IdeaScale

MAY 26, 2021

In this article, we will talk about the challenges that come with innovating virtually and how online whiteboards can help bridge the gap between online struggles and creating digitally permanent solutions. Many of the problems that arise with digital workplace innovation are caused by the lack of a shared visual space for teams.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

Here are some strategies you might learn about: Encouraging risk-taking and learning from failure to drive progress. Implementing cross-functional teams to bring diverse perspectives to the table. Offering continuous learning opportunities to keep team members sharp and engaged.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 15, 2023

We’ve worked with various organizations across the globe so please reach out to share more about what you are working on and we may be able to make a recommendation, connection, or help you with your event or challenge. Ideate: We will conduct brainstorming exercises to generate a wide range of possible solutions to the challenge.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Frustrations with boring strategy sessions are probably why so many people visit our website looking for creative ideas on fun strategic planning exercises. We’ve previously published some fun strategic planning exercises. Strategic Planning Exercises Can Be Fun. Rearrange working groups. Plan If You Can.

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Innovation Architecture

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

What is it about the Digital Age that causes organizations to mint chiefs of all stripes in the way sheriffs from the Old West would mint deputies to join them on the posse? One other answer might be that the leadership team wants one throat to choke, should things go sideways (e.g., churn skyrockets). What is the tyro CXO to do?

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 6, 2015

People ask me frequently about why we give away so much of what The Brainzooming Group does on our website. Why Do We Give Away So Many Strategic Thinking Exercises? This is why we run compilation articles frequently to help you find a comprehensive set of resources, exercises, and tools. What to Blog About?

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Idea Champions

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Which is why I just deleted the first four compelling, context-setting paragraphs to this blog post and will now simply cut to the chase: Your company's "ideation process" is either non-existent, seriously flawed, or a joke. The following ten "ideation process best practices" are clues for you. Exercising. You're busy.

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Taivara

JULY 23, 2018

Ideation: Anatomy of a New Product Idea. That grumbling you hear in the nearby cubes isn’t always about the empty pot of coffee. That grumbling you hear in the nearby cubes isn’t always about the empty pot of coffee. In the broadest sense, we’re talking about open innovation. Taivara Blog Post by Kevin Dwinnell.

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Idea Champions

APRIL 10, 2019

Which is why I just deleted the first four compelling, context-setting paragraphs of this blog post and will now cut to the chase: Your company's "ideation process" is either non-existent, seriously flawed, or not understood by the members of your team. How might you frame the questions you want your team thinking about this week?

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Innovation Excellence

AUGUST 7, 2020

Often with ideation, so much time is spent conversing and exploring the barriers in an initial concept that the idea is never even given a chance to be explored. Stakeholder team is not galvanised and/ or aligned. The Innovation Sprint format gives a way to focus the attention on the team on a very specific problem.

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Qmarkets

JULY 22, 2021

Ideation is most successful when it is focused on the challenges that your organization is facing and/or around your business goals and strategy. This video describes Amazon’s approach to innovation and how they use their PR-FAQ format to think deeply about our customers’ needs, clarify customer benefits, and invent on their behalf.

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InnovationTraining.org

MAY 16, 2020

Use this design sprint template to effectively facilitate sprints with your virtual team. In this guide, we’ll explore a wonderful remote design sprint template from Miro and how you can use it to easily and correctly implement a design sprint with your remote team. Learn more about this process in our guide to design sprint training.

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Why not consider letting your team take control? Lastly, this exercise can serve as a teambuilding activity itself. One of our favorite activities in the workshop is to help teams create a name for themselves, along with a visual and tagline. What’s in a name? It turns out, a lot! Design Thinking for Naming.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 21, 2017

The team was wrestling with a concern voiced by the organization’s senior leader that its complete innovation portfolio wasn’t capable of yielding the financial impact he is seeking. The sense of unease among the organization’s innovation team leaders was palpable. via Shutterstock.

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 12, 2022

We used AI to identify the most frequently asked questions about design thinking. Design thinking is a problem-solving approach that involves empathy for the user, creative ideation, and experimentation to create innovative solutions. This helps to ensure that the team is working on solving the right problem.

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

In my practice several clients evaluate their ideas based on quantifiable metrics that help their innovation teams to measure the costs and the real value or impact of their solutions. Your open innovation campaign will likely generate a broad range of valuable ideas so thinking about new value creation broadly will be important. .

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Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Local economic development leaders could do this same exercise, listing local assets on one side, and new technology (or trends) on the other. Steve Jobs said innovation is about connecting the dots, and I suggest that dots are easier to connect, if there is an awareness of what dots are available to connect. It’s fun.

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Jeffrey Phillips

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Corporations assign teams without skills or experience, rapidly conduct "brainstorming" exercises based primarily on current opinion or past experience and move as quickly as possible to present a small handful of ideas to a wary executive team. Innovation teams deeply consider customer needs and emerging opportunities.

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Innovation Excellence

AUGUST 7, 2020

Often with ideation, so much time is spent conversing and exploring the barriers in an initial concept that the idea is never even given a chance to be explored. Stakeholder team is not galvanised and/ or aligned. The Innovation Sprint format gives a way to focus the attention on the team on a very specific problem.

