etventure

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Friedrich Arnold, Senior Project Manager at etventure, explains how manufacturers can embrace the Lean Startup methodology as the centerpiece of their Digital Transformation. Proudly, the Head of Production explained to me: “We use Lean Production – meaning we eliminate waste from our manufacturing process.”

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Innov8rs

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Of course, innovation projects are supposed to fail in great numbers, but the idea of a corporate innovation department itself is under tremendous pressure. Too many projects lack concrete outcomes and stubbornly refuse to discuss ROI. I am a strong believer and advocate of agile, design thinking, and lean startup.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 26, 2020

The original process showed how an idea should first follow design thinking principles, before being turned into a solution using agile development, and finally being piloted and launched. As Peter Drucker famously said: What gets measured, gets managed. And this is where so often, promising innovation projects fail.

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mjvinnovation

JUNE 29, 2021

Created by IT manager Jurgen Appelo in 2010, Management 3.0 is a collaborative and humanized management model which treats the employee as the organization’s main asset. It’s a management format that draws from the same source as Lean and Agile. In this article you’ll understand what Management 3.0

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Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

This new management method makes it nearly impossible for innovation teams to fail at delivering multiple challenging innovation projects faster, with less risk and lower required budgets. Most innovation experts often say that traditional management processes are not the way to run innovation projects. And this is true.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 30, 2016

Projects, Projects, Projects. What’s quite simple about innovation is that projects are what make innovation real. Unless they are in the context of an actual project. Thinking about things is not innovation. Design Thinking is not innovation. Lean is not innovation.

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Moves the Needle

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Doing so means a new kind innovation management because the management most of us learned in school won’t quite do the trick. His very lean progressive assembly process was the result. But, when you try to innovate and create new demand using “modern management” for optimizing supply, don’t expect to be around forever.

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Integrative Innovation

MAY 3, 2014

The resonance to my recent post on integrating Lean Startup and Design Thinking features to a combined process has been stunning. A couple of days after having had published my post, Paolo Lorenzoni from IDEO confirmed the complementary nature of Lean Startup and Design Thinking.

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InnovationTraining.org

AUGUST 30, 2021

Check out our list of design thinking books to read. In today’s world, management must be two things: better and different. Find practical tools for measuring, managing, and accelerating the process, as well as strategies to reduce risk when launching something new. New Releases in 2021. Find it here. Find it here.

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Gregg Fraley

MARCH 17, 2021

The 30 minute weekly webinar features demonstrations of various facilitation tools for: strategy, challenge clarification, idea generation (aka brainstorming), problem framing, idea selection, innovation projects, and idea development, etc. Thinking Differently Takes Tools. At some point everybody needs to think differently.

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Gregg Fraley

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Innovation Intensive, Beyond Design Thinking. This essential training for leaders and project managers provides answers, and from an industry thought leader. Innovation Intensive will help you improve the effectiveness of innovation projects. Streamlined management of innovation projects.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

They may share insights on techniques for effective ideation such as design thinking, mind mapping, and leveraging technology for collaborative brainstorming sessions. Encouraging your team to think outside the box and challenging the status quo are central themes that innovation speakers address.

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Moves the Needle

AUGUST 19, 2019

In this episode, we link up with Noel Sobelman, a corporate advisor, researcher, and writer on innovation effectiveness, to discuss portfolio management. I’m excited to get a chance to dive into portfolio management with you, interdependent systems, and all this innovation goodness. Portfolio management is a discipline.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

A “lean” approach amplifies both profits and purpose. The obvious place to turn is innovation approaches such as design thinking , rapid prototyping , and open innovation. No wonder few manage to make a dent. Corporate philanthropy. Benefit corporations. Nonprofits and non-governmental organizations.

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Innovation 360 Group

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Partha Mallikarjun has more than 25 years of experience in leading, managing and delivering technology and process improvement projects in the Information Technolofy space. Some of the certifications he holds are Innovation 360 Licensed Practitioner, PMP, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and Lean Startup.

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Gregg Fraley

APRIL 22, 2019

Lack of Managment support will effectively kill any innovation program no matter how well conceived. Design Thinking alone will not guarantee success (or any other framework, Agile, Lean, etc.). If your innovation program doesn’t have a Project orientation there will be no culture change, or innovation.

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Tim Kastelle

MARCH 13, 2016

In addition to these still highly topical issues, we’d like to raise another four points which we personally foresee key for innovation management in the time to come – making no claim to completeness: Organizational Ambidexterity. It doesn’t always translate to managers, however. Who wants to be an exploiter?

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mjvinnovation

JANUARY 8, 2021

In reality, we are talking about a set of practices that should be used to manage projects and demands to adapt to changes and gain efficiency quickly. Squads, Scrum, OKRs, Kanban, and Design Sprints are just a few. Working with lean teams focused on solving a challenge brings several benefits to your project.

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Cris Beswick

APRIL 16, 2024

Still, it requires a distinct set of principles, mindsets, best practices and a specific divergence from traditional 20th-century management approaches. Risk management: Each horizon represents a different level of risk and uncertainty. Take the Double Diamond of Design Thinking for example.

