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The needs of Innovation Coherence

Paul Hobcraft

Sadly many innovators are simply happily working away with no specific guidelines, apart from the general remit of “we need to be more innovative”, and this lack of coherence merging from the boardroom, failing to cascade down the organisation leaves this strategic part that innovation should plan as far to vague.

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“Lean Startup, or Business Model Design, or Design Thinking?” is the Wrong Question

Leanstack

Frameworks by definition are loose scaffolding that provides structure, guidelines, and playbooks versus prescriptive processes found in methodologies. Stay tuned for more… [link] “Lean Startup, or Business Model Design, or Design Thinking?” not a methodology. while providing both. Principles guide what you do.

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The Scale-Up Canvas

Innovation Excellence

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Achieving Innovations Capability Coherence

Paul Hobcraft

This is often not the fault of the innovator happily working away with no specific guidelines, apart from the general remit of “we need to be more innovative”, it lies in the boardroom not communicating the board’s needs clearly enough down the organization. Innovation often fails to align to the strategic needs. So where do we start?

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5 Excuses of companies that don't innovate (and how to overcome them)

Moves the Needle

A culture of entrepreneurship snowballs. Form a monthly meetup (like a happy hour) for all employees interested in design thinking and lean startup ideas. By seeking to learn from customers directly through design thinking practices as we teach in our LEAP lab eCourse , we seek to understand needs and desires, pains and passions.

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5 Excuses of Companies that Don’t Innovate (And How to Overcome Them)

Moves the Needle

A culture of entrepreneurship snowballs. Form a monthly meetup (like a happy hour) for all employees interested in design thinking and lean startup ideas. By seeking to learn from customers directly through design thinking practices as we teach in our LEAP lab eCourse , we seek to understand needs and desires, pains and passions.

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Hackathons—HR’s best friend

hackerearth

It can also provide good clues on design sensibilities, presentation skills and team collaboration ability of the engineer," says Ravi Gururaj, chairman of the Nasscom Product Council. Wordsworth is an internal grammar and guideline checking tool. Community building and entrepreneurship are not the only focus areas of hackathons now.