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Top Jobs for Innovation Professionals in 2019

IdeaScale

It requires more than just saying “Innovation is good.” An innovation strategy is a key business asset, and innovation leadership is no longer nice to have, but necessary. As technology continues to roar ahead, jobs that focus on innovation are becoming mainstream.

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Six Internal Innovation Sources You should know

ITONICS

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. The strategy and the direction of innovation are set by a company’s top management. Centralized R&D Unit.

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Getting started with Innovation Metrics

Strategos

We define: Input metrics – measure those variables which set the preconditions for successful innovation. We measure these in terms of money, talent, and time devoted to innovation. Process metrics – address those variables that affect the movement of ideas through the pipeline process.

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The Challenges being Faced by Innovation Consultants

Paul Hobcraft

The external innovation consultant needs to change. 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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Measuring Innovation Performance

Why do only a third of the organizations worldwide have formal innovation metrics in place despite accepting that innovation is critical to survival? Download this eBook to learn about the 5 basic principles that guide every successful innovation process.

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6 Internal Sources of Innovation

ITONICS

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. The strategy and the direction of innovation are set by a company’s top management. Centralized R&D Unit.

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Shifting Radically the Innovation Business Model

Paul Hobcraft

I personally find this solution has not worked as well as intended, as they, the internal consulting team, over time, get sucked into issues detracting them from being the internal force of change, desperately trying to influence the leadership but eventually ending up as being allocated specific projects as project overseers or implementers.