Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 28, 2023

Greater use of artificial intelligence and machine learning to automate tasks and provide more intelligent recommendations. More use of gamification techniques to encourage participation and engagement among employees. More emphasis on data analytics and reporting to help companies better understand and track their innovation efforts.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

By stepping away from daily operations, you and your team can focus on long-term goals, engage in deep discussions, and forge stronger bonds. To assist you in crafting a focused agenda for your offsite, you might find valuable guidance in how to design and run a strategic planning offsite.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

A positive organizational culture can lead to improved employee engagement, higher levels of innovation, increased agility, and better adaptability to change. Learn how to make the most of your culture in this regard by visiting our insightful piece on leverage organizational culture for greater business agility and resilience.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

Culture Quality Impact on Performance Impact on Innovation Positive Increased employee productivity Enhanced creative problem-solving Negative Reduced efficiency Stifled new ideas and approaches Innovation, a critical driver of business growth, thrives in cultures that promote risk-taking, learning from failure, and open communication.

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InnovationManagement

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

In this article, we will look at how to identify and understand employee contributions, and learn how to work with idea generators, evaluators, and activators. The post Why Your Employees Are the Key to Recovery appeared first on InnovationManagement.

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InnovationManagement

MAY 12, 2020

Knowledge management improves organizational processes through a variety of different practices, and enhances learning, which can increase both follower engagement and personal development. This article presents the two key steps of successful knowledge management that can be implemented by company executives.

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Gregg Fraley

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Experiential Learning Accelerates Innovation. Innovation Session Designs Don’t Engage. New Study: Drawing is the Fastest, Most Effective Way to Learn. I read with interest an article stating that drawing accelerates learning. They don’t know how to scaffold a learning experience. The reason?

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 6, 2024

This strategic approach enables teams to apply experiential learning towards creative problem-solving, thus driving the organization forward. Learn more about the synergy of these concepts in our comprehensive guide on high performance leadership teams through psychological safety & experiential intelligence.

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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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Qmarkets

AUGUST 31, 2017

Qmarkets' Innovation Standard Operating Procedures (SOP): In this series, we will present different guidelines on how to bring innovation theory to practice. This week, we take a look at Employee Engagement - the benefits of employee engagement and how to successfully create employee engagement in your organization.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

With AI’s predictive analytics, machine learning algorithms, and natural language processing, leaders and innovators are unlocking new potentials in understanding user needs and market trends. Iterative Learning : AI learns from each interaction, continually refining the design process.

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Innovation 360 Group

MAY 18, 2020

In this post we will cover how to: Cut your development cycle time and free up working capital. Fill up your pipeline with new, vetted ideas. Thinking about how to invest in the different horizons is like investing in the stock market. Use a non-linear ideation process to form ideas generated into ‘big ideas’.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Curious : Exhibiting a strong desire to learn and understand more. Encouraging a Mindset of Continuous Learning Continuous learning is the bedrock of innovation. Leaders who prioritize learning are more likely to introduce innovative ideas and solutions.

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 13, 2021

Equally, many within organizations where innovation is left more ‘open’ do run the risk that there is an over-emphasis on idea generation; by placing the emphasis point further along the innovation value chain that we must remember that it is exploring the benefits that flow from ideas, not the ideas alone.

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InnovationTraining.org

JANUARY 10, 2023

In this article we will: Explore how we can use VR (virtual reality) during the different steps of the design thinking process. Teach you how to design a VR workshop using an app called Zoe Immersive. In the “Ideate” step, VR could be used as a collaborative tool to facilitate brainstorming sessions and idea generation.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 19, 2017

The first one shown, you could argue is more introducing the concept of mapping not explaining how to go about it and point to a recognized authority on this. It does not tell leaders how to manage their organizations” An introduction to Design Thinking for Innovation Managers.

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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. There are three things you should know about how I want to help you with this series of blogs. 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.

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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. Also partly because the lessons of how it ought to be done have simply never been learned.

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 13, 2021

Equally, many within organizations where innovation is left more ‘open’ do run the risk that there is an over-emphasis on idea generation; by placing the emphasis point further along the innovation value chain that we must remember that it is exploring the benefits that flow from ideas, not the ideas alone.

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Tullio Siragusa

AUGUST 15, 2022

Many companies have leap frogged ahead during down cycles because they planned not only how to survive, but more importantly on how to thrive. The idea generation phase involves various possible solutions, then the designers start prototyping, gaining feedback, and ongoing iterations. What Is a Recession?

