Econic

APRIL 10, 2018

In true experimental fashion, there is also a lot of learning in the corporate innovation space. More and more companies are finding approaches worth repeating, getting promising new ideas into their customers’ hands, delivering value, and making revenue. Vision & Leadership. No compelling vision or reason to innovate.

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How To Innovation Innovation Programs Project 109

Econic

MAY 23, 2019

In true experimental fashion, there is also a lot of learning in the corporate innovation space. More and more companies are finding approaches worth repeating, getting promising new ideas into their customers’ hands, delivering value, and making revenue. Vision & Leadership. No compelling vision or reason to innovate.

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How To Innovation Innovation Programs Project 83

Gregg Fraley

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Join us at Catalyst Ranch, a truly fun place to learn! If you don’t know the newer more advanced tools, and some neglected old technologies, including Agile, Lean, TRIZ, Synectics, Stage-Gate, Theory of Constraints, and CPS, you’re missing opportunities. Experienced innovation professionals will learn new methods, tools, and concepts.

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Course Training Brainstorming Design Thinking 53

Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Why are idea generation tools for deliberate combinations needed? Design Thinking, Agile, Lean, and older frameworks like CPS (aka Osborn-Parnes) are all attempts to find the system, the process steps, that will assist in repeating innovation. It’s deep idea exploration. It’s fun.

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Ideation Innovation Processes Trends Exercises 52

Qmarkets

OCTOBER 10, 2019

As a result of this project, TSYS was able to address employee pain points and inefficiencies, enhance corporate leadership strategies, increase savings, and implement lucrative new ideas. Despite the considerable success achieved during this short period, there were some clear limitations to this ‘analogue’ idea-gathering approach.

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Software Review Crowdsourcing Technical Review Project 40

Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

Today I think part of the clients experimenting and learning internally is due to this disappointment with the consultant. I get the distinct impression the focus of most innovation consultants is still locked into product innovation or improving the process of the pipeline / portfolio, the idea generation and project execution model.

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Innovation Collaboration Technical Review Leadership 60

Strategos

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

They speak about it in public as key to meeting their customers’ needs for new products and services and assert that innovation that keeps ideas flowing from inception to commercialization is key to building a sustainable business. Big Data is high on everybody’s radar and used as input to identify opportunities.

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Innovation Leadership Resources Exercises 40

Integrative Innovation

MAY 2, 2017

They observe that the transfer rate from the promising ideas generated in the vehicles mentioned above into substantial business is too low. They are based on lean / efficient and 0-mistakes principles. They are based on agile / lean start-up / test-and-learn principles.

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Ideation Innovation LEAN Disruption 61

ITONICS

MAY 14, 2018

But we have good news for all those who have not yet taken the step into the right direction: Although every innovation has something new and unique, we can learn significantly from the companies that get it right and create a first how-to-plan based on their workflows, structures, and practices.

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Company Technical Review Software Review Innovation 57

Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 30, 2016

Lean is not innovation. Learn as you go and use the lovely techniques and concepts that best fit your organization. Guided visualizations are not innovation. Design Thinking is not innovation. Creative Problem Solving is not innovation. DeBono’s Six Thinking Hats are not innovation. Prototyping is not innovation.

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Project Big Data Innovation Brainstorming 50

Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

Are ideas for new things encouraged and worked or are they barely tolerated? Is it a “pitch” culture where ideas for projects get a chance to be put into play? Is a failure truly viewed as a learning experience or as a career killer? Are you taking enough risk? Does everyone have to agree? Do your people know them?

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Project Training Design Thinking Innovation 74

Idea Champions

APRIL 11, 2024

." - Charlotte Oades, Director, Brand Marketing, The Coca Cola Company "Idea Champions' virtual Ideation Jump Start session has been a cost effective and efficient tool that gets our teams right into the thick of idea generation and collaboration." - Jon Bidwell, Director of Innovation, Chubb Insurance "Superb!

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Brainstorming Training Ideation Idea Generation 26

Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Delivery: A team of people who have the ability to take rough ideas and develop them into a customer-facing innovation. Management: A flexible approach to management and governance which enables leadership to understand direction and progress, but gives authority to the team to do their best work with reduced bureaucracy.

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Company Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Leadership 276

Gregg Fraley

MAY 22, 2019

Companies are investing in innovation training, mostly learning frameworks like Lean, Agile, or Design Thinking. Forbes says innovation training is one of the 12 factors a company needs, to establish a more inventive culture. And that’s a good thing. Who’s getting the training?

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Training Innovation Technical Review Culture 45