A digital transformation strategy aims to create the agile capabilities of fully leveraging the possibilities and opportunities of new technologies and their impact faster, better and in more innovative way in the future. MORE
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You don’t get to see these better options in your mind’s eye without having a positive outlook, yet not every vision survives contact with reality; ideas need to be challenged. Be the one who will find ways to make it work. MORE
Premise: Not a day goes by when I dont hear someone complain about yet another meeting that they need to attend and how it is such a waste of time, money and effort. You can read more about this and how he ran these meetings here. refuses to be informational. MORE
How a company allocates its resources defines its strategy. But it’s tricky business to allocate resources in a way that makes the most of the existing products, services and business models yet accomplishes what’s needed to create the future. How will the customer benefit? MORE
It’s always a bit dangerous to be “inspirational.” ” The problem is that inspiration doesn’t always lead to action – and that’s what we ultimately want. Despite all the awards, DtM couldn’t find anyone to build their incubator. MORE
Once you've understood the four quadrants of the innovation model - steady growth, productivity gain, industry leadership, game change -, you'll need a plan to conquer your own Daily Innovation Zone. This means also learning how to create game changing innovation with minimum cost and risk. MORE
That and GPS, drones, self-driving cars, computer mouse, voice recognition and a host of other innovations that started as military projects and then made their way to society. With a reputation as an innovator of the highest order, how does DARPA stay innovative? MORE
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But how do you execute them? OK, you’ve got a great idea, but do you know how to refine an idea? How do you turn the ore of a great idea into the gold of a finished concept, product, or service? Some ideas are ambitious and may take a lot of effort for you to reach. So, look at where you are, and then ask yourself where you have to be to pull off this idea. How do you get from concept to execution? Ideas are easy. MORE
When the work is new, it all comes down to learning. And with learning it all comes down to three questions: What do you want to learn? What actions will take to learn what you want to learn? How will you decide if you learned what you wanted to learn? MORE
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Everyone is looking for the magic pill to change the risk-reward ratio of innovation, but there is no pill. Though there are some things you can do to tip the scale in your favor. Problem solving is the key to innovation, and all problems are business problems. No-To-Yes. MORE
Everyone can be, there are things we all have that enables us to be creative and see what no one else sees; we just have to put them into use. In a recent interview Marc Andreessen, co-founder of A16z, laid out a few ideas on how to shape an innovative mindset : Mental model innovation. MORE
In this environment, people and companies that survive and thrive are those who know how to learn ; fast. Notice I said “who know how to learn”, this is key because you can’t adjust course based on your own point of view if you don’t. MORE
As an innovation manager, you don’t want to see this happen, and ultimately you are in the driving seat when it comes to taking action to steer the program on track, others are unlikely to do it. MORE
As we’ve discussed before , once you’ve arrived at a clear decision, it is critical to act on the decision. Too many ideas reach decision, only to lay fallow without action. To this end, we recommend the following best practices: Specify each decision or conclusion. MORE
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But how can each organisation’s collective intelligence be harnessed and focused to continuously find new ideas and deliver sustainable results? The post How to really use your organisation’s collective intelligence appeared first on www.exago.com. MORE
And yet, we still try to use the tried-and-true toolbox of certainty even after it’s abundantly clear those wrenches don’t fit. the only real answer is a description of the next thing you’ll try to learn. “We When doing creative work, there’s immense pressure to be done on time. MORE
The post How to map costs for your innovation path to growth appeared first on Exago. In our economic environment, connecting innovation and strategic cost-cutting becomes relevant for all companies, both incumbent and challengers. MORE
Understanding areas where you need improvement is vital to helping you predict the challenges you may face as you help your organization move toward more regular innovation practices. Assessments also establish a baseline to which progress can be measured. MORE
The author of Future Shock, he warned us almost 50 years ago about the effects of change and our unpreparedness to address it. Alvin Toffler passed away in June 2016 at the age of 87. MORE
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We don’t need more ideas, we need a way to choose the best one or two ideas and run them to ground. If it’s not important enough to make a crude physical prototype and create a simple video, the idea isn’t worth a damn. Next, get the band back together to watch the Box 4 videos. MORE
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Much like living organisms continually evolve to secure their place in the future, technological systems can be thought to display similar evolutionary behavior. Viruses mutate so some of them can defeat the countermeasures of their host and live to fight another day. MORE
Considering how difficult it is to achieve this perfection, we strive for an equally worthy goal of continuous improvement—to generate economic growth that is socially inclusive. How can inclusive innovation help address inequalities? MORE
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With creativity, the leading thinking says the most important thing is to create many of ideas. When asked to generate many of ideas, the thinking goes, the team lets go of their inhibitions and good ideas slip through their mental filters. MORE
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We don’t need more ideas, we need a way to choose the best one or two ideas and run them to ground. If it’s not important enough to make a crude physical prototype and create a simple video, the idea isn’t worth a damn. Next, get the band back together to watch the Box 4 videos.
Mike Shipulski
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Everyone is looking for the magic pill to change the risk-reward ratio of innovation, but there is no pill. Though there are some things you can do to tip the scale in your favor. Problem solving is the key to innovation, and all problems are business problems. No-To-Yes.
Rmukesh Gupta
AUGUST 2, 2017
Premise: Not a day goes by when I dont hear someone complain about yet another meeting that they need to attend and how it is such a waste of time, money and effort. You can read more about this and how he ran these meetings here. refuses to be informational.
