Idea Champions

AUGUST 21, 2020

Your techniques and style left our people with a better understanding and working knowledge of the most valuable tool we all possess: the creative mind." - Tom Gowan, VP Communications, Emmis Broadcasting. Idea Champions brings a creative, energetic and fun approach to idea generation. Idea Champions. ZoomStorming.

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Brainstorming Idea Generation Entrepreneurship Creativity 52

Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 22, 2018

When I step into a room to facilitate a strategy, innovation, or idea generation session I usually find a great deal of energy. Training the teams, having a skilled facilitator in-house, and frequent practice of divergent thinking are essential to effective idea generation sessions. Almost always.

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Training Idea Generation Innovation Creative Thinking 48

Leanstack

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

We’re already at the 10 year anniversary of the Lean Startup. ideas that went on to spark the global Lean Startup movement. By now, “almost everybody building products” has at least heard the term and has been exposed to the big ideas. I’m always happy, for instance, to see Lean Canvas posters in conference rooms.

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Underperforming Technical Team LEAN Tools Product Development 49

Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

By now, everyone in your organization knows how to do lean, agile and six sigma. Develop a process or at least define a consistent set of tools. I am a firm believer in defining a fungible innovation process - a set of steps to help ensure that innovators complete a set of activities and learnings before they recommend an idea.

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Gregg Fraley

OCTOBER 4, 2018

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. New tools for digital technology integration are presented including GFi’s Digital MoshPit. Please join us.

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Leanstack

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

We’re already at the 10 year anniversary of the Lean Startup. ideas that went on to spark the global Lean Startup movement. By now, “almost everybody building products” has at least heard the term and has been exposed to the big ideas. I’m always happy, for instance, to see Lean Canvas posters in conference rooms.

Underperforming Technical Team 45

Underperforming Technical Team LEAN Tools Product Development 45

Gregg Fraley

JUNE 15, 2019

Classic Improv games are adaptable for visioning, exploration, problem framing, idea generation, solution development, and planning. The key benefit is simply getting to a breakthrough insight or idea much faster. I call it the Hero Tool. But that’s hard to do, you need new thinking tools to get there.

Team Building 53

Team Building LEAN Design Thinking Agile 53

Innov8rs

MARCH 26, 2023

As summarized below, he provided easy-to-follow guidance and key tools to implement it successfully. This approach to strategy-making can lead to two major problems: Firstly, the ideas generated this way may not be innovative or inspiring. Fortunately, tools such as workshops can help prevent the disclosure of this information.

Disruption 52

Disruption Strategy Strategy Groups 52

Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

What’s Needed: Sophisticated Tools to Deliberately Make Fresh Connections Across Domains (see MoshPit ). Why are idea generation tools for deliberate combinations needed? Why and How are Billions in Potential Innovation Left On The Table? Innovation is Fresh Combinations .

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Ideation Innovation Processes Trends Exercises 52

Qmarkets

AUGUST 11, 2022

When it comes to overseeing an idea management program involving thousands of employees or customers, it is crucial that the process is structured in a way that helps participants to generate the best ideas. Luckily, anyone can improve their creative output by leaning on a few tried and tested techniques.

Idea Generation 52

Idea Generation Creativity Idea Management Ideation 52

Strategos

APRIL 27, 2017

In recent years the focus has been on creating highly efficient organizations that apply lean principles to both management and operations. The sequential steps of insight development, idea generation, idea elaboration, and experiment design can be managed using a variety of tools.

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Idea Generation Innovation Programs Innovation Groups 60

Gregg Fraley

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Using experiential learning tools like drawing isn’t really new in innovation process. What’s new is the hard proof, and, using tools more deliberately. Sunni Brown , Dave Gray , Dan Roam, and yours truly all use experiential learning tools in innovation projects. Sessions often fail to find breakthrough ideas.

Learning 45

Learning Underperforming Technical Team Training Innovation 45

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 19, 2017

. “We are forming external relationships in many different ways as this increased diversity does matter to each organization for building different competitive positions in their innovation offerings” Sorting Through the Management Tools and Trends.

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Crowdsourcing Innovation Engagement Design 199

Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 28, 2018

It includes an overview of key frameworks ( Design Thinking, Agile, Lean, TRIZ, Synectics, Stage-Gate, CPS ) and their essential tools. In addition, it covers management mandates, project cycles, resourcing, idea management systems, idea generation, concept development, prototyping, and pitch presentations.

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Course Training Idea Generation Brainstorming 26

Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 1, 2018

The customized session design and associated proprietary tools in Digital MoshPit are only available through GFi. The secret sauce in the design of a MoshPit session is how fresh thinking is scaffolded through the discovery and idea generation process. MoshPit integrates well with other innovation frameworks and methods.

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Technology Internet of things Ideation Artificial Inteligence 50

Jeffrey Phillips

MARCH 20, 2015

The idea I'd like you to contemplate until my return is that we are all making innovation far too complicated, and we need to stop dressing up the activity with lots of talking points and stop working ourselves and our management into a tizzy about commitments and investments. It does not start and end with idea generation.

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Roadmap Innovation Culture Engagement 100

Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 18, 2015

Don’t get hung up on whether to use Lean, or Design Thinking, or CPS, KILN’s FuseTrail , or some arcane method history has hung around your neck. Get a project started and use and abuse those tools, but GET STARTED Now, and keep the projects moving forward, and keep on executing innovation cycles.

LEAN 40

LEAN Design Thinking Innovation Idea Generation 40

Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Power tools and techniques for identifying new markets (Design Thinking). Developing ideas for products, services, and improvements (idea generation). Pitching ideas, prototyping, and resourcing innovation. Getting innovation teams and projects started and accelerated. Making innovation a continuous effort.

Design Thinking 51

Design Thinking Innovation Project Idea Generation 51

Econic

MAY 23, 2019

If they give you skepticism or consternation, you can also show them tools like the Business Model Canvas. When you break them down, these tools cover what they’re used to seeing in a business plan without the weeks/months of wasted time and effort. