation Pathway. ” Innovation fits with a designer’s definition of design: the ability to move from the existing to the preferred. Innovation is the path by which we seek the future we prefer.

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Jeffrey Phillips

AUGUST 26, 2021

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. This is because there is little management engagement or support, a lack of preparation and skills, and a narrow definition of discovery and risk.

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Innovation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

So many organizations set out to innovate, but lose their way close to the finish line. All of the time, money, and energy invested loom over them like an ominous shadow of failure ready to overtake the whole scene. What happened? There was so much momentum, good will, collaboration, and then—the painful, public crash into the wall.

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Before an innovative process can be deployed, however, it’s essential that it be tested thoroughly, under as many foreseeable conditions as you can envision. Only when an innovative process has been tested thoroughly should it go live. Innovation management software is the key to managing innovation from end to end.

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Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Demonstrate that innovation depends on finding the most innovative people, who by definition are rarely the more efficient people. Innovative people wonder why we aren't doing better or something new, or why we are sticking with these products long after they've been superseded in the marketplace.

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IdeaScale

APRIL 14, 2021

What are the different types of innovation? With so many types of innovation and even more definitions, it can be confusing to discuss innovation in your organization. It seems like new innovation types arrive at the scene all of the time, leaving people reaching for Google to get up to speed. Process Innovation.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JUNE 12, 2019

Today, I'd like to write about sponsorship, and why it is critical to have engaged sponsors for ideas and for innovation. This idea is important enough that I took the extra 30 seconds and looked up the definition of sponsor. I think this is as close as we can get to what an innovation or idea sponsor is.

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Jeffrey Phillips

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

At some moments in my career I've blamed this phenomenon on lack of breadth - the idea that too many companies shrink innovation activities down to idea generation and rapid evaluation. I'm talking about the depth of commitment of the organization, so that innovation isn't a flavor of the month.

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IM Insights

OCTOBER 9, 2023

. … All these innovations were introduced with positive aspirations in mind, whether it was improving productivity, ensuring convenience, or addressing challenges. However, each has posed new dilemmas, bringing to the forefront the ethical and long-term considerations that are not necessarily embedded in the innovation process.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JULY 21, 2021

If the company isn't all that good at innovation, and what they delay for a few quarters is only incremental innovation that does not radically change the product portfolio, then I think it's reasonable to suggest that delaying isn't all that risky. What work can be done to improve innovation and shorten time to market?

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Innov8rs

MARCH 4, 2023

Adapt Your Innovation Process When you adopt that problem-first mindset and ask for challenges instead of ideas, you must adjust the innovation process accordingly. Therefore, ensure that your innovation process gives intrapreneurs room to explore the identified problem before they launch and grow their solutions.

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Values Centered Innovation

AUGUST 3, 2020

In our free online mini-course you'll learn an entirely new definition of what it means to think outside the box. Creative & innovative thinking Energize innovation Conscious innovator Innovation programs Innovation eLearning innovation mindset Innovation Culture Innovation Process

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Innovation Excellence

MAY 6, 2016

In innovation, the process equals New Value Creation. This process of creation is non-linear, even iterative, insights-based, and way-finding, a process of discovery, not optimization. Sometimes, it can be like playing the children’s game Chutes and Ladders. Continue reading →

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Jeffrey Phillips

OCTOBER 25, 2021

So, for the first 3/4ths of the book, the text and what it says seems a rehash or a repeat of many innovation books, full of vignettes with senior leadership, with the introduction of new frameworks and some new insights. Then, in Chapter Ten, Bensauo introduces the BTI seven step innovating process, built on work from INSEAD.

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 23, 2018

By definition, nonprofits must be very innovative as the goals they pursue regularly change, and the organization is forced to keep moving. A vast number of stakeholders, the complexity of operations, and levels of social engagement (voluntary work and donors), all pose challenges towards the implementation of ideas.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JUNE 15, 2017

What rationale do innovators have to work on interesting or disruptive ideas if they have no stake in the outcome? We ask them to take risks through the innovation process for a small reward or some recognition if the idea succeeds, and the potential they might lose their job if the innovation fails.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Innovation “fights” to attract resources, gain management attention or understand its difficulties in the time it takes, its potential risks and its need for a more ambitious and bold commitment of support. Often innovation activity frustrates senior management.