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Econic

MAY 23, 2019

Unrealistic expectations of first projects Out of the gate, most organizations put too few resources on too few ideas and expect too much out of them. What makes this even more dangerous is that the further away the first projects are from the core business, the more likely they are to fail.

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Gregg Fraley

MAY 1, 2018

You will fail with: Lean, Agile, Design Thinking, TRIZ, Stage-Gate, Osborn-Parnes CPS, KILN’s FuseTrail, or a homegrown/blended framework. Creativity, and creative ideas, are essential ingredients, and, without other fundamentals , like projects and implementation — great ideas are a waste of time.

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Innovation Excellence

MAY 9, 2023

Lean forward, eyes glittering, eager to hear more Stare blankly and nod slowly Roll their eyes and sigh Wave their hands dismissively and tell you to focus on other, more urgent priorities. GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton How do people react when you say “innovation?” If you answered C, you’re in good company. Innovation is […]

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 5, 2020

I was often happy to take whatever innovation project the leadership team threw my way. Portfolio Management : Innovation cannot flourish if the leadership are exclusively focused on running and improving their core business. Beyond training, we also need to give people the experience of working on and running innovation projects.

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Econic

APRIL 10, 2018

Unrealistic expectations of first projects. What makes this even more dangerous is that the further away the first projects are from the core business, the more likely they are to fail. Instead, organizations need to look for quick wins in their first projects. Just tossing money at it. Failure to secure sustained funding.

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Inceodia

MARCH 18, 2019

You’ve gone through training or read about things like design thinking and lean startup. But somehow the project doesn’t go as smoothly as the exercises and cases studies you read through. Tell me about your project,” I said, “What does success look like in 3 months when the program ends?”

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mjvinnovation

MAY 29, 2019

Scrum Master (SM) – the person who monitors the processes or activities of the team, controlling deadlines and verifying if there is any holdback to the accomplishment; Product Owner (PO) – the team person responsible for the project and who represents the clients/stakeholders. Lean Startup. Where to apply. Where to apply.

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Integrative Innovation

JANUARY 7, 2015

Yesterday, I was quite delighted to see my post Integrating Lean Startup and Design Thinking ranked #11 of the Top 100 Innovation Posts 2014 at Innovation Excellence. “Either-or” was yesterday, today we need more integrative, “both-and” thinking. No one size fits all.

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Planview

APRIL 13, 2017

Lean is the top Continuous Improvement method. When it came to which method practitioners use to drive CI success most often, the Lean method topped the list, followed by Kaizen and Six Sigma. Project Management, Business Intelligence. Management consulting. Let’s dig in. Innovation. System for Daily Improvement.

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Econic

MAY 23, 2019

Unrealistic expectations of first projects. What makes this even more dangerous is that the further away the first projects are from the core business, the more likely they are to fail. Instead, organizations need to look for quick wins in their first projects. Just tossing money at it. Failure to secure sustained funding.

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Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 18, 2015

Here’s the thing, like the inept and psychologically damaged journalist Jimmy Olsen, even a dysfunctional company that heretofore hasn’t managed to get innovation going can start now. What’s your Kryptonite to protect you against all those who are out there, right now, thinking up ways to beat you?

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Planview

APRIL 13, 2017

Lean is the top Continuous Improvement method. When it came to which method practitioners use to drive CI success most often, the Lean method topped the list, followed by Kaizen and Six Sigma. Project Management, Business Intelligence. Management consulting. Let’s dig in. Innovation. System for Daily Improvement.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 22, 2018

94% of managers are unsatisfied with their companies innovation performance. Maybe that’s one reason why 94% of managers are unsatisfied with innovation performance? Knowledge of frameworks like Lean, Agile, CPS and Design Thinking are essential. Training Accelerates Innovation.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 28, 2018

It examines culture assessment, strategy, and on-going project management. It includes an overview of key frameworks ( Design Thinking, Agile, Lean, TRIZ, Synectics, Stage-Gate, CPS ) and their essential tools. More efficient management of innovation projects, including smarter team formation.

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Innov8rs

MARCH 4, 2023

Jeffrey believes that there are at least five constraints to the ability of organizations to innovate more than occasionally and to move from periodic, project-driven to capability-based, continuous innovation: 1. However, they may lack training in innovative thinking, creativity, and design thinking.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 19, 2017

Partly it seems executives don’t engage with their brand or business in the way that their customers do” The difference between DMAIC, DMADV, and Innovation Management (tackling a critical part of Six Sigma). It does not tell leaders how to manage their organizations” An introduction to Design Thinking for Innovation Managers.

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Innovation 360

APRIL 30, 2017

Evrim is a senior executive that has accumulated extensive experience and knowledge in innovation, strategy development and execution, business development, mergers and acquisitions, portfolio management, as well as operational excellence. Innovation Culture and Management. Change Management and Transformation. Design Thinking.

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etventure

JANUARY 5, 2017

New studies appear almost daily that aim to demonstrate the importance CEOs and managers from all sectors attach to digital transformation. You just set up a working group, launch some digital projects under the auspices of the IT department and off you go. Focusing on people is a key factor in design thinking /human centered design.

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