Innovation Excellence

JANUARY 3, 2023

GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton You know ALL the innovation tools and frameworks: Design Thinking Lean Startup Disruptive Innovation But knowing and doing are two different things. When I first learned Jobs to be Done, it felt painfully obvious, exactly like the customer research I did for five years at P&G.

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Innovation Architecture

MARCH 21, 2018

Of late, many have embraced the practice of collaborative innovation, with its application of social media to sourcing crowds and ideas, and design thinking, with its structured approach to vetting hypotheses about new business opportunities. The lean practitioner innovates their way to True North. I love these people.

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Gregg Fraley

MARCH 17, 2021

Free Weekly Webinar of Facilitation Tools with Gregg Fraley. Every Thursday at 2 pm EST, Master Facilitator Gregg Fraley demonstrates a facilitation tool online. Thinking Differently Takes Tools. At some point everybody needs to think differently. When you ask your mind to think differently, what happens?

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Leanstack

MARCH 14, 2019

A brief history of the Continuous Innovation Framework The early scaffolding for the Continuous Innovation Framework was described in my first book: Running Lean. March 9, 2012 - Running Lean Meta-Process - Lean Canvas Continuous Innovation Framework 2.0?—?June Version History Continuous Innovation Framework 1.0?—?March

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

These exercises are designed for innovative workshops and sessions. Innovation exercises are designed to help participants find creative solutions to life’s everyday challenges. Design thinking Design thinking is a problem-solving approach that puts the user at the center of the design process.

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Innovation Excellence

MAY 23, 2017

If you are new to Value Proposition Design, think of it as the third leg of a stool consisting of Lean Startup and Design Thinking as the other legs — all three are similar in intent and each provides valuable tools, arguably with Alex’s tools being most valuable to product managers who think like product leaders — or in my words, product masters. (..)

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Innovation Excellence

OCTOBER 21, 2018

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.

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Legacy Innovation Group

APRIL 1, 2019

Lean is Dead. Long Live Lean! Twenty four years ago, James Womack, Daniel Jones, and Daniel Roos introduced our world to a modern understanding of the concept of Lean Production. Lean Production was, and still is, a profoundly powerful management philosophy for the mass production of uniform goods.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 14, 2024

These tools can help businesses systematically explore new opportunities, evaluate potential changes, and implement innovative models. It offers a straightforward way to understand, design, and pivot your business model. Here are several key frameworks and methodologies that can guide your business model innovation efforts: 1.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 11, 2022

The four interwoven catalysts are recognizing we are moving from complicated to complex ; we have different collaboration tools to be more agile and adapt, we need to adopt a clearer mindset to working in innovation ecosystems , and we need to leverage the digital transformation we have been undertaking. Digital Transformation.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

The belief that lean management principles will get the innovation out of the door quicker, has been one of those management adoptions that often trick us into believing we are achieving more than we actually are. Leans slows down and becomes increasingly burdened by fat being layered on, further down the innovation execution process.

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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.” The Proud Leader.

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Innov8rs

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Then they encounter an institutional block like a regulatory risk, branding concerns, or just the inability to purchase a $20 SaaS tool they need due to a lengthy procurement process. I am a strong believer and advocate of agile, design thinking, and lean startup.

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mjvinnovation

JANUARY 8, 2021

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. We suggest reading our ebook “Design Thinking and Agile” so that you can go deeper into this subject and understand how these methodologies work together!

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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. Design thinking software tools.

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Fehmida Kapadia

JANUARY 3, 2018

We have started integrating the agile and lean methodology (popularized by the IT industry) into our waterfall methodology (popularized by the manufacturing industry). The key tenet of agile and lean development is to quickly and iteratively build?—?test?—?learn. The Design Thinking Methodology of Empathy?—?Define?—?Ideate?—?Prototype?—?Test

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Moves the Needle

JUNE 29, 2023

However, the rise of Lean Startup methodologies, popularized by Eric Ries in his book “The Lean Startup,” brought rapid experimentation to the forefront. Rapid experimentation is a formidable tool that can help navigate this ambiguity, test assumptions, overcome biases and propel organizations toward success.

