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Podcast S6E132: David Schonthal – The frictions which prevent innovation adoption

Idea to Value

In this episode of the Idea to Value podcast, we speak with David Schonthal, a Clinical Professor of Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. 00:02:30 – The four frictions which prevent innovation: Inertia, Effort, Emotion, Reactance.

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Drive Disruption with Design THINKING

Fehmida Kapadia

An hour into the activity, we take a short break to discuss what we are working on and the following conversation ensues “I am writing about design thinking” “Oh! Are you a designer?” “No, No, I am not a designer and that is exactly what I am writing about. Design thinking has become a buzzword today.

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Forget “yes but”, use “yes and” instead. 3 key lessons for (social) entrepreneurship

Board of Innovation

Let me start by introducing myself: I’m Anneleen, Design Thinking Lead at Board of Innovation. Throughout my professional career, I have repeatedly been asked: Isn’t Design Thinking just common sense? What is it that makes Design Thinking so different from other innovation approaches?

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Clarifying Design in Business Sciences: a Design Thinking Taxonomy

Open Innovation EU

The book is a one-of-a-kind taking a much needed reflective approach to leadership and a critical note towards the level of professionalism that many of us are approaching the science of management and entrepreneurship with. But that is, as this book describes perfectly, not the case at all: design thinking simply equals business science.

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The Lean Scale-Up: Innovation & Entrepreneurship for New Ventures

Open Innovation EU

Innovation is almost always focused on information, is knowledge-based, complex and customized – which shortens the time to market and increases first mover advantages. All this, calls for more organic, innovative and learning organizations that are lead by strategic leaders ( Greiner, 2004 ). Simply beautiful.

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11 Paradoxes of Entrepreneurial Thinking: why entrepreneurship can hardly be taught

Open Innovation EU

As opposed to entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial thinking is not necessarily bound to entrepreneurs (to be); it is an essential skill for ‘strengthening human capital, employability and competitiveness’ (Bacigalupo et al., Entrepreneurship. 2006) and are more likely to be created by making new and unique combinations (S.

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“Lean Startup, or Business Model Design, or Design Thinking?” is the Wrong Question

Leanstack

In order to achieve breakthrough innovation, you shouldn’t be limiting yourself to any one of these frameworks, but rather using all three…and possibly more. Think framework of frameworks While each of the frameworks above overlap, each has a specific superpower that tends to stands out above the others. Why “Continuous” Innovation?

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