Destination Innovation

MAY 8, 2017

So before your next idea generation session try this exercise. They then make gestures following your instructions as follows: “We will be open to ideas.” “We want big ideas.” ” People stretch out their arms as far as they can. “We want many ideas.”

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Idea Champions

JUNE 27, 2016

Big thanks to Val Vadeboncoeur, Idea Champions' Director of Training, for this timely article on the importance of deferring evaluation during the ideation phase of a brainstorming session. This principle of "deferring evaluation" of ideas until later has been a bedrock principle of brainstorming ever since. You know the cure.

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The BMI Lab Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Divergent tools All the creativity tools focused on divergence try to generate as many ideas as possible during a short time span, usually a few minutes during an ideation session. A basic rule here is not to criticize or judge new ideas as they come, as negativity is probably the best way to kill any ideation.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The Importance of Fostering Innovation in Leadership Defining Innovation Culture An innovation culture refers to the values, behaviors, and norms that ensure an organization not only generates new ideas but also executes them to achieve positive outcomes.

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mjvinnovation

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

When we talk about Design Thinking , we are referring primarily to the way designers think. To list the Design Thinking tools, we need to remember that it is a process generally divided into four phases: Immersion: research to contextualize the problem. Ideation Tools. What is Design Thinking.

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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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Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

The information they gather is a necessary jumping off point for invention and ideation. Reference Doblin’s Ten Types chart and get a sense if your innovation projects are over-balanced in a particular set of types. Research into customer and market needs is essential, no doubt. Or do they hand off their report and forget about it?

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hackerearth

OCTOBER 16, 2017

In an efficient process, themes come top-down, ideas go bottom-up, funding comes top-down, and execution happens bottom-up. To read more about the process of discovery, ideation, and execution, go here.). Companies are trying to integrate idea generation as an integral part of everyday activities.

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hackerearth

OCTOBER 16, 2017

In an efficient process, themes come top-down, ideas go bottom-up, funding comes top-down, and execution happens bottom-up. To read more about the process of discovery, ideation, and execution, go here.). Companies are trying to integrate idea generation as an integral part of everyday activities.

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ITONICS

AUGUST 23, 2018

The latter is a relatively recent concept and refers to the case when an employee has an entrepreneurial acumen and starts his/her own innovation project inside the company. A company’s employees together make up one of the biggest sources for new idea generation.

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Integrative Innovation

AUGUST 1, 2014

The funnel describes the main stages and gates every idea has to pass through on its way to a product, service or business model innovation. Typically, the first stage of an innovation funnel is “ideation”, the last one “market launch”. Ideation : Ideas for innovation in products, services and business models are generated.

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ITONICS

AUGUST 23, 2018

The latter is a relatively recent concept and refers to the case when an employee has an entrepreneurial acumen and starts his/her own innovation project inside the company. A company’s employees together make up one of the biggest sources for new idea generation.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 25, 2022

If you find yourself getting stuck, you can consider using tools like scenario mapping or other “idea generating” templates designed specifically to “turn on” your design thinking mindset. For a guide to some of our favorite ideation and brainstorming methods, refer to part 5 of our design thinking series!

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Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 19, 2015

The colloquial usage of the term usually refers to music or video. Scaffolding is a term borrowed from the field of education and psychology and generally refers to an expert teacher helping students learn by providing graduated steps. Getting groups into truly generative mode is a key to successful brainstorming.

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Ecosystems4Innovating

JANUARY 23, 2024

Innovation Ecosystems: An Innovation Ecosystem refers to the network of entities, organizations, and resources that come together to foster and support innovation. The focus is on innovation, ideation and creativity as the primary goals, often within a specific industry or technology domain that combines to form these innovation ecosystems.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 16, 2016

For results in idea generation you need a system, a framework, and a wide, deep chest of tools. How can you generate great ideas with a more systemic approach to “brainstorming”? But wow, this is just the tip of the iceberg with regard to effective idea generation.

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