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Eliminating innovation unknowns - definitions

Jeffrey Phillips

These and other unknowns will haunt the team, and unless they are resolved quickly and effectively by a manager or executive, the teams will resolve them by reverting to existing norms and past experiences. Perhaps one of the simplest, and yet most important unknown to address is a definition of innovation.

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How to Select Your Best Value Innovation Project – The Secret is in a Well-Managed Product Project Portfolio!

InnovationManagement

The world of innovation has a very broad definition: It’s often referred to as an information technology innovation. How you select your best innovation project is undoubtedly a starting point! The post How to Select Your Best Value Innovation Project – The Secret is in a Well-Managed Product Project Portfolio!

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Episode 16 How to Manage Change and Create Resilient Organizations Through Innovation – Part 1

IM Insights

Kumuda introduces three specific types of innovation: [04:28] Incremental Innovation Something that often involves process improvements. 05:40] Sustaining Innovation: An effort to maintain market position. Product innovation and its role in adapting to customer needs are discussed.

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12 Types of Innovation You Should Know in 2021

IdeaScale

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. Closed Innovation.

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The "whole product" is more relevant than ever

Jeffrey Phillips

As Software as a Service and other "as a service" models demonstrate, increasingly there isn't a "product" per se, but a number of services wrapped up as a product offering. In fact the whole nomenclature may be wrong - it may be that we should be calling this the "whole solution" to move away from "product" nomenclature.

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Innovation Department Best Practices: A Talk with Peter Berger

IdeaScale

EmbraerX’s concept of a short-commute VTOL, for example, definitely pushes boundaries, but it also plays to Embraer’s strengths. The Components of a Productive Innovation Department. The company’s “unfair advantage” of having lots of experience in building aircraft gives structure to the ideation process.

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Mastering the Art: Using Organizational Culture for Business Agility and Resilience

Leapfrogging

It encompasses the values, beliefs, and behaviors that determine how a company’s employees and management interact and handle outside business transactions. Defining Your Desired Culture for Agility and Resilience Your journey towards an agile and resilient organization begins with a clear definition of the desired culture.

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