Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

It propels companies forward, allowing them to adapt in rapidly changing markets and to respond effectively to evolving customer needs. The correlation between innovation and growth is evident in organizations that prioritize and nurture their innovation capabilities. Decision Making Making choices that drive business success.

Culture of Innovation 113

Culture of Innovation Culture Leadership Innovation 113

Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 22, 2018

Why then is corporate America so woefully undertrained in innovation fundamentals? Energy is Not Enough, Get Training in Innovation . When I step into a room to facilitate a strategy, innovation, or idea generation session I usually find a great deal of energy. It’s not enough to know a market white space.

Training 48

Training Idea Generation Innovation Creative Thinking 48

Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 8, 2017

When I step into a room to facilitate an innovation, strategy, or idea generation session I always find a great deal of energy. Inexperience in: the kind of divergent thinking necessary to innovate, in specific meeting behaviors and facilitation skills, and in innovation process, approaches and frameworks.

Training 62

Training Creative Thinking Creativity Innovation 62

Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

You can’t innovate without an exploratory learning process. Deliberately embracing learning — as part of the innovation process — can lead to better ideas and improved innovation results. So, let me explain my thinking. Domain Knowledge is an Innovation Pre-requisite.

Ideation 85

Ideation Learning Innovation Exercises 85

Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

But innovation is more than survival, it’s the heart beat of an organization. Staying in business means reinventing as markets shift. In this inspirational speech Gregg Fraley answers the Why Innovation question, and informs as to what innovation means to you and your group. Making innovation a continuous effort.

Design Thinking 51

Design Thinking Innovation Project Idea Generation 51

Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 1, 2018

Discover Ideas for Long Term and Tactical Innovation Projects. Chicago, IL, August 1, 2018 — The MoshPit Innovation Service is an innovation project discovery service marketed by GFi (Gregg Fraley Innovation). Ideas for innovation projects emerge from the intensive sessions.

Technology 50

Technology Internet of things Ideation Artificial Inteligence 50

Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

I added my punchline, “because if you’re not doing projects you’re not doing innovation.” Not Design Thinking?” After a bit of gab about projects, Design Thinking, and other industry buzzwords, I promised to get back to him with a more thoughtful answer — and then I changed the topic!

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Project Training Design Thinking Innovation 74

Gregg Fraley

MAY 1, 2018

For results, leaders need to foster innovation fundamentals and integrate them into organizational culture. More structure is needed as fundamentals take hold, and that means an innovation process framework. This series of posts on innovation fundamentals is not about frameworks. Culture is key.

Innovation 70

Innovation Culture Creative Thinking Design Thinking 70

Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 30, 2016

Guided visualizations are not innovation. Design Thinking is not innovation. Creative Problem Solving is not innovation. DeBono’s Six Thinking Hats are not innovation. Lean is not innovation. Prototyping is not innovation. Crowd sourcing or Open innovation are not innovation.

Project 50

Project Big Data Innovation Brainstorming 50

Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

And most people know that innovation is more than just an idea. Innovation means having a new concept which is an answer for a need or a solution to a problem, and successfully transforming the idea into a solution which will lead to market success. The creative process and the innovation process.

Creative Process 40

Creative Process Idea Management Creativity Management 40

Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

And most people know that innovation is more than just an idea. Innovation means having a new concept which is an answer for a need or a solution to a problem, and successfully transforming the idea into a solution which will lead to market success. The creative process and the innovation process.

Creative Process 40

Creative Process Idea Management Creativity Management 40

Wazoku

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Coming backdown to earth this thought piece builds on Fostering Innovation with technological solutions – Part 1 and takes a much more tactical drill down into the growing market of innovation management solutions and who to watch out for, as well as the wider innovation ecosystem and harnessing the crowd to best effect.

Technology 40

Technology Software Artificial Inteligence Idea Management 40

hackerearth

OCTOBER 16, 2017

For survival, innovation is almost obligatory (Drucker, 1999). An innovation process “connects upstream idea valuation to downstream production and release to market.” Once a well-defined innovation strategy that aligns with business goals is in place, the next step will entail managing it effectively.

Innovation Management 40

Innovation Management Technical Review Management Software Review 40

hackerearth

OCTOBER 16, 2017

For survival, innovation is almost obligatory (Drucker, 1999). An innovation process “connects upstream idea valuation to downstream production and release to market.” Once a well-defined innovation strategy that aligns with business goals is in place, the next step will entail managing it effectively.

Innovation Management 40

Innovation Management Technical Review Management Software Review 40

Qmarkets

JANUARY 7, 2020

This strategy could be advancing digital transformation, adapting to a changing market, restructuring an organization to accommodate expansion, or any other large-scale objective. As such, PMI implemented an innovation management platform to align all departments and reshape company culture to address this radical goal.

Idea Generation 52

Idea Generation Innovation Management Management Culture 52

Econic

MAY 23, 2019

As the idea progresses, looking at the solution becomes the important driving force in decision making. What key metrics suggest customers want this solution over others in the market? How big is the Total Addressable Market for this solution? Innovation needs structure. Is this solution unique and radically effective?

How To 98

How To Innovation Innovation Programs Project 98

Integrative Innovation

AUGUST 1, 2014

The funnel describes the main stages and gates every idea has to pass through on its way to a product, service or business model innovation. Typically, the first stage of an innovation funnel is “ideation”, the last one “market launch”. These may come from inside the company or from outside (open innovation).

Technical Review 67

Technical Review Radical Innovation Innovation Marketing 67

Econic

APRIL 10, 2018

As the idea progresses, looking at the solution becomes the important driving force in decision making. What key metrics suggest customers want this solution over others in the market? How big is the Total Addressable Market for this solution? Innovation needs structure. Is this solution unique and radically effective?

How To 109

How To Innovation Innovation Programs Project 109

Econic

MAY 23, 2019

As the idea progresses, looking at the solution becomes the important driving force in decision making. What key metrics suggest customers want this solution over others in the market? How big is the Total Addressable Market for this solution? Innovation needs structure. Is this solution unique and radically effective?

How To 83

How To Innovation Innovation Programs Project 83

Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 30, 2019

Innovation Training. “Innovation Intensive, beyond Design Thinking” Public Course* With Master Trainer Gregg Fraley. Comprehensive Immersion Course for: Innovation Project Managers, Teams, Executives, Facilitators. Approaches to the new challenges of Digital Technology Innovation are discussed.

Design Thinking 9

Design Thinking Training Ideation Course 9

Open Innovation EU

OCTOBER 11, 2017

It has been a while since Henry Chesbrough coined the term Open Innovation and formulated it’s definition: “combining internal and external ideas as well as internal and external paths to market to advance the development of new technologies.” It has become a main topic of research within design thinking.

Open Innovation 85

Open Innovation Crowdsourcing Innovation Collaboration 85