Innovation Excellence

APRIL 14, 2020

Gamification can help at different phases in the innovation process. These benefits are particularly important when it comes to ensuring success in creative thinking and innovation. At what stage in an innovation process can you bring in gamification? To start an innovation project.

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Creative Thinking Training Innovation Innovation Processes 53

Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 22, 2018

Training Accelerates Innovation. 94% of managers are unsatisfied with their companies innovation performance. 70% of CEO’s see innovation as a key driver of growth. Why then is corporate America so woefully undertrained in innovation fundamentals? Energy is Not Enough, Get Training in Innovation .

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 12, 2021

The Fortune 1,000 work innovation process like mad. However, elaborate innovation frameworks slow things down. Time to consider a Fractional Chief Innovation Officer (CINO) to load up that innovation punch. Speed and momentum matter in innovation, even more so to smaller firms. That lowers risk.

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Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 24, 2019

Without a Clear Purpose, Innovation Drifts Off Course. Innovation Leaders sometimes get it backwards. In the innovation space there is endless discussion about frameworks. Using a structured innovation framework is a project success factor. The best innovators organize their efforts around projects. Which is best?

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 7, 2015

Shifting Radically the Innovation Business Model. I have been spending some significant time on questioning the current innovation business model, from both the customers (clients) perspective and the innovation consultants’ one. For me, the process and management of innovation really does need to be definitely questioned.

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Innovation Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Processes 100

Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Traditionally the Innovation funnel is a stage-gate process that organizations use to define their approach to ideation. Businesses that adopt this usually start off by narrowing down their challenges, gathering ideas around them, reviewing said ideas, and then implementing them.

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Ideation Technical Review Trends Innovation 98

Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Traditionally the Innovation funnel is a stage-gate process that organizations use to define their approach to ideation. Businesses that adopt this usually start off by narrowing down their challenges, gathering ideas around them, reviewing said ideas, and then implementing them.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

Innovation leaders are faced with a very tough challenge, charged with both driving leadership in the traditional corporate sense, but also with facilitating internal innovation, or intrapreneurship, among their subordinates. Innovation carries inherent risk. Meeting the Challenge. Skill One: Risk Management.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

Innovation leaders are faced with a very tough challenge, charged with both driving leadership in the traditional corporate sense, but also with facilitating internal innovation, or intrapreneurship, among their subordinates. Innovation carries inherent risk. Meeting the Challenge. Skill One: Risk Management.

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Gregg Fraley

OCTOBER 4, 2018

If you’re in the Chicago or Denver areas, check out these innovation training course offerings. Gregg Fraley Innovation (GFi) is offering three public courses in late October and early November. Innovation Intensive, Beyond Design Thinking. A truly innovative culture? Streamlined management of innovation projects.

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Wazoku

DECEMBER 20, 2018

A culture of innovation is more than a buzzword. Many organisations struggle to first define what makes a culture innovative, let alone build an innovative culture. WHAT DEFINES THE CULTURE OF AN INNOVATIVE ORGANISATION? Innovating inherently suggests taking risks, and we know organisations can be risk-averse.

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Econic

MAY 23, 2019

The biggest challenges in corporate innovation and how to navigate them Corporate innovation is hard. More and more, we’re seeing innovation programs close their doors after only a few years, with few senior leaders in the organization recognizing any real value from their efforts. Vision & Leadership 1.

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Gregg Fraley

MAY 1, 2018

Innovation Fundamentals for Leaders. Invest in Frameworks, But First, Establish a Culture Where Innovation Thrives. For results, leaders need to foster innovation fundamentals and integrate them into organizational culture. More structure is needed as fundamentals take hold, and that means an innovation process framework.

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Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Innovation is Learning. For many years I kept the concepts of innovation and learning in separate boxes. I thought innovation was creating new things of value, and, learning was understanding new things. I now believe that learning and innovation are joined at the hip. Domain Knowledge is an Innovation Pre-requisite.

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Ideation Learning Innovation Exercises 85

Idea to Value

MARCH 18, 2016

I spoke to 15 of the world’s leading innovation experts to get their definition of “innovation” The variety in their responses may surprise you. The ultimate definition of innovation. Innovation is truly a confusing buzzword which many people love to hate. Introduction. Nick Skillicorn. David Burkus.

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Econic

APRIL 10, 2018

The biggest challenges in corporate innovation and how to navigate them. Corporate innovation is hard. More and more, we’re seeing innovation programs close their doors after only a few years, with few senior leaders in the organization recognizing any real value from their efforts. Vision & Leadership.

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Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Why and How are Billions in Potential Innovation Left On The Table? Innovation is Fresh Combinations . Fresh combinations of technologies, processes, materials, people, trends, concepts, and other factors are what creates innovation. How much innovation is being left on the table by ignoring cross-domain concept blends?

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ITONICS

MAY 14, 2018

Innovation. Nevertheless, many market participants still face the enormous challenge of figuring out the blend of all necessary elements and the right mix for a successful innovation process. Even fewer have persistently developed and implemented habits and processes that foster sustainable innovation.

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Company Technical Review Software Review Innovation 57

Econic

MAY 23, 2019

The biggest challenges in corporate innovation and how to navigate them. Corporate innovation is hard. More and more, we’re seeing innovation programs close their doors after only a few years, with few senior leaders in the organization recognizing any real value from their efforts. Vision & Leadership.

