InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

I’ve been interested in the growing space of self-assessments for design thinking and innovation. I was curious to see if our AI tool could create a self-assessment people could take to assess themselves on their design thinking behaviors, mindset and practices.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Through a blend of strategic planning sessions, team-building activities, and reflective exercises, a well-designed offsite can unlock new perspectives, ignite creativity, and lay the groundwork for transformative growth. The two key components of structuring your offsite are the agenda design and the planning of breakout sessions.

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Strategy Strategy Technical Review Groups 130

IdeaScale

JANUARY 30, 2018

In 2011, EY and GreenBiz Group conducted a survey of executives employed by companies generating revenue greater than $1 billion. Why not start by using design thinking to start solving those problems? As we’ve discussed in a previous blog post, design thinking is a six-phase process that puts people in focus.

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CMOE

OCTOBER 18, 2023

A workplace culture of learning is becoming increasingly important as organizations strive to keep up with the ever-changing business landscape. Creating a learning culture encourages employees to refine old skills and develop new ones to help them perform their jobs better and contribute to the organization’s success.

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Christensen Institute

OCTOBER 26, 2023

In July 2023, our team published “ People-powered pathways: Lessons in how to build students’ social capital through career-connected learning.” In the report, we describe successes and challenges in bringing social capital–building strategies to a variety of educational settings.

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Christensen Institute

JUNE 8, 2022

This piece is authored by Becky Klein-Collins, VP of research and impact at the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) , an organization that’s been a leader in advocating for Credit for Prior Learning (CPL) for nearly 50 years. Click here to learn more about CAEL and its mission. Why shouldn’t that credit count?

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

In this guest post, learn how to effectively implement a virtually-led design thinking project. Design thinking is a hot topic for business these days, and it’s no surprise. McKinsey & Company research shows that “Design-led organizations realize 10% more revenue than ones that aren’t.”

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Christensen Institute

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

As members of the media have bemoaned the tragic results of students on the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)—also known as the nation’s report card—many have been all too willing to jump into the game of who is responsible. Their time-based nature means that they were, in fact, built to embed failure for the majority.

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Artificial Inteligence Design Report Learning 115

Business and Tech

MARCH 21, 2022

Limeade research shows the biggest predictors of participation include a caring culture, communication, listening and learning, and leader involvement. They may also report trusting organizational leadership and feeling the company supports work-life balance and flexibility. A caring culture can be represented in many ways.

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Business and Tech

DECEMBER 6, 2021

A recent data report by SCORE , mentors to America’s small businesses found that hiring the right talent is the No. 1 challenge facing small business owners, with nearly two-thirds reporting unfilled job openings within the past six months. To learn more, visit SCORE.org. What do small businesses need right now? Finding support.

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Technical Review Report Survey Resources 130

Christensen Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In July 2023, our team published “ People-powered pathways: Lessons in how to build students’ social capital through career-connected learning.” In the report, we describe successes and challenges in bringing social capital–building strategies to a variety of educational settings. You make it part of the everyday experience.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Higher Employee Engagement Teams that work collaboratively often report higher levels of engagement and job satisfaction. Better Learning Opportunities Team members can learn from one another, acquiring new skills and knowledge that contribute to professional growth.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Leaders who have undergone emotional intelligence training often report improved self-awareness, which is foundational to understanding one’s impact on others. Organizations might employ self-report questionnaires, 360-degree feedback, or performance appraisals, which provide insights into the leaders’ emotional competencies.

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Learn how to get those creative juices flowing with tools such as: Google Docs Visual Thesaurus Coggle and more. Read more about how to design your innovation strategies taking globalization into consideration. Crowdsourcing vs. Focus Groups: A Comparative Review. Is Your Office Design Stifling Creativity?

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Brainstorming Crowdsourcing Conference Product Development 173

Christensen Institute

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

As reporter Linda Jacobson noted in the article, online learning has long been used in schools for subjects they couldn’t otherwise offer. The practice is one in which the teacher of record delivers whole-class learning virtually, and an in-person monitor—often a substitute teacher—tracks behavior and ensures students do their work.

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Christensen Institute

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Tyton’s report, “ School Disrupted ,” estimates a 9% nationwide decrease in district public school enrollment between spring 2021 and spring 2022—a time when most schools had reopened after a period of remote instruction. Parents said they were dissatisfied with districts’ lack of personalized learning experiences. Click To Tweet.

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Idea to Value

JULY 1, 2020

10 people write 10 reports in 10 hours. If you hire 10 more people how many reports will all 20 people write in the same time? Performance management in practice means dividing people into two groups, the judges and the judged. According to Parkinson’s Law it’s still 10.

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InnovationTraining.org

JUNE 30, 2022

Professor Jeanne Liedtka (author of Designing for Growth among other excellent books on design thinking) is one of the most respected researchers, teachers and practitioners of design thinking out there. Human-Centered approaches to innovation like design thinking are trending (and needed). Individual and Team Assessment.

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Innovation Design Thinking Report Design 82

Innovating4Energy

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Innovating through Ecosystem thinking and designs So many success stories, specifically across different industries, rely on collaborations and co-creations from essential ecosystem design and thinking. I do not doubt that ecosystem thinking and design will form an even more prominent part of the energy transition in 2024 and beyond.