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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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Gregg Fraley

APRIL 20, 2021

If you can remember those three words, and the tools that go with them, you’re well on your way to more creative, efficient, and effective problem solving. As you learn more MCPS thinking tools, creative power grows. MCPS is a three-phase structured process of exploration, ideas, and action. Everybody is creative.

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InnovationTraining.org

AUGUST 30, 2021

Check out our list of design thinking books to read. Find practical tools for measuring, managing, and accelerating the process, as well as strategies to reduce risk when launching something new. With an innovator’s method, one can use these tools to change how ideas are created, refined, and brought to market.

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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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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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Gregg Fraley

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Innovation Intensive, Beyond Design Thinking. Design Thinking is a popular framework that is viewed as best practice, but it’s only part of the solution. New tools for digital technology integration are presented including GFi’s Digital MoshPit. Proactive tools and frameworks for addressing emerging challenges.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 28, 2016

The two I have decided to summarize are 1) Beyond Design Thinking and 2) Minimum Viable Transformation. Beyond Design Thinking. Beyond Design Thinking – reflecting on its place. What is at the heart of design thinking? This is not what design thinking should be for.

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Gregg Fraley

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Innovation Session Designs Don’t Engage. Using experiential learning tools like drawing isn’t really new in innovation process. What’s new is the hard proof, and, using tools more deliberately. What’s new is the hard proof, and, using tools more deliberately. The reason? Scaffolding.

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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. However, we tend to build strong “advocate” communities, being inclined to praise “their tool” as the most powerful one.

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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. Why is this methodology critical?

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 5, 2020

There are three main elements that intrapreneurs need to think about before they start working; Leadership Support Organization Design and Innovation Practice. Organizational Design: Beyond leadership, we also need to design our company structures to support innovation.

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Innovation 360 Group

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Background: Dr Khoh has more than 25 years of industrial experience with a wide spectrum of roles in manufacturing, design engineering, IT, 6-Sigma Black-Belt, program management, Innovation Champion and Inventor Mentor in Fortune 500 MNCs based in Malaysia and abroad. Design Thinking (Stanford d.School Thinker).

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Innovation 360

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Background: Dr Khoh has more than 25 years of industrial experience with a wide spectrum of roles in manufacturing, design engineering, IT, 6-Sigma Black-Belt, program management, Innovation Champion and Inventor Mentor in Fortune 500 MNCs based in Malaysia and abroad. Design Thinking (Stanford d.School Thinker).

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 5, 2017

When you step back and recognize all the different advancements we have making in designing tools and frameworks, in understanding innovation, it holds promise. What we design in organizations is far too rigid and not highly adaptive and that is the not reflecting the needs we are facing in our more volatile markets today.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 19, 2017

It does not tell leaders how to manage their organizations” An introduction to Design Thinking for Innovation Managers. “The key today is to think like a designer in the way you lead, explore, create and innovate” Some were provided before this over the last year or so, but I feel are worth exploring. .

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Innovation Excellence

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Properly used, a business case embodies the essential learning and planning derived from Lean, Design Thinking, and similar approaches to product development. It is not a documentation exercise, but a tool for collaborative learning and communicating the justification for a product concept. Continue reading →

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Gregg Fraley

JUNE 15, 2019

I call it the Hero Tool. ” What I mean is you could use Improv problem solving tools with Agile, Lean, Design Thinking, or CPS. But that’s hard to do, you need new thinking tools to get there. CEO’s and c-suite leaders need accelerant-tools to think differently, and faster.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 10, 2017

That's because as more companies try more innovation, more tools are vetted, more methods explored and exposed. Worry less about tools and more about culture Too many new innovators worry about finding and learning one tool or methodology that becomes their mantra.

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 6, 2016

Where does design thinking, lean management, the early thinking to focus more on changing the business model come in? These need to be deliberately designed into your innovation process, not used in a random, ad-hoc approach or as sideshows. We lose precious time as we should be forward looking.

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Innov8rs

MARCH 4, 2023

It goes without saying that innovation beyond incremental innovation requires new and different approaches, concepts, tools, and ways of thinking. Efficiency Optimization Organizations have eliminated risk and variance in their operations through rightsizing, outsourcing, lean, and agile. In other cases, they're misused.

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