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Practical Innovation throughout the business

Jeffrey Phillips

Thus, innovation is often "too big" and too disruptive, because it is seen as a platform change, or is defined too narrowly to create real results. I happen to be a fan of the big, platform basis innovation programs, where an organization sets out to build innovation capacity as a core competency.

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Turn Ideas Into Outcomes: A Framework for Maturing Your Innovation Portfolio

Innov8rs

Innov8rs | Innovation activity is at an all-time high. From idea competitions and startup incubators to virtual whiteboards and design thinking workshops, there is no shortage of mechanisms for brainstorming what’s possible in an organization. For example, a process improvement leader in the U.S. But what happens next?

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How to Manage Innovation Exploration With the Support of an Ideation Platform

Qmarkets

In this article we will explain what considerations we make when helping companies to structure their exploration activities and explain how an innovation management platform can help with that. In this case we will use the Qmarkets platform as an example, as we have achieved some very good results applying this tool.

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Seven Innovation Fundamentals for Leaders

Gregg Fraley

You will fail with: Lean, Agile, Design Thinking, TRIZ, Stage-Gate, Osborn-Parnes CPS, KILN’s FuseTrail, or a homegrown/blended framework. Individuals and teams need to be creative in order to solve focused innovation challenges. Still, curiosity, freedom of expression, and creative thinking are essential to success.

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How to Manage Innovation Exploration With the Support of an Ideation Platform

Qmarkets

In this article we will explain what considerations we make when helping companies to structure their exploration activities and explain how an innovation management platform can help with that. In this case we will use the Qmarkets platform as an example, as we have achieved some very good results applying this tool.

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Pirates in the Navy Book Excerpt

InnovationTraining.org

I was often happy to take whatever innovation project the leadership team threw my way. And I have done it all – idea jams, hackathons, startup weekends, training workshops and innovation sprints. Leadership Support : Without explicit and visible support from our leadership, most innovation programs are dead on arrival.

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Innovation Transformation in a COVID-19 Era - part 1

Moves the Needle

Killing failed projects is a success. Embedding a Culture of Innovation In order for innovation to thrive, you need to build an environment within an organization where it is safe to experiment and fail. For example, leadership might be a market segment, or one of the back office support functions. So that's a success.