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2 Super Smart Ways to Catalyze Innovative Success

BrainZooming

An article in The Wall Street Journal by Paul Ziobro shares an report on how toy manufacturers, including Mattel and Hasbro, are accelerating their new product innovation processes. This is a fruitful way to identify innovation opportunities customers can’t clearly articulate. Involve Customer-Facing Employees.

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How internal innovators win the game

Innovation Excellence

Unfortunately, too many corporation’s investment practices measure the return on individual innovations rather the return on the portfolio of innovations. That said, mathematically, you further multiply your options for innovation if you also fall in love with other problems. If you measure revenue from new products (e.g. %

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Gartner Research Insights: 5 Innovation Hacks to Boost your Digital Return

Qmarkets

If "Dedicated Metrics" was one of the most important insights to arise from the interviews Gartner held with the CIO's, this is THE most important insight: Once you’ve got the knack of the above and other successful techniques, build a program that drives repeatable, productive innovation practices.

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How internal innovators win the game

Innovation Excellence

Unfortunately, too many corporation’s investment practices measure the return on individual innovations rather the return on the portfolio of innovations. That said, mathematically, you further multiply your options for innovation if you also fall in love with other problems. If you measure revenue from new products (e.g. %

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Gartner Research Insights: 5 Innovation Hacks to Boost your Digital Return

Qmarkets

If "Dedicated Metrics" was one of the most important insights to arise from the interviews Gartner held with the CIO's, this is THE most important insight: Once you’ve got the knack of the above and other successful techniques, build a program that drives repeatable, productive innovation practices.

Survey 40
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Fear of Failure and Lack of Speed In a Large Corporation

Steve Blank

As I sat with Bob and his innovation team, I realized that all of Acme’s new product innovation initiatives were being held to the same standard as those of existing products. But running a Lean Startup inside an organization designed for execution is an exercise in futility.

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Improvement vs Innovation: Which Is Better For your Business?

Qmarkets

Innovation requires creative thinking, imagination, and risk-taking. When you’re trying to come up with new ideas, you can use brainstorming techniques such as mind mapping, free association, and ideation exercises to help you generate a broad range of ideas. Another approach to innovation is using internal and customer feedback.