Idea to Value

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Hi there, With 2022 almost behind us, a lot of companies and teams are planning their next steps for 2023. This is especially true for venture and innovation teams, who let’s face it, many of whom had a very tough 2022. Get alignment and clarity about your success criteria. Everyone is born creative.

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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. Time, in several dimensions When I am talking about time I am actually talking about several different "kinds" of time.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 8, 2020

I'm writing a series of blog posts about the fundamentals of innovation success. In my previous article I wrote about the importance of fundamentals in any activity , using music and practicing scales as an analogy for understanding the fundamentals of innovation. Every organization evaluates its members, employees and teams.

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Jeffrey Phillips

APRIL 13, 2016

This slight rant of mine was started when I saw a new software application talk about its ability to help its clients in agile lean innovation. Lean is about stripping away unnecessary assets to focus on doing the most with the least. Most are already lean, but not intentionally.

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Moves the Needle

APRIL 8, 2021

Most big companies think technology when thinking about innovation, regardless of whether or not they’re technology companies. Marketing tends to have their own way of talking about innovation. Is there any Fortune 500 company that doesn’t talk about their innovation capabilities in their “About Us” section of their website?

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Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2015

—– Lean Innovation Management. In the last five years “ Lean Startup ” methodologies have enabled entrepreneurs to efficiently build a startup by searching for product/market fit rather than blindly trying to execute. The result will be: a new, Lean version of the Three Horizons of Innovation. Here’s how.

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Tim Kastelle

JANUARY 16, 2016

Part 6 in The Lean Startup Series The day before we started our first Lean LaunchPad program with the CSIRO, Bill McKeague and I talked strategy over coffee. I often refer to that first one as our Minimum Viable Lean LaunchPad. This was my fourth hypothesis going into this: doing Lean LaunchPad leads to better science.

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Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Note that what my clients are asking for is to create an innovation capacity that outlasts a product need, or market gap, or executive team member. First, make innovation important to the CEO and the executive team. How do you make innovation important to an executive team?

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IM Insights

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

About the Episode. Elijah Eilert speaks to Andy Cars , the founder and CEO of Lean Ventures International, about the ISO standards for innovation management. 01:09) Introducing Andy Cars owner of Lean Ventures International AB. (03:52) The definition nicely illustrates the general nature of the standard.

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mjvinnovation

JUNE 11, 2021

The Scaled Agile Framework is a methodology derived from agile methods, focusing on a project to disseminate agile thinking and practices in an organizational context, from management to teams. Learn more about these and other features in our article What is SAFe and how it works. Teams represent day-to-day work. What is SAFe?

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Matthew May

DECEMBER 4, 2015

I caught up with Dan to ask him a few questions about organizational fitness. What’s your definition of “fit” in the context of business, and how does it differ from, say, operational excellence, or any other definition of excellence, for that matter? You can see examples of that in the food industry right now. Are they fit?

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Planview

AUGUST 12, 2022

And so is the mindset around productivity and team structure. But greater emphasis is being placed on moving from project to product, which focuses on enabling teams to become end-to-end experts. Moving from project to product is a fundamental shift in how teams are organized and how work gets done.

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mjvinnovation

JULY 1, 2021

Another powerful feature in agile project management is the commitment of all team members, focusing on searching for dynamic solutions instead of rigid processes. As the needs of teams and companies are different, different agile methods, have also emerged. By definition, Scrum is a framework designed to manage processes.

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Tim Kastelle

MAY 5, 2016

.” That’s what I said to my friend Steve Adelman about the projects we collaborate on as part of the Wharton-UQ Global Consulting Practicum program. However, out of the fifteen projects that we’ve run so far, only about three have been market entry problems, the rest have been business model problems.

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Huub Rutten

MAY 4, 2021

Note that this is the definition I learned: it is a long poem, it is long narrative, it describes heroes and their passions. It is important to realize that an Epic is not an objective narrative, is not a scientific definition of events. Till a couple of years ago this was my only definition of the word Epic. It seems so.

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Huub Rutten

MAY 4, 2021

Note that this is the definition I learned: it is a long poem, it is long narrative, it describes heroes and their passions. It is important to realize that an Epic is not an objective narrative, is not a scientific definition of events. Till a couple of years ago this was my only definition of the word Epic. It seems so.

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Huub Rutten

MAY 4, 2021

Note that this is the definition I learned: it is a long poem, it is long narrative, it describes heroes and their passions. It is important to realize that an Epic is not an objective narrative, is not a scientific definition of events. Till a couple of years ago this was my only definition of the word Epic. It seems so.

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mjvinnovation

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Investments can be made with greater reliability, teams have an easier time understanding what it is they need to create a problem solving solution, giving them clarity and visibility. Definition of what needs to be built. DT: Co-creation: everything is done together with the Telecine Play team. AGILE METHODS: Lean Startup.

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Cris Beswick

APRIL 16, 2024

I’ll unpack the core principles of ‘Leading FOR Innovation’ and share approaches to help overcome the organisational antibodies that often stifle innovation, empowering teams to unleash bold ideas that can reshape your industry’s future. How would you pursue things then?

