Remove Design Thinking Remove LEAN Remove Management Remove Open Innovation
article thumbnail

Recognizing the Building Blocks of Innovation

Paul Hobcraft

To look forward, I would argue we always need to look back and account for the progress made in managing innovation over the years. So this post reviews many great contributors to advancing innovation over the years. These tools and techniques enable ideation, validation, design-build and scaling.

article thumbnail

Open Innovation Interview with Brant Cooper and Marco De Polo

Moves the Needle

Part of what we do at Moves the Needle is to work with large enterprise organizations on corporate innovation strategy and providing education on how to shift away from a traditional management mindset to think and act in a new way. What are some key breakthroughs you’ve experienced at Roche using Lean Startup?

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

15 most important Innovation Theories your company should be using

Idea to Value

The important aspect of the theory which most discussions ignore though is that while it is happening, management at the established companies think they’re making the right decision to let the new companies take over the low-end of the market. 10 – Open Innovation, Crowdsourcing and Idea Management.

Company 248
article thumbnail

Organize innovation to fit your strategy & culture.

Leapfrogging

Successful innovation requires aligning your innovation model to your business strategy. With lean budgets for innovation a reality at many large organizations, managers are often reluctant to allocate funding and staff to projects they perceive as risky, or that don’t help them achieve their short-term performance metrics.

Culture 130
article thumbnail

Lean Start-Up’s Newest Tool is a Game Changer for All Innovators

Innovation Excellence

Use Innovation Accounting to Drive the Metrics that Matter Most for Your New Venture or Start-Up As the field of innovation management matures, many entrepreneurs and companies have built solid capabilities in design thinking, rapid prototyping, portfolio management, open innovation, and the list goes on.

LEAN 73
article thumbnail

Cross-sector innovation ecosystem collaborations

Paul Hobcraft

Collaborations form the essence of discovery, relationships, innovation and new knowledge exchange. Some examples of interdisciplinary skills that are important in cross-sector innovation collaborations include communication, leadership, creativity, strategic thinking, and project management.

article thumbnail

Four (4) Skills That All Great Innovators Share

Innovation Excellence

I spent the majority of my adult life managing organizations and I always felt enormous pressure to innovate, but whenever I went looking for guidance, what I found was a confused jumble. Disruptive innovation, design thinking, open innovation, lean launchpads and on and on.

LEAN 69