Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 30, 2019

Public Training Offering — Getting Innovation Started. Gregg Fraley Innovation (GFi) and The Society of Innovators at Purdue Northwest Collaborate on Public Training Seminar. It will focus on how to get initiatives started and how to avoid common pitfalls and mistakes that impede project success. PORTAGE, Ind.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 6, 2024

Learn more about the synergy of these concepts in our comprehensive guide on high performance leadership teams through psychological safety & experiential intelligence. In the context of leadership, it involves tapping into personal and professional experiences to make informed decisions, foster innovation, and guide teams effectively.

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Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The Sins That Ruin Idea Generation. ” Well, you bother because you need ideas. Rarely does a casual brainstorm generate a breakthrough idea. And, if a good idea doesn’t become a project, some actual real world action, what’s the point? Redefine Brainstorming If You Want Results. .

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Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

After all, most (probably 90%) of all innovation projects undertaken in large corporations are reactive projects trying to respond to a market threat or competitive move. Next, find the best people to do innovation work and give them the skills necessary to lead and conduct innovation projects.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 30, 2016

Projects, Projects, Projects. What’s quite simple about innovation is that projects are what make innovation real. Unless they are in the context of an actual project. Training is not innovation. That thing is innovation projects. Some projects will be authorized and mandated, some will not be.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 4, 2024

Idea Generation: AI algorithms can suggest a wide array of possibilities based on existing designs, market trends, and user preferences. Furthermore, machine learning algorithms can be trained to recognize user pain points and needs by analyzing user interaction data. This helps to spark creativity and inspire new concepts.

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Gregg Fraley

MARCH 17, 2021

The 30 minute weekly webinar features demonstrations of various facilitation tools for: strategy, challenge clarification, idea generation (aka brainstorming), problem framing, idea selection, innovation projects, and idea development, etc. He trains other facilitators on his methods.

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Innovation in Practice

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Innovative companies treat it as just another core skill by: Creating a well-defined set of innovation competencies and embedding them into every employee’s competency model along with other required behaviors such as ethics and leadership. Conducting regular training courses in creativity methods and innovation management.

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Innovation Excellence

APRIL 14, 2020

You can find different sets of idea generation cards, like IDEO Method Cards, or a game like Binnakle The Expedition, covering all phases of the creative process. To start an innovation project. Gamification can be used to kick off a project by identifying, defining and agreeing on challenges. To optimise co-creation.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 9, 2021

Digital transformation is a significant and common challenge for organizations and thus a great design thinking project. Leaders, facilitators and design thinking project leaders also have to be creative about working virtually. Using guided idea generation. The year 2020 forced most organizations to digitally transform.

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Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 24, 2019

Do Purpose First, Select a Framework, Then Do Projects. Using a structured innovation framework is a project success factor. It happens through projects. The best innovators organize their efforts around projects. Projects aligned with a vision for the future and a strategy to get there. This wastes Time and Money.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 12, 2021

A Fractional CINO addresses these missing skill sets: The MisFortune 10,000 Tend to Lack These Innovation Skills: Process and Innovation Project Management Skills — including: team building, culture leadership, innovation project roadmapping, and more. Doing even basic market research takes training and experience.

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Gregg Fraley

APRIL 22, 2019

What You Should Be Learning in Innovation Training. Very few organization’s are any good at all at Brainstorming/Idea Generation. If your innovation program doesn’t have a Project orientation there will be no culture change, or innovation. A lot of innovation training is happy talk, or super-wonky detail talk.

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Gregg Fraley

MAY 1, 2018

Frameworks assume: engaged leadership, talent on the team, day to day creativity, curiosity, and domain knowledge. Creativity, and creative ideas, are essential ingredients, and, without other fundamentals , like projects and implementation — great ideas are a waste of time. Projects change culture.

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Gregg Fraley

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Professional Facilitation and/or Training Makes a Difference*. Innovation projects are about a lot of meetings. Seven Facilitation Fails: Most innovation project managers haven’t been trained in facilitation. Those who have been trained, don’t get enough practice. Seven Facilitation Fails.

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Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

I replied “you need to be thinking about project cycles and measures.” I added my punchline, “because if you’re not doing projects you’re not doing innovation.” My “projects” reply is a cocktail party answer. Is your organization doing continuous projects? ” “What!

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 10, 2019

In this blog, we’ll take a closer look at how TSYS launched their revolutionary Project WOW (War on Waste) – a ground-breaking process improvement methodology developed by management consulting firm Above + Beyond and powered by Qmarkets software. This left employees sceptical of the idea that future programs would be any different.