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Idea Champions

APRIL 11, 2024

During that time, we have worked with just about every industry on planet earth and every kind of mindset. Brush, Chair: Entrepreneurship Division, Babson College "The Idea Champions team brings a creative, energetic and fun approach to idea generation. What follows is a sampling of testimonials from our satisfied clients.

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CMOE

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Accountability in leadership is vital for the following reasons: Accountability encourages team members to stay rooted in honesty and integrity. Accountability promotes trust and develops a team driven by learning and growth. The sales manager creates a mentorship plan to help underperforming team members. Clear expectations.

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IM Insights

MARCH 17, 2022

About the Episode. Elijah Eilert speaks to Paul Orlando about his book Growth Units to discover how to best calculate Customer Acquisition Cost and Lifetime Value. 20:00) The boundary between Acquisition and Activation is not always clear, teams have to ultimately figure it out for themselves, as so often – it depends! (23:30)

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Innov8rs

JANUARY 16, 2023

As part of our recent The Innovator’s Handbook 2023 launch event, we discussed this (and more) with Frank Mattes (CEO at Lean Scaleup), Sean Sheppard (Managing Partner at U+), and Susana Jurado (Head of Wayra Builder at Telefónica). It’s no secret, business building is a team effort. Their role is not about filling out canvases.

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Moves the Needle

AUGUST 7, 2023

By entrusting team members with achieving objectives that impact the greater organization, leaders create a sense of ownership. Teams and their leaders should collaborate to define their missions, outcomes, and metrics that measure progress toward the desired result. A major new feature release might be out of scope.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JULY 6, 2015

If Drucker was right, what does that say about most executives, who are busy managing costs? Over the last 30 years modern management thinking has been influenced by outsourcing and rightsizing, on lean and Six Sigma thinking and on the GE way (1st, 2nd or out of the market). Or, how about education?

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Tim Kastelle

MARCH 6, 2017

On demo day, there were two outstanding teams that got funded. They’re building tons of better mousetraps, but the world is definitely not beating a path to their door. This is what is built into the lean startup approach , which is a good method for breaking out of the linear model problems.

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Econic

MAY 23, 2019

It should drive your team. 80% of CEOs believe their current business model is at risk– and it’s the innovation team’s job to tap into this belief and clearly show them how your efforts will lead to new business models and growth. Some questions your team should be able to answer: What’s your company’s vision for the future?

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Innov8rs

MARCH 4, 2023

Building An Innovation Capability: Limits To Overcome Innovation is about bringing something new to the market that has value for customers and (hopefully) generates profit for the business. Efficiency Optimization Organizations have eliminated risk and variance in their operations through rightsizing, outsourcing, lean, and agile.

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Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Before we can dive into the practicalities, it’s important we first understand what risk actually means since there’s quite a bit of debate about the nuances of the term. Usually the real question is about how to take smart, educated risks in a given situation. This is what the Jobs-to-be-done theory is all about.

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mjvinnovation

AUGUST 21, 2020

It is essential to rethink routines and reorganize spaces to create an environment of productivity and definitive performance. What about when low-touch is the only option? Talking about business growth in the midst of the crisis is possible. The definitive growth hack: Growth Hacking + Agile Marketing.

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Econic

APRIL 10, 2018

It should drive your team. 80% of CEOs believe their current business model is at risk– and it’s the innovation team’s job to tap into this belief and clearly show them how your efforts will lead to new business models and growth. Senior team not aligned or embracing. No clear definition of what innovation really means.

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Moves the Needle

APRIL 8, 2021

The purpose for the model was to help businesses think about their need to develop new revenue sources over time. At some point, the Innovation Industry co-opted the original Horizon model, confusing the definitions of the horizons. The likelihood of that happening is, of course, dependent on your definition of innovation.

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Idea Champions

AUGUST 21, 2020

Your session definitely helped us generate lots of great ideas to activate our positioning around the world." - Charlotte Oades, Director, Brand Marketing, The Coca Cola Company. ." - Joe Belinsky, Professional Development Manager, Goodyear. ZoomStorming. Idea Champions. Brainstorm Champions.

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Econic

MAY 23, 2019

It should drive your team. 80% of CEOs believe their current business model is at risk– and it’s the innovation team’s job to tap into this belief and clearly show them how your efforts will lead to new business models and growth. Senior team not aligned or embracing. No clear definition of what innovation really means.

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Jeffrey Phillips

DECEMBER 11, 2019

It's about that time of year where we begin to look back, to think about what we've accomplished and what lies ahead. I think most management teams believe they can accomplish incremental innovation in house, and they are happy with that result. Digital transformation almost goes without saying.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Rick’s article just gave me the chance to go back and review my thoughts and relate his excellent suggestions and thinking into some of the work I have written about in this area. That enables both teams to do what they do best and create a symbiotic relationship”. Reflecting and Validating.

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mjvinnovation

JANUARY 15, 2021

In this article, we will explain some important points about innovation consulting and show you what it can do for your company. These projects were performed by the MJV team and brought significant results to our clients. Fly or Die: Lean validation cycle for a new product in the telecom area. Check it out!

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