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Five Magic Imagination Guidelines

Gregg Fraley

Five Magic Imagination Guidelines. It occurs to me that most people have the desire, deep down, to use their imagination more — but have no idea how. You hear it so often that it becomes one of those things that you really don’t think about it. I believe that many of us actually fear our own imagination.

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The 10 Commandments of Effective Brainstorming

Gregg Fraley

The Sins That Ruin Idea Generation. ” Well, you bother because you need ideas. The original guidelines of brainstorming (defer judgment, quantity of ideas, build on ideas, combine, etc.) Stretch the idea generation work out over a week or more. It’s okay to hate Brainstorming.

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Elevate Your Innovation Management Capability With ISO 56004 Assessment

PlanBox Innovation

To be successful, organizations must be able to effectively manage their innovation processes, from idea generation to commercialization. Level 3 is the ideal level for organizations to reach from an innovation management standard perspective in terms of compliance with ISO 56002 Guidelines and the upcoming ISO 56001 Requirements.

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Taming Blue Sky Ideation: Collecting Ideas that are Both Novel and Valuable

IdeaScale

I frequently hear from some clients the desire or need to hold “general” or “blue sky” campaigns. “We Just submit the idea and we will decide if we can make it happen.”. In two blog entries, I provide guidelines to help you go broad, avoid pitfalls, and collect ideas that are valuable and relevant to your organization.

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How to Solicit Employee Ideas Using the IdeaScale Platform

IdeaScale

Actively soliciting ideas, surfacing new ones, discussing the process, making it easy to find ideas, and offering ways to organize ideas in the front and back end will all help bring more creativity to the fore. Yet, for idea generation, in particular, you need to bring everyone to the floor. Get Organized.

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The Role of Innovation in New Product Development: Three Approaches for Success

Qmarkets

FFE is the starting point of NPD and is where new product ideas are generated before entering the formal development process. Developing a strategy here is key in creating an efficient and cost-effective idea generation process, but how should you approach this?

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Getting started with Innovation Metrics

Strategos

Many companies struggle with creating and implementing innovation metrics because the whole idea of measuring innovation seems complex, cumbersome and generally daunting. Process metrics – address those variables that affect the movement of ideas through the pipeline process. INPUT – PROCESS – OUTPUT.