Idea Champions

APRIL 11, 2024

Definitely solid ROI!" - Mary Ann Heenehan, Corporate Groups Development Manager, Chubb Insurance "Idea Champions helped us generate powerful new ideas and engage with such energy that six months later their impact still hasn't worn off." - Candida G.

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Leanstack

MARCH 29, 2018

Even though, his savings ran out 6 months ago, he has hit a comfortable groove using freelance consulting to keep his product development going. He had run into her at an event a few months back and learned that she had also started a new company with a few other co-workers. That, I definitely agree with. usual spot.”

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Moves the Needle

AUGUST 19, 2019

Learn more about what you can do right now to improve product portfolios and create a balance of near-term and long-term investment in new sources of growth. I enjoy the domain of innovation and product development and I think you can apply these practices across industries. Who are you? What do you do?

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etventure

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

During the last couple of years the MVP has become the holy grail of agile product development – but there are still a variety of different interpretations about what “MVP” really means. So, what is a minimum viable product, and how do you go about creating one? Understanding MVP Development . The MVP Process.

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The Inovo Group

AUGUST 5, 2019

The processes, methods and tools used for New Product Development (NPD) are insufficient for strategic innovation [1] and strategic innovation is necessary for the accelerated growth that companies demand. “You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and falling over.” Highlights.

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Legacy Innovation Group

APRIL 1, 2019

In 1991, Don Reinertsen and Preston Smith introduced the world to the "Fuzzy Front End" of product development. The following year, Peter Koen offered more structure and definition around this concept when he subsequently renamed it the Front End of Innovation, or FEI, a name that has since stuck.

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Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

They want to learn new innovation tools but want to manage innovation within the comfortable confines and predictable outcomes of existing business as usual processes. What this leads to is "me too" innovation, where the innovations are indistinguishable from existing products. Employee time is your company's most valuable asset.

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Moves the Needle

APRIL 8, 2021

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. Product development just doesn’t work that way. What Happened to the Horizon Model?

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Cris Beswick

APRIL 16, 2024

And despite innovation supposedly being a mature topic inside organisations worldwide, the number one global blocker to innovation culture is the lack of consistent definitions of innovation inside organisations! This is not merely about testing ideas but also about fostering learning. Is there a better way?’

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IM Insights

MARCH 17, 2022

15:00) CAC over LTV is fundamental to understanding product performance and analysing specific customer segments. 43:00) A perspective on Product/Market-Fit (PMF). More important than what PMF truly means, is the fact that teams and organisations have an internal definition. Elements of Product/Market-Fit are.

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Legacy Innovation Group

APRIL 1, 2019

Have you noticed that the Lean Startup concept has been getting more and more attention lately? Which is all a good thing really, as it creates the occasion for us to examine what is the "best" way to launch new brands, products, and companies. What's In Your Sandbox? Sep 04, 2014 | Anthony Mills.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 11, 2015

I suggested the best place to start the conversation is with the 21 st century definition of a startup: A startup is a temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. Startups have finite time and resources to find product/market fit before they run out of money. Lessons Learned.

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Leanstack

AUGUST 17, 2017

In my first book, Running Lean , I outlined a Problem Interview script for uncovering problems worth solving. Inspired by the Scientific Method, the search for Problem/Solution fit starts with creating a model — specifically a business model using a Lean Canvas. Problem Interview Script 1.0

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Tim Kastelle

APRIL 30, 2016

Evaluating breakthrough innovation cultures and organization s, BCG concludes in their annual 2014 study: By definition, breakthrough innovation is the introduction of new ideas that drive a different way of doing things. Similarly, about 70 percent of disruptive innovators also lean toward a more centralized approach.

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Idea Champions

JUNE 26, 2019

The best of these will guide AT&T's development for years to come." - Robert Rubin, CCS Product Development, AT&T. "As 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.

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Brainstorming Entrepreneurship Creativity LEAN 31

Corporate Innovation

DECEMBER 17, 2015

There’s nothing more wasteful than having an Innovation Outpost reporting on disruption heading for the company’s core business (autonomous vehicles, machine learning, Virtual Reality, Cloud, Internet of Things, et al.) Stage 3: Productizing the Solution to Corporate Problems. What solution are we productizing? Lessons Learned.

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Corporate Innovation

DECEMBER 17, 2015

There’s nothing more wasteful than having an Innovation Outpost reporting on disruption heading for the company’s core business (autonomous vehicles, machine learning, Virtual Reality, Cloud, Internet of Things, et al.) Stage 3: Productizing the Solution to Corporate Problems. What solution are we productizing? Lessons Learned.

Underperforming Technical Team 56

Underperforming Technical Team How To Innovation Disruption 56

Tim Kastelle

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

Lesson learned: a balanced portfolio of exploration and exploitation activities is essential for companies in order to thrive on the short and long term. If we stick to the definition above, a culture directs and rewards certain behaviors and traits being in compliance with organizational values. Open structure for collaboration.

Culture 100

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Integrative Innovation

APRIL 7, 2016

Evaluating breakthrough innovation cultures and organization s, BCG concludes in their annual 2014 study: By definition, breakthrough innovation is the introduction of new ideas that drive a different way of doing things. Similarly, about 70 percent of disruptive innovators also lean toward a more centralized approach.

Disruption 40

Disruption Innovation Survey Study 40

Boxes and Arrows

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

In 2009, I moved on to Salesforce.com, where Agile methods (including Scrum) were implemented across their entire research and development organization. Developers build whatever UI they think is appropriate while a designer is working on design iteration or testing.”. Perception of UX as less valued than development.

Agile 111

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Corporate Innovation

DECEMBER 17, 2015

There’s nothing more wasteful than having an Innovation Outpost reporting on disruption heading for the company’s core business (autonomous vehicles, machine learning, Virtual Reality, Cloud, Internet of Things, et al.) Stage 3: Productizing the Solution to Corporate Problems. What solution are we productizing? Lessons Learned.

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Boxes and Arrows

OCTOBER 12, 2015

One of the riskiest assumptions for any new product or feature is that customers actually want it. In the case of the narrow margin business, however, the buffer before going into the red is so small that going after the new business line wouldn’t make sense with anything except the most definitive signal. Expand capacity for learning.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 17, 2015

And take what it learns and regularly update the corporate engineering, strategy, VC groups and business unit heads, on technology and market shifts. Stage 3: Productizing the Solution to Corporate Problems. Is corporate willing to give both the financial and organizational support for product development in the Innovation Cluster?

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Integrative Innovation

FEBRUARY 14, 2015

Lesson learned: a balanced portfolio of exploration and exploitation activities is essential for companies in order to thrive on the short and long term. If we stick to the definition above, a culture directs and rewards certain behaviors and traits being in compliance with organizational values. Open structure for collaboration.

Culture 40

Culture Radical Innovation Innovation Underperforming Technical Team 40

hackerearth

MAY 12, 2017

There are plenty of expert definitions of innovation out there. Many of its outside-the-box experiments—LEGO theme parks, TV shows, clothing, accessories, electronic toys, learning centers, and Harry Potter- and Star Wars-based toys—failed. Lego has managed to wring sustainability by adopting the Lean startup approach.

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