Idea to Value

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Innovation projects often fail because innovation teams, management, leadership and operations are not aligned on what success actually looks like. And one of the most important ways to have facilitate this in your projects is to ensure you have clarity and alignment from the very beginning on what the definition of success is for all teams.

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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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Steve Blank

JULY 30, 2014

I’ve been spending some time with large companies that are interested in using Lean methods. Two methods, Design Thinking and Customer Development (the core of the Lean Startup) provide the tactical day-to-day process of how to turn ideas into products. .

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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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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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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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Innov8rs

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

From Design Thinking to Autonomous Innovation In the 1990s, design thinking emerged, prioritizing empathy and iterative prototyping for user-centric solutions. To create a product for GenZ, Unilever worked with specially designed AI to analyze 6,000 perfume ingredients with 3.5 million potential combinations.

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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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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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mjvinnovation

MARCH 13, 2019

She is the woman of the moment and can teach you a lot about agile project management! She is the woman of the moment and can teach you a lot about agile project management! In this article, in besides knowing better the Japanese sensation of the present, you will see what lessons she can bring us about agile project management.

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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. And this is where so often, promising innovation projects fail. As Peter Drucker famously said: What gets measured, gets managed.

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Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 24, 2019

Do Purpose First, Select a Framework, Then Do Projects. If everyone else is jumping off the Design Thinking bridge shouldn’t we? Just kidding, Design Thinking can be a good choice, as can Agile, or Lean, or your own blended system. Using a structured innovation framework is a project success factor.

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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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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 2, 2021

Use these templates to design and plan better meetings, events, and agendas. In our previous innovative meeting guide, we discussed how to design and build innovative innovation meetings that both inspire and accomplish your organizational goals. Lean Coffee: Focused Meetings Template. project meeting. board meeting.

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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. Thus, if you hope to move the needle appreciably, you’ll need to design and validate an engine that will accelerate growth over time.

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InnovationTraining.org

AUGUST 30, 2021

Check out our list of design thinking books to read. This book by Nathan Furr covers tips and techniques learned from design thinking, innovation, and the lean startup business model which has grown in popularity in the last few years. The Lean Startup. New Releases in 2021. Find it here. Find it here.

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Gregg Fraley

APRIL 20, 2021

Accelerate the Momentum of Work and Life Projects With Focused Creativity. MCPS perfectly complements innovation frameworks like Design Thinking, Agile, and Lean, and quality frameworks like Six Sigma. A highly creative new method for solving difficult problems. Improvisation works for problem solving AND comedy.

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Innovation Excellence

JANUARY 22, 2019

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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

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. REGISTER NOW.

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Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

I replied “you need to be thinking about project cycles and measures.” I added my punchline, “because if you’re not doing projects you’re not doing innovation.” Not Design Thinking?” My “projects” reply is a cocktail party answer. ” “What!

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Cris Beswick

APRIL 16, 2024

They are not always intentional or by design. Tools like ethnography, human-centred design, and empathy mapping aren’t mere buzzwords—they are vital methodologies that enable businesses to craft customer value propositions that resonate deeply with their target audience. Take the Double Diamond of Design Thinking for example.

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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 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. Based in Dayton, NJ, USA.

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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. GFi guarantees its work.

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Gregg Fraley

APRIL 22, 2019

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. Lack of Managment support will effectively kill any innovation program no matter how well conceived.

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Imaginatik

JULY 22, 2016

Having “the usual people” working on an innovation project is a surefire way for it to fall into committee and go nowhere. In many cases, you can postpone large, highly deliberative decisions by breaking development efforts into smaller, modular decision points. Bungle team composition.

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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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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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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 5, 2020

I was often happy to take whatever innovation project the leadership team threw my way. There are three main elements that intrapreneurs need to think about before they start working; Leadership Support Organization Design and Innovation Practice. This is a lesson I learned from making many mistakes in my own work.

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Moves the Needle

DECEMBER 17, 2015

His very lean progressive assembly process was the result. The Toyota Production System largely grew out of this dilemma, attempting to leverage the “leanness” of Ford’s production system is a world of increasing complexity and market differentiation. Projections are based on past experience. This is Lean Startup.

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Gregg Fraley

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Innovation Session Designs Don’t Engage. Sunni Brown , Dave Gray , Dan Roam, and yours truly all use experiential learning tools in innovation projects. Facilitators need to adopt experiential learning tools in their sessions designs. Innovation Session Designs Need More Variety. The reason? Do Improv games.

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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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mjvinnovation

JUNE 29, 2021

It’s a management format that draws from the same source as Lean and Agile. refers to the third generation of project management models, considered more suited to current business requirements in the context of Digital Transformation – toting more agile, lean, and modern management values. What is Management 3.0?

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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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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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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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