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Michael Michalko

APRIL 13, 2022

Creative Corner Provide a special area for people to engage in creative thinking. Stock the area with books, videos on creativity, as well as learning games and such toys as beanbags and modeling clay. Let’s Do Lunch Encourage weekly lunch-time meeting of three to five employees to engage in creative thinking.

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Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

I've been asked a number of times, by companies large and small, how to create an innovation capacity that lasts. Executives need to talk about innovation, but also engage in innovation, check in with direct reports, better yet, go do some innovation work. Make it easier to take risks, to experiment, to test ideas and hypotheses.

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Michael Michalko

APRIL 13, 2022

Creative Corner Provide a special area for people to engage in creative thinking. Stock the area with books, videos on creativity, as well as learning games and such toys as beanbags and modeling clay. Let’s Do Lunch Encourage weekly lunch-time meeting of three to five employees to engage in creative thinking.

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Innov8rs

MARCH 26, 2023

The question then arises, how can corporates open up the strategy-making process without losing control? She engaged in a process called “Radical Listening” by talking to about 400 people in the area and asking a simple question: what would it take for you, as the guardians of the rainforest, to protect it?

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Wazoku

JULY 24, 2017

Although the terms “crowdsourcing”, “open innovation” and “ideation” can sound complex and novel, they are merely new methods of engaging larger crowds to gather ideas and input. Public and private organisations are increasingly seeking to engage with employees, suppliers, partners and local, national and global communities.

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Idea Champions

APRIL 7, 2017

If you have a big conference coming up and want to make sure it is has major impact, Idea Champions can help. We design and facilitate conferences that make a big difference -- memorable events that are totally engaging, enjoyable, and radically increase the odds of your conference outcomes sustaining over time. Here's how we do it: 1.

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Wazoku

AUGUST 17, 2018

However, managing ideas across various geographies and departments is increasingly difficult and all too often, valuable ones get lost, lack drive, and never see the light of day. We’ve compiled a list of the worst and worryingly, most common mistakes in idea management, with advice on how to get it right this time.

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Michael Michalko

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

CREATIVE CORNER Provide a special area for people to engage in creative thinking. Stock the area with books, videos on creativity, as well as learning games and such toys as beanbags and modeling clay. LET’S DO LUNCH Encourage weekly lunch-time meeting of three to five employees to engage in creative thinking.

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Planview

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

When the metamorphosis includes an innovation platform, leaders are typically left to determine not only how to leverage the solution, but also how to measure its impact. According to Planview’s recent research, a large number—44 percent—of innovation program managers aren’t tracking the ROI on actionable ideas at all.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 16, 2020

In this exclusive interview, we sat down with Michiel Van Dam – DSO Architect at Enexis – to hear how the company has implemented a strategic approach to operational innovation, and embedded this across the varied divisions that make up the organization. But this wasn’t engaging and employees were left dissatisfied.

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Strategos

JANUARY 11, 2017

Deep and broad engagement unlocks hidden potential, and the payoff from front line innovation is better alignment, faster action, and improved results. Your employees need to learn to develop their own new perspectives about your customers, market, and company. Focus innovation on issues of importance. grow revenue by 20%).

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Legacy Innovation Group

APRIL 1, 2019

He later evolved it into a broader model involving opportunity identification, opportunity analysis, idea generation, idea selection, and concept definition — much of what has today come to be known as Innovation Management. In both cases, the work being described was work that preceded the formal product development process.

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Idea Champions

JULY 8, 2020

This is the work of Idea Champions. We help people see what they already have, but don't know how to access. What follows is a brief summary of how we do this. Open-mindedness, listening, idea generation, original thinking, full engagement, and the kind of commitment that drives meaningful change.

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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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Michael Michalko

MARCH 3, 2017

Provide a special area for people to engage in creative thinking. Stock the area with books, videos on creativity, as well as learning games and such toys as beanbags and modeling clay. You might even decorate the area with pictures of employees as infants to suggest the idea that we’re all born spontaneous and creative.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 30, 2019

It will focus on how to get initiatives started and how to avoid common pitfalls and mistakes that impede project success. Leaders need to learn the basics, then step up and make it happen,” said Jason Williams, assistant director of the Society of Innovators. Innovation doesn’t just happen. Gregg Fraley Innovation (GFi).

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 16, 2020

“Our employees have the best ideas for how to improve their own work and needed a dedicated tool to handle this process. We now ask for their ideas and let them discuss, and grow their ideas in a transparent and constructive manner. But this wasn’t engaging and employees were left dissatisfied. What’s your secret?

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