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Innovation needs the power of completing the 4th Industrial Revolution

Paul Hobcraft

Then innovation can finally play its true part in discovering, leveraging and delivering new value and impact. We have to recognize the days of simple product innovation are dwindling. There are so many opportunities for innovation well beyond products and services. Seeking out a highly collaborative approach. deployments.

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Innovation cannot expand without the 4th Industrial Revolution

Paul Hobcraft

this reluctance to embrace a new digitally connected world is feeding the “seeds of destruction” Customers expect rapid response, reduced delays, tailored designs and greater engagement. We have to recognize the days of simple product innovation are dwindling. There are increasing use cases being built and shown.

Industry 213
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The Case for Dual Innovation

Tim Kastelle

Two-thirds of all breakthrough innovators stated that all innovation and product development is controlled and driven by a centralized organization, at least in its initial stages. More than 70 percent have a different organizational entity for managing radical innovation. (…). Source: Accenture.

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Successfully Merging Theory and Practice in your Innovation Program

Qmarkets

This often resulted in over engineered solutions that practitioners had a hard time to use. On the other side you had the experts – think of Coopers and Edgett, Clayton Christiansen, Henry Chesbrough and Jay Doblin, theorizing and promoting new approaches to innovate. Engaging the staff.

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Venturing Activities in Corporate Innovation: Types, Features and Success Factors

Integrative Innovation

Corporate Venturing , i.e. corporate engagement in external and internal ventures, plays an evermore critical role in fueling the innovation engine of larger companies. Most of those activities have a non-incremental innovation focus in nature, commonly targeted at. digitalizing products, services or operating models).

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Why platforms and ecosystems matter for innovators

Jeffrey Phillips

I thought it would be interesting to take a step back and place the discussion of ecosystems and innovation in context by examining the history of innovation, to demonstrate why ecosystems and platforms become important as a market or industry matures, and why innovators must engage ecosystems and platforms as they compete in a market.

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The Case for Dual Innovation

Integrative Innovation

Two-thirds of all breakthrough innovators stated that all innovation and product development is controlled and driven by a centralized organization, at least in its initial stages. More than 70 percent have a different organizational entity for managing radical innovation. (…). Source: Accenture.