Idea Champions

APRIL 13, 2024

How many online sessions are included in a Free the Genie engagement? They can be an ad hoc group from your organization who have been invited to explore a new challenge, goal, or opportunity. We have worked with many companies engaged in highly technical pursuits. How long is each session? 75-90 minutes. Why only four?

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Gregg Fraley

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Seven Idea Generation Fails. I might be getting to old to hold back on saying this about ideation, aka idea generation, aka brainstorming. Based on my experience, about 80% of idea generation doesn’t work. Brainstorming is all group work. Again, this is about engagement with the topic.

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Brainstorming Idea Generation Ideation Training 52

Innovation Excellence

APRIL 14, 2020

It promotes disinhibition, reduces prejudice, encourages cross-disciplinary teamwork and co-creation, helps groups with very different profiles to speak the same language and achieves a level of engagement that drives participants to go one step further. To start an innovation project. To optimise creative sessions.

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Creative Thinking Training Innovation Innovation Processes 53

Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 1, 2018

Discover Ideas for Long Term and Tactical Innovation Projects. Chicago, IL, August 1, 2018 — The MoshPit Innovation Service is an innovation project discovery service marketed by GFi (Gregg Fraley Innovation). Ideas for innovation projects emerge from the intensive sessions. GFi guarantees its work.

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Technology Internet of things Ideation Artificial Inteligence 50

BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

They help groups (or an individual) efficiently explore many more opportunities and ideas than they otherwise might. Three groups rotated through posters focused on their shared services organization’s internal branding. That meant more than forty perspectives from which to generate ideas for potential behaviors.

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Strategic Thinking Exercises eBook Groups 73

Gregg Fraley

OCTOBER 1, 2020

My consultancy has been maxed out during Covid19 with two primary engagements. The dynamic engagement included Zoom, Stormz, telephone calls, texts, and exchanged documents. The team cranked out 320 ideas, wrote up 20 as elaborated concepts with mini-plans, and we roadmapped innovation projects for the next three years.

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Roadmap Technical Review Technology Innovation Processes 98

Qmarkets

OCTOBER 14, 2018

Leading automotive manufacturer Hyundai Motor America launched its BIG (Better Idea Generator) campaign – driven by Qmarkets innovation management software. This 12-month campaign incentivizes participants to contribute innovative ideas that have potential to impact the company’s key strategic priorities in positive ways.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 19, 2017

The first group are recent ones providing a really good depth to them. Partly it seems executives don’t engage with their brand or business in the way that their customers do” The difference between DMAIC, DMADV, and Innovation Management (tackling a critical part of Six Sigma).

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Innovation 360 Group

MAY 18, 2020

Applying the same process to tackle different projects regardless of their characteristics and which horizon they are in. Expecting the same type of return from projects in different horizons. The response is often to prioritize projects, but this can compound the problem and often worsens the delays. That isn’t the reality.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Below are some examples that illustrate how AI is being incorporated: Idea Generation : AI-powered tools can suggest design options based on previous successful projects and current design trends. Behavior Analysis Machine Learning Quantitative analysis of user engagement patterns.

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Design Thinking Artificial Inteligence Design Analysis 140

eZassi

JANUARY 4, 2023

Collaborate across disciplines and product lines while supporting change management and the human factors which ultimately increase the probability of success of the project. Who will take action to prioritize the project which will best grow our innovation portfolio? This is an idea “Generator.”

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Jeffrey Phillips

MARCH 20, 2015

But what we should be asking, in much the same way the "lean startup" folks are asking about bare essentials and "minimum viable products", is: what is the minimum investment it takes to make my (team, product group, line of business, company) more innovative? It does not start and end with idea generation.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Leading automotive manufacturer Hyundai Motor America launched its BIG (Better Idea Generator) campaign – driven by Qmarkets innovation management software. This 12-month campaign incentivizes participants to contribute innovative ideas that have potential to impact the company’s key strategic priorities in positive ways.

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Idea Generation Software Innovation Crowdsourcing 40

Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

I replied “you need to be thinking about project cycles and measures.” I added my punchline, “because if you’re not doing projects you’re not doing innovation.” My “projects” reply is a cocktail party answer. Is your organization doing continuous projects? ” “What!

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hackerearth

DECEMBER 26, 2017

While producing new ideas might not be difficult considering how frequently ideas come and go, producing great ideas often requires some inspiration and implementing some scientifically proven techniques of ideation. It’s time to let go of conventional, boring idea generation tactics. Wishful thinking.

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hackerearth

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Let’s look at some companies who have been driving immediate successes, engaging employees effectively, responding fast to cost pressures, shortening the time-to-market, and showing a significant rate of innovation. Check out how the idea generation and project roadmaps here.).

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Open Innovation Company Crowdsourcing Innovation 91

Gregg Fraley

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The group got fully engaged and there was very little “storming.” Facilitation skills make a big difference in innovation projects. Apparently this group had a history of conflict (which I knew about). Participants used rented iPads and only occasionally went to flip charts.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 7, 2015

I personally find this solution has not worked as well as intended, as they, the internal consulting team, over time, get sucked into issues detracting them from being the internal force of change, desperately trying to influence the leadership but eventually ending up as being allocated specific projects as project overseers or implementers.