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Strategos

MARCH 1, 2018

Getting started with Innovation Metrics. It seems an oxymoron to some that, a process as spontaneous and creative as innovation can and should be measured. Metrics are essential to track and guide the development of your innovation system. Metrics are essential to track and guide the development of your innovation system.

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Values Centered Innovation

MAY 6, 2017

Part 3 of 3: Talent Development as an enabling force for innovation campaigns. Innovation campaigns are great for near-term impact and results. They get ideas into the pipeline for evaluation and possible implementation. Enable innovation throughout the entire organization. Attract and develop human capital.

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ITONICS

AUGUST 23, 2018

Spotting efficient sources for different types of innovation is a challenge for innovation leaders. We took a closer look at the most important sources of innovation in large companies: The Leadership. Corporate Innovation Board, Chief Innovation Officer, or other senior executives.

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Technical Review Innovation Software Review Leadership 44

Leapfrogging

MARCH 4, 2024

Introduction to Design Thinking Design thinking has become a cornerstone methodology in the worlds of innovation, business strategy, and product development. The Evolution of Design Thinking in Business Design thinking has evolved from being a creative process into a robust strategic tool.

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Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

Nine Questions CEO’s Should Ask About Innovation. He’d asked me what I did and when I told him I was an innovation consultant, his eyebrows raised. I added my punchline, “because if you’re not doing projects you’re not doing innovation.” Are people empowered to innovate? ” “What!

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ITONICS

AUGUST 23, 2018

Spotting efficient sources for different types of innovation is a challenge for innovation leaders. We took a closer look at the most important sources of innovation in large companies: The Leadership. Corporate Innovation Board, Chief Innovation Officer, or other senior executives.

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Technical Review Innovation Software Review Leadership 28

Stephen Shapiro

MAY 15, 2018

You can create an environment where everyone can contribute to your company’s innovation efforts… How do you structure your innovation teams? If you are like most companies, you put your most creative people in a room to develop ideas who then hand off those ideas to a team of implementers.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 30, 2016

Innovation is complex and difficult — but one thing about it is not. What’s quite simple about innovation is that projects are what make innovation real. are Not Innovation. Thinking about things is not innovation. Having beers and kicking ideas around are not innovation.

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Gregg Fraley

APRIL 26, 2016

Getting a Mandate to Innovate is Key. Larger companies typically have an innovation process in place. They don’t always work, but the majority of the Fortune 1000 has some kind of innovation process or system. There is an implied consent then, to innovate, at those organizations. Forms an ad hoc team.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

Hackathons, internal innovation programs, open innovation, technology acquisitions…these days it seems like everyone is jumping onto the innovation bandwagon. How is innovation best performed? Can guidelines for innovation be created? Once upon a time innovation was a technique practiced by lone inventors.

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Survey Innovation Crowdsourcing Idea Management 40

hackerearth

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Understanding Innovation Management. Is it a lack of innovation or an inability to cope with change? Either way, businesses need to identify where they are going wrong because innovation as a business strategy is here to stay. For survival, innovation is almost obligatory (Drucker, 1999). What besets today’s companies?

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Innovation Management Technical Review Management Software Review 40

hackerearth

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Understanding Innovation Management. Is it a lack of innovation or an inability to cope with change? Either way, businesses need to identify where they are going wrong because innovation as a business strategy is here to stay. For survival, innovation is almost obligatory (Drucker, 1999). What besets today’s companies?

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Innovation Management Technical Review Management Software Review 40

Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

Hackathons, internal innovation programs, open innovation, technology acquisitions…these days it seems like everyone is jumping onto the innovation bandwagon. How is innovation best performed? Can guidelines for innovation be created? Once upon a time innovation was a technique practiced by lone inventors.

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Survey Innovation Crowdsourcing Idea Management 40

Gregg Fraley

MAY 9, 2017

Innovation Programs Based On Best Practices are Doomed to Mediocrity. Things I’ve heard recently from c-suite executives about their own innovation programs: “Floundering and ineffective, if I’m honest.” ” “We don’t do idea generation well.” ” “Lackluster. .”

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Brainstorming Innovation Programs Ideation Idea Generation 48

Qmarkets

MARCH 8, 2024

Embracing change and fostering innovation are essential for companies aiming to thrive in today’s market. The concept of ‘scaling innovation’ has become a crucial strategy for organizations looking to transform occasional successes into a consistent, organization-wide capability.

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IdeaScale

JULY 4, 2017

Achieve bigger innovation results through helping others learn and develop their innovation and ideation skill for the first time. After all, due to the rapid pace of change, the skills critical to your success are innovation skills : creativity, critical thinking, communication, strategic thinking, and problem solving.

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Jeffrey Phillips

APRIL 18, 2016

I find that I've become increasingly irritated with all of the narrow interpretations and self-serving definitions of what is, or isn't, innovation. I'm happy to climb up on a soapbox again to talk about one of the most common scapegoats for innovation, the act of brainstorming. It is not the only idea generation technique.

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Brainstorming Underperforming Technical Team Idea Generation Groups 100

Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 23, 2015

Outsourcing innovation project management might be the most strategic money you spend this year. It’s not a new idea but it’s one more companies should consider. But first: If you’ve not got an innovation plan in the process of being executed, right now, you are treading water and will eventually drown.

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