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InnovationTraining.org

JUNE 10, 2021

In the innovation process, this really comes down to trying to find better ways of accomplishing this JTBD, rather than focusing on the product itself. This book by Jim Kalbach is one of the definite guides to using these theories in your own innovation projects and workflows.

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Jeffrey Phillips

AUGUST 29, 2016

Rather than attempt to fully explore the innovation possibilities, managers first attempt to get a handle on what they believe innovation is, and how it should be conducted, managed and governed. Large corporations cannot survive with wild hare ideas sprouting everywhere and little definitive structure or guidance.

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Mike Shipulski

JULY 19, 2017

With regard to tools and processes, the right next steps are not universal. But with all companies’ innovation processes, there is a common factor – the innovation process is run by people. Regardless of process maturity or completeness, people run the process. Improved execution improves innovation.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 28, 2018

Jeffrey and I believed, even more so today , that the innovation space needs a common starting point – a collaborative reference model. As I said, on my recent re-visit it seems to stand a test of time and forms a fundamental bedrock of collaborative innovation in all its different dimensions and guises.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 24, 2022

.” Recently in Stanford Social Innovation Review, an article on the “ Adoption of Innovation ” by Benjamin Kumpf & Emma Proud is well worth the read as adopting any innovation process is a tough, slow one. Each of these needs a definitive engagement process by the business platform provider.

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Among the next wave are high-definition cameras that use artificial intelligence to sort the smoke of a wildfire from a plume of smoke. Government innovation is a good starting point for any organization to learn more about innovation strategy. Yet closer to Earth, more sensors are being deployed to find and stop fires.

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Board of Innovation

JANUARY 5, 2017

Running innovation projects is hard. By definition you’re doing new things so you can’t rely on old habits and routines. If you and your innovation team don’t feel uncomfortable, you’re simply not innovating. That doesn’t mean you’ll need to fly blind.

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Board of Innovation

JANUARY 5, 2017

Running innovation projects is hard. By definition you’re doing new things so you can’t rely on old habits and routines. If you and your innovation team don’t feel uncomfortable, you’re simply not innovating. That doesn’t mean you’ll need to fly blind.

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Jeffrey Phillips

AUGUST 13, 2021

The second worst thing you can to is to start an innovation activity without understanding customer wants and needs, or what emerging trends or markets are about to unfold. If you have a good problem or opportunity definition and are reasonably confident of customer wants and needs, your ability to "go fast" is greatly enhanced.

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Innovation 360 Group

AUGUST 1, 2018

Successful track record of 10+ years in innovation management, innovation processes, change management, trendwatching, ideation, digital transformation, collaboration platforms, cloud strategy and project management including start-up of new business areas with mission, vision, strategy definition and execution for the Schibsted group.

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Jeffrey Phillips

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

In order to accelerate the pace of innovation and increase the amount of innovation that's done, we need to simplify it, or at least remove some of the uncertainty. To do that I'm going to argue in this relatively short post that innovation has three important deliverables: problem definition, ideas and solutions.

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Innovation Excellence

MARCH 12, 2018

Many of you reading this have created or operated innovation or insights programs for organizations of a variety of sizes, or are curious about how to go about it. Operating an innovation program or leading an insights group is definitely much different than creating one. In some ways it is easier, because things are already.

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Jeffrey Phillips

AUGUST 4, 2015

This shouldn't be surprising, since incremental innovation is more predictable and less costly. Still poorly defined We also asked you about the definition of the "front end" of innovation. There is still a lot of opportunity to define and improve front end skills and methods.

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Innov8rs

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Autonomous Innovation leverages artificial intelligence to supercharge the innovation process, making it faster, more efficient, and at times even self-directed. What is Autonomous Innovation? This is not just another technological upgrade—it's a paradigm shift.

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eZassi

OCTOBER 14, 2021

As a gentle reminder, the definition of acceleration is a change in velocity over time. Are they accountable for identifying, championing and developing external innovations through the organization as their primary business role? When velocity is constant – acceleration equals zero. Ideation (Internal and/or External).

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Jeffrey Phillips

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

I've written previously about having a bias for innovation in your culture , seeking and finding important and unmet needs or opportunities , and introducing discovery and exploration in your innovation process. Agile, lean and rapid methodologies meant to accelerate the innovation cycle?

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Jeffrey Phillips

MARCH 15, 2016

Here lies the rub: Just like Henry Ford, most corporations have perfected the innovation process, as long as it's a product. Beyond New Product Development (NPD) teams I was thinking about this issue recently when talking to a client about their innovation process.

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