Mike Shipulski
JUNE 22, 2016
When the work is new, it all comes down to learning. And with learning it all comes down to three questions: What do you want to learn? What actions will take to learn what you want to learn? How will you decide if you learned what you wanted to learn?
Speaker: Greg Satell, Innovation Advisor, Speaker and Author
For his upcoming book, Mapping Innovation, Greg Satell has researched how people and organizations successfully innovate. In this session, you will learn: The 6 steps you can use to build an innovation playbook that works for your organization.
Game-Changer
APRIL 24, 2017
Everyone can be, there are things we all have that enables us to be creative and see what no one else sees; we just have to put them into use. In a recent interview Marc Andreessen, co-founder of A16z, laid out a few ideas on how to shape an innovative mindset : Mental model innovation.
Exago
AUGUST 3, 2017
Once you've understood the four quadrants of the innovation model - steady growth, productivity gain, industry leadership, game change -, you'll need a plan to conquer your own Daily Innovation Zone. This means also learning how to create game changing innovation with minimum cost and risk.
Exago
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From building consumers’ loyalty through to establishing new partnerships, improving products and identifying more business opportunities – open innovation can bring companies remarkable benefits. The post How to create valuable open innovation ecosystems appeared first on www.exago.com.
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NOVEMBER 14, 2017
As we’ve discussed before , once you’ve arrived at a clear decision, it is critical to act on the decision. Too many ideas reach decision, only to lay fallow without action. To this end, we recommend the following best practices: Specify each decision or conclusion.
Speaker: Jeffrey Phillips, Senior Consultant, OVO Innovation
Which partners and how many? By taking a strategic approach to open innovation, you’ll find the right ideas or partners more effectively, and you’ll accelerate new products to market more quickly. How to communicate direction and goals to partners and the outside world.
Faisal Hoque
JUNE 16, 2018
A digital transformation strategy aims to create the agile capabilities of fully leveraging the possibilities and opportunities of new technologies and their impact faster, better and in more innovative way in the future.
Game-Changer
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That and GPS, drones, self-driving cars, computer mouse, voice recognition and a host of other innovations that started as military projects and then made their way to society. With a reputation as an innovator of the highest order, how does DARPA stay innovative?
Mike Shipulski
MAY 25, 2016
How a company allocates its resources defines its strategy. But it’s tricky business to allocate resources in a way that makes the most of the existing products, services and business models yet accomplishes what’s needed to create the future. How will the customer benefit?
Mike Shipulski
OCTOBER 25, 2017
And yet, we still try to use the tried-and-true toolbox of certainty even after it’s abundantly clear those wrenches don’t fit. the only real answer is a description of the next thing you’ll try to learn. “We When doing creative work, there’s immense pressure to be done on time.
IdeaScale
MARCH 6, 2018
Crowdsourcing has been judged to be one of the most impactful, but least used digital hacks by organizations by Gartner. And one of the questions that we receive every so often is how to correct for voting bias. Voting isn’t the only way to gather crowd feedback.
Speaker: Paul Campbell, VP of Innovation, Schneider Electric
We are excited to have Paul Campbell, an expert in corporate entrepreneurship with tenure at industry-leading companies, covering some of the strategies and tactics he has repeatedly used to transform corporate innovation programs.
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It’s always a bit dangerous to be “inspirational.” ” The problem is that inspiration doesn’t always lead to action – and that’s what we ultimately want. Despite all the awards, DtM couldn’t find anyone to build their incubator.
Game-Changer
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You don’t get to see these better options in your mind’s eye without having a positive outlook, yet not every vision survives contact with reality; ideas need to be challenged. Be the one who will find ways to make it work.
IdeaScale
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
But how do you execute them? OK, you’ve got a great idea, but do you know how to refine an idea? How do you turn the ore of a great idea into the gold of a finished concept, product, or service? Some ideas are ambitious and may take a lot of effort for you to reach. So, look at where you are, and then ask yourself where you have to be to pull off this idea. How do you get from concept to execution? Ideas are easy.
Exago
JANUARY 11, 2018
The post How to map costs for your innovation path to growth appeared first on Exago. In our economic environment, connecting innovation and strategic cost-cutting becomes relevant for all companies, both incumbent and challengers.
Speaker: Soren Kaplan, Founder of InnovationPoint
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Imagine that we’re trying to build a startup called ScotchFinder – it’s like AirB’n’B, but for Scotch! Our first hypothesis often looks like this: We believe that: people will be happy to share their rare scotch with others.
IdeaScale
JANUARY 17, 2017
Understanding areas where you need improvement is vital to helping you predict the challenges you may face as you help your organization move toward more regular innovation practices. Assessments also establish a baseline to which progress can be measured.
Digital Tonto
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In this environment, people and companies that survive and thrive are those who know how to learn ; fast. Notice I said “who know how to learn”, this is key because you can’t adjust course based on your own point of view if you don’t.
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With creativity, the leading thinking says the most important thing is to create many of ideas. When asked to generate many of ideas, the thinking goes, the team lets go of their inhibitions and good ideas slip through their mental filters.
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But how can each organisation’s collective intelligence be harnessed and focused to continuously find new ideas and deliver sustainable results? The post How to really use your organisation’s collective intelligence appeared first on www.exago.com.
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Your team should be the people who want to be there. Every great idea had a string of brilliant minds behind it, from those who design the concept to those who execute it. So how do you build the best possible innovation team? To start, you need people who want to be there.
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