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BrainZooming

MAY 31, 2017

I’m asking about whether you feature your employees within your branding strategy in ways that allow them to attract attention and accolades for how great it is to have them as part of your brand? Talking with a B2B company about a day-long customer program, I suggested they invite employees to fill various roles at the event.

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Be-novative

APRIL 1, 2020

These tips are from more than 500 remote collaboration and ideation workshops we have facilitated virtually. These were ideation sessions for large enterprise employees, virtual Design Sprints including startups and mentors. Conduct interviews about participants’ expectations if you want to up your game significantly.

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Be-novative

APRIL 1, 2020

These tips are from more than 500 remote collaboration and ideation workshops we have facilitated virtually. These were ideation sessions for large enterprise employees, virtual Design Sprints including startups and mentors. Conduct interviews about participants’ expectations if you want to up your game significantly.

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Idea Champions

JUNE 30, 2016

Let's also assume that you and your company are not at a loss for these BIG IDEAS -- that they regularly make their appearance via any number of ways: brainstorming sessions, early morning team meetings, or simply the spontaneous epiphanies of the wild and crazy people down the hall. Every team has its own, individual way of operating.

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Michael Michalko

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Lisa Randall professor of physics at Harvard University “Think about the big problems while working on the small ones and vice versa. On the other hand, details can reveal profound insights about larger questions. About Michael Michalko Michael has worked with clients in countries around the world. multiple times.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 29, 2017

Talking with another organization’s leaders, I started probing about their work processes. Step 3: After each team prepares its evaluation, switch the work. The right combination of outside perspectives and productive strategic thinking exercises enables your brand to ideate, prioritize, and propel innovative growth.

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Idea Champions

APRIL 23, 2017

Let's also assume that you and your company are not at a loss for these BIG IDEAS -- that they regularly make their appearance via any number of ways: brainstorming sessions, early morning team meetings, or simply the spontaneous epiphanies of the wild and crazy people down the hall. Every team has its own, individual way of operating.

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Idea Champions

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Which is why I just deleted the first four compelling, context-setting paragraphs to this blog post and will now simply cut to the chase: Your company's "ideation process" is either non-existent, seriously flawed, or a joke. How would you frame the question you want your creative team noodling on this week? Exercising.

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Qmarkets

JULY 22, 2021

Ideation is most successful when it is focused on the challenges that your organization is facing and/or around your business goals and strategy. This video describes Amazon’s approach to innovation and how they use their PR-FAQ format to think deeply about our customers’ needs, clarify customer benefits, and invent on their behalf.

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Planview

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Here are a few ideation challenge questions that we have seen from Spigit customers recently that elicited higher than average rates of contribution and that customers felt generated actionable, valuable ideas. Ideation in this context is presented as a considered and managed process, designed to achieve a specific measurable outcome.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 16, 2015

One type of innovation expert knows a great deal about innovation tools and techniques that propel ideation to new heights. Facilitating innovation ideation is an art and a science that isn’t easy to do. It’s all about the pivot- also practice. You can read about many of these innovation tools and techniques.

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Idea Champions

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Let's also assume that you and your company are not at a loss for these BIG IDEAS -- that they regularly make their appearance via any number of ways: brainstorming sessions, early morning team meetings, or simply the spontaneous epiphanies of the wild and crazy people down the hall. Every team has its own, individual way of operating.

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IdeaScale

JULY 19, 2021

In reality, design thinking is a process that overlaps with traditional innovation in many different ways, making it extremely useful for innovative ideation. If you want to learn more about how whiteboarding and design thinking impact innovation, check out our other articles here. Other teams might work in reverse.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 29, 2016

At a high-level, what we’re talking about is building organizations where employees are productive, personally fulfilled and able to respond adaptively to the dynamic work environment of a 21 st century organization. Workplace Well-being – what we’re striving for. Achieving Workplace Well-being with Innovation Management. Job Crafting.

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Planview

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Here are a few ideation challenge questions that we have seen from Spigit customers recently that elicited higher than average rates of contribution and that customers felt generated actionable, valuable ideas. Ideation in this context is presented as a considered and managed process, designed to achieve a specific measurable outcome.

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Learn more about this methodology and discover systems thinking training techniques, activities, courses, and articles below. . Systems Thinking Tools, Techniques & Exercises. This includes the Double-Q (QQ) Diagram, or cause-and-effect diagram, as well as ways to use computer-based models for ideation.

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Idea to Value

JUNE 16, 2017

Share this post with anyone who you know who wishes that they had the courage to speak up and let people know about their ideas. And this is usually also very clear to see when teams and companies are trying to generate new ideas. It is time to understand why this happens, and what we can do about it.

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Inceodia

MARCH 18, 2019

You’ve gone through training or read about things like design thinking and lean startup. Now you’re ready to innovate with your team. But somehow the project doesn’t go as smoothly as the exercises and cases studies you read through. I have worked with many teams who have come up against this barrier.

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