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Gregg Fraley

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Organizations spend a great deal of time and energy investing in training, speakers, communications, systems, frameworks, and assessments. Solving an innovation culture problem isn’t easy, but your solution had better include interesting, compelling, and fun, Projects. Projects are how cultures actually change.

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eZassi

JANUARY 4, 2023

Collaborate across disciplines and product lines while supporting change management and the human factors which ultimately increase the probability of success of the project. Have I considered the Innovation Styles of my organization and its leadership? What is the best method for evaluating all our new ideas?

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Econic

MAY 23, 2019

Vision & Leadership 1. No compelling vision or reason to innovate If the people in your organization don’t get why you’re innovating, you’re going to have a hard time harnessing their talent, support, energy, ideas, and expertise– and you’ll need all of these if you want to be successful.

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Wazoku

DECEMBER 20, 2018

There are six pillars which define culture within an organisation and one of the key things to remember is that it’s everyone’s responsibility, not just the leadership team. What comes out of these spaces could be a time and cost savings piece of tech or enhanced outcomes to drive continuous improvement or projects for energy conservation.

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Econic

APRIL 10, 2018

Vision & Leadership. If the people in your organization don’t get why you’re innovating, you’re going to have a hard time harnessing their talent, support, energy, ideas, and expertise– and you’ll need all of these if you want to be successful. Unrealistic expectations of first projects. Just tossing money at it.

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Econic

MAY 23, 2019

Vision & Leadership. If the people in your organization don’t get why you’re innovating, you’re going to have a hard time harnessing their talent, support, energy, ideas, and expertise– and you’ll need all of these if you want to be successful. Unrealistic expectations of first projects. Just tossing money at it.

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IdeaScale

JULY 4, 2017

I’m always surprised at the number of organizations I speak with that tell me they don’t have any training programs for their employees. Less than a half-day of effective training can make a big difference in helping people to generate more and better ideas for a crowdsourcing project. Learn through doing.

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Strategos

MARCH 1, 2018

Metrics help managers make informed decisions based on objective data, which is especially valuable given the long-term nature and risk associated with some innovation projects. Process metrics – address those variables that affect the movement of ideas through the pipeline process. One size does not fit all.

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Gregg Fraley

MAY 9, 2017

” “We don’t do idea generation well.” The managers above have read a lot of that literature, taken it to heart, gotten training, and put processes in place. You need to embrace Different, and also it’s cousins, Risk and New to enliven innovation projects. ” “Lackluster.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 18, 2016

Even amongst the group of industry insiders here who teach and author books on innovation methodologies, case studies and thought leadership, there was a huge variety between the responses. Nick is the chief editor of Idea to Value and also the CEO & Founder of Improvides Innovation Consulting. The results surprised me.

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Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 30, 2019

Innovation Training. Comprehensive Immersion Course for: Innovation Project Managers, Teams, Executives, Facilitators. This one day course consistently receives high marks from innovation executives and training professionals. Send new project leaders, managers, facilitators, and essential innovation team members.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

Before changing existing funding processes, try creating a small “slush” fund for digital innovation projects. These could include: percentage of staff trained in innovation, leadership time spent on innovation vs. regular operations and percentage of budget that is invested in innovation projects. DEDICATED METRICS.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

Before changing existing funding processes, try creating a small “slush” fund for digital innovation projects. These could include: percentage of staff trained in innovation, leadership time spent on innovation vs. regular operations and percentage of budget that is invested in innovation projects. DEDICATED METRICS.

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Idea Champions

APRIL 11, 2024

Since 1987, Idea Champions has been designing and facilitating a wide range of brainstorming sessions, creative thinking trainings, and innovation workshops for more than 130 organizations in 11 different countries. During that time, we have worked with just about every industry on planet earth and every kind of mindset.

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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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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. What I hear from top management: “we don’t have the time or resources for innovation projects, we’ll start later this year.”

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Gregg Fraley

MAY 22, 2019

The Benefits of Innovation Training for Operational Employees. Consider a Brown Bag Innovation Training or Immersion in Innovation Concepts. Why is it that organizations don’t invest in training operational employees? Don’t this large group of employees deserve a Brown Bag Innovation Training?

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Innovation 360 Group

JUNE 21, 2016

providing an original approach to unique idea generation. LSP training makes it easier for people with complex ideas to communicate with their peers, and people tend to stay more focused on problem-solving. LEGO models and H1/H3 Horizon Projects. significantly improving communication/collaboration skills.

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Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 27, 2021

Kick Start Ideas That Lead to Growth. Three Hour Virtual Training, February 5th, led by Innovation Master Trainer Gregg Fraley. No, but, you do need good training in the fundamentals. Dodge the Pitfalls & Establish an Innovation Cycle. There are more pitfalls in an Innovation Initiative than the moon has craters.

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