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Innovate2Grow Experts

MARCH 8, 2019

This is the second in a series of four blogs on Quantum Idea Generation 2.0. First, it is about innovation in its broadest meaning – whenever you need ideas to make something that exists better and/or to develop something entirely new. Here is a brief review of Quantum Idea Generation 2.0.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Colruyt Group is a great case in point. Its rapid expansion from a small, family-run wholesale goods business in 1928 into a multinational conglomerate with 30,000 employees, can be attributed in part to the creative – and ingenious – ways it has crowdsourced ideas from employees. Eef: Sure, no problem! Qmarkets: Great.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Since the 2004 publication of James Surowiecki’s highly influential book, The Wisdom of Crowds , the idea that large groups of people can be smarter than a few individuals, no matter how brilliant, has been gradually gaining prominence in academic circles, business communities, and public opinion.

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Idea Champions

JUNE 26, 2019

Here's what Idea Champions' clients have to say about the value they've received from engaging our brainstorm facilitation services. Through your brainstorm facilitation, we gained more than 100 original ideas of high quality. Extremely engaging and enlightening brainstorming sessions" - Karen Lazan, Marketing Director, Pfizer.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The Enexis Group finds itself in an industry prime for innovation stagnation; well-established solutions, a workforce often resistant to change, and heavy regulation on procedures and costs, means that spontaneous innovation is not something that can happen easily. How have you handled innovation and specifically idea management in the past?

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Open Innovation EU

APRIL 19, 2017

A few weeks ago entrepreneur Valer Pop, CEO of LifeSense Group told his startup story to us at the High Tech Campus. After having a successfull career at Holst Centre, Valer decided to start his business with just a small idea: solving unwanted urine loss. The Methods Lab: Research Toolkit (not online anymore, former EU-project).

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Jeffrey Phillips

JULY 18, 2016

If you ask for ideas, ask for them in specific areas of the business, either to drive new revenue or dramatically cut costs. People are already implementing dozens of small, incremental ideas every day. In these cases, it's typically true that they will rally around more disruptive idea generation, since they do incremental a lot.

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CREATORS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

External Innovation Unit External Innovation Unit Corporates can create an external unit which legally belongs to the company but works independently and is therefore often technically structured as a research subsidiary, an external incubator or an investment group but not as an integral part of the organizational structure.

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ITONICS

AUGUST 23, 2018

The Corporate R&D unit coordinates activities on a company-wide basis and keeps all product and process innovations transparent in an overarching project management system. Wacker furthermore honors the work of its researches with different Group-wide R&D awards. Stay tuned!

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Technical Review Innovation Software Review Leadership 44

Qmarkets

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The Enexis Group find themselves in an industry prime for innovation stagnation; well-established solutions, a workforce often resistant to change, and heavy regulation on procedures and costs, means that spontaneous innovation is not something that can happen easily. But this wasn’t engaging and employees were left dissatisfied.

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Ideation Innovation Engagement Management 52

Qmarkets

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The Enexis Group find themselves in an industry prime for innovation stagnation; well-established solutions, a workforce often resistant to change, and heavy regulation on procedures and costs, means that spontaneous innovation is not something that can happen easily. But this wasn’t engaging and employees were left dissatisfied.

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Innovation Engagement Management Change 52

Strategos

MARCH 1, 2018

Metrics help managers make informed decisions based on objective data, which is especially valuable given the long-term nature and risk associated with some innovation projects. Process metrics – address those variables that affect the movement of ideas through the pipeline process. Download the pdf version of this article.

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Guidelines Innovation Innovation Programs System 45

Qmarkets

JANUARY 7, 2020

A group of blind villagers are informed that an Elephant has been captured. Each is invited to feel a separate part of the creature to get an idea of its shape. Discover How You Can Engage Your Employees in Your Total Innovation Strategy ! 2. Nurture a Creative Culture Maintaining employee engagement is critical for TIM.

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Idea Generation Innovation Management Management Culture 52

ITONICS

AUGUST 23, 2018

The Corporate R&D unit coordinates activities on a company-wide basis and keeps all product and process innovations transparent in an overarching project management system. Wacker furthermore honors the work of its researches with different Group-wide R&D awards. Stay tuned!

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Technical Review Innovation Software Review Leadership 28

Wazoku

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Companies like Lloyd’s , Oracle , Cisco, SAS, UTS and Allen & Overy all use Innovation Labs – be it to connect with smaller start-ups, test technologies, or to foster ideas and thinking. In any group of people, no matter what teams, region or like-mindedness they might be – you’re going to find opinions greatly differ.

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hackerearth

AUGUST 2, 2017

In the discovery phase, innovation experts can help with web scouting, market research, ethnographic studies, technology or design research, workshops, boot camps, empathy maps, and journey mapping to generate ideas. Capabilities related to project management. Startups can turn to incubators at the ideation stage.

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Integrative Innovation

MAY 2, 2017

They observe that the transfer rate from the promising ideas generated in the vehicles mentioned above into substantial business is too low. Project development and construction. Work in this Peer Group will start in the next few weeks. If you would like to join this group of fine companies, please drop me a line.

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Idea Champions

APRIL 11, 2024

Brush, Chair: Entrepreneurship Division, Babson College "The Idea Champions team brings a creative, energetic and fun approach to idea generation.

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Brainstorming Training Ideation Idea Generation 26

Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 30, 2019

Comprehensive Immersion Course for: Innovation Project Managers, Teams, Executives, Facilitators. Send new project leaders, managers, facilitators, and essential innovation team members. Two key areas of instruction are essential project management steps and the “how-to” of innovation facilitation. Cycle metrics.

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Design Thinking Training Ideation Course 9