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Collaboration Industry Design System 52

Christensen Institute

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In July 2023, our team published “ People-powered pathways: Lessons in how to build students’ social capital through career-connected learning.” In the report, we describe successes and challenges in bringing social capital–building strategies to a variety of educational settings.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 24, 2023

That group should possess a deep understanding of the existing organization’s strategy, business models, operations and culture and a wider appreciation of the innovation landscape, the “fields of opportunity” and the emerging practices of innovation management.

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Innovation Programs Technical Review Innovation Policies 189

Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 27, 2018

I have written a fair amount about the new innovation era, offering a view on its future design. One that is jumping to a fresh cycle of innovative design. We are in the middle of it, some of you may not have noticed its impact and change but it is significant on the understanding of innovation, in it’s future design.

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ImagineNation

JUNE 3, 2019

In the same way, new platforms, products and services, business models and other emerging creative surprises are, disrupting the learning game. To also develop the skills required to surmount future challenges, so what then, is the role of continuous learning? The world has turned upside down. Mismatch between supply and demand.

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Learning Entrepreneurship Agile Disruption 40

Boxes and Arrows

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Subsequently, leaflets are heavily regulated in the way they need to be designed, written, and produced. Adding to the design challenge is the fact that the guidelines for how medicine information leaflets are designed changes from country to country, and the guidelines are often vague. Possible Design Improvements.

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Design Guidelines Software Review Creativity 111

Innov8rs

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

From idea competitions and startup incubators to virtual whiteboards and design thinking workshops, there is no shortage of mechanisms for brainstorming what’s possible in an organization. Gartner reported that organizations with a portfolio-level approach to measuring and reporting innovation drive more efficient growth.

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Software Review Innovation Programs Project Innovation 105

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 23, 2018

There has been an awful lot to absorb when it comes to skills and how organizations need to be designed for the future. The number of helpful reports, observations and suggestions are constant and becoming overwhelming to translate effectively. A brief summary but I would recommend reading their report. Is this focus wrong?

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Christensen Institute

APRIL 21, 2022

As I heard a school leader say in a focus group last fall, pushing for innovation is like “trying to remodel your kitchen when your living room is on fire.”. An early look at the data made one thing clear: One urgent reason schools are innovating is to design solutions to the problems most often faced by marginalized students and families.

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Christensen Institute

DECEMBER 21, 2023

As we wrap up 2023, we’re looking back on a great year’s worth of learning and connecting with many of you. This year, we deepened our work with three national intermediaries working across 20 career-connected learning sites to launch social capital pilots. AI is making networking and social skills more critical.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 8, 2015

As part of my job, advising others on all things swirling around innovation, I invest significant time in researching, learning and applying what I feel is important to others, so as to understand or at least to raise their awareness to changing practices, thinking or approaches. But not all thought leadership is equal.

Learning 100

Learning Leadership Technical Review Artificial Inteligence 100

Christensen Institute

MARCH 22, 2022

The last two years have been tough for K–12 schools and educators, but these challenging times have not been without their bright spots—and there’s much to learn from them. The Prepared Project report notes that the schools studied for the project spent years before the pandemic developing their shared visions of 21st century success.

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Technical Review LEAN Culture Agile 89

Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

IRENA’s Innovation Landscape report highlights innovations in enabling technologies and explored explicitly in the following briefs, where you go automatically to the download: Utility-scale batteries. Also, IRENA produced a substantial main Innovation Landscape report. The Emissions Gap Report has been produced annually since 2010.

Technology 162

Technology Report Policies Innovation 162

Leapfrogging

APRIL 12, 2024

Written communication: Crafting clear and concise emails, reports, and presentations. To learn more about the role of these skills in leadership, consider exploring emotional intelligence for leaders. Non-verbal communication: Using body language and facial expressions to convey information.

Leadership 100

Leadership Underperforming Technical Team Training Engagement 100

Cris Beswick

APRIL 16, 2024

They are not always intentional or by design. The three horizons Multi-horizon thinking requires leaders to extend their strategic vision beyond the usual quarterly reports and look towards the future across three essential timelines or ‘horizons’: short-term (1-2 years), mid-term (3-5 years), and long-term (5-10 years).

Innovation 59

Innovation Culture Creativity Disruption 59

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

This journey of decarbonization can be a journey over many years, and this is where having a very highly focused group focusing on technology innovation will significantly help make the transitions needed, hopefully in a well thought through structured way. And you are finally taking out carbonization fully.

Technology 215

Technology System Innovation Design 215

Christensen Institute

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In July 2023, our team published “ People-powered pathways: Lessons in how to build students’ social capital through career-connected learning.” In the report, we describe successes and challenges in bringing social capital–building strategies to a variety of educational settings.

Learning 64

Learning Resources Policies Groups 64

Innov8rs

APRIL 7, 2024

during a recent Innov8rs Learning Lab. By designing processes and strategies that acknowledge the importance of a genuinely sustainable product portfolio, companies can begin to address the nuanced demands of their target markets. Sustainability has shifted from the fringes of corporate strategy to a key driver for innovation.

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How To Engagement Innovation Groups 59

Qmarkets

JULY 21, 2017

Digital design teams are their natural counterpart, driving innovation on a more personal level. Innovation centers and digital design teams: quick definitions. Innovation programs are typically designed to improve established methods of business or operational procedures. How can you bridge the gap, using them both in unison?

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