Jeffrey Phillips

APRIL 29, 2015

I'm led to post today by an article from Gary Hamel and Nancy Tennant in the Harvard Business Review. In it, Gary and Nancy provide a list of actions for innovation success. When I discovered this list, I rolled my eyes, because there is always another consultant providing another list of things to do in order to succeed at innovation. And those lists are always self-serving lists of tools that may support an innovation activity , but will not build an innovation competency.

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Stephen Shapiro

APRIL 29, 2015

[…] video pitches from YIC 2014 for inspiration. SIE’s Tom McGuire also introduced the finalists to Personality Poker, which quickly had people declaring ‘I’m a diamond guy’ or ‘I’m a total spade’ in an […].

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Boxes and Arrows

APRIL 28, 2015

Design research has always been about qualitative techniques. Increasingly, our clients ask us to add a “quant part” to projects, often without much or any additional budget. Luckily for us, there are plenty of tools available to conduct online surveys, from simple ones like Google Forms and SurveyMonkey to more elaborate ones like Qualtrics and Key Survey.

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Norbert Bol

APRIL 26, 2015

Based on the recent article “ Exploring the interoperability of innovation capability and corporate sustainability ” in the April 2015 edition of the Journal of Business Research, there are 8 ways to improve the interoperability of innovation and sustainability. There are: Internal necessities of an organization. Combining ethical research, conservation of raw materials and product safety in R&D activities.

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Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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Innovation 360 Group

APRIL 25, 2015

Due to radical and partly unpredicted change in consumer behaviour, the retail and FMCG industry is going through a change that is both potentially highly rewarding yet also potentially punishing. For some it is a blessing and for others it may mean a slow death. Macro key drivers, such as low interest rates (which are currently driving R&D and merger & acquisitions), and exponential technology developments are constantly increasing the rate of change, while globalisation is driving an i

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Innovation 360

APRIL 25, 2015

Due to radical and partly unpredicted change in consumer behaviour, the retail and FMCG industry is going through a change that is both potentially highly rewarding yet also potentially punishing. For some it is a blessing and for others it may mean a slow death. Macro key drivers, such as low interest rates (which are currently driving R&D and merger & acquisitions), and exponential technology developments are constantly increasing the rate of change, while globalisation is driving an i

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Comparison Innovation Marketing 40

KindlingApp

APRIL 27, 2015

The 2014 Global Innovation Index Report focused on how investment in human capital (“ a measure of the economic value of an employee's skill set ”) is critical for growth and innovation. In his intro, Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General Confederation of Indian Industry, argues that “nurturing human capital at all levels and in all sections of society can be crucial for developing the foundation for innovation.

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Innovation Leader

APRIL 27, 2015

“We’ve got what I’d call a first-generation legacy PLM [Product Lifecycle Management] system that we’re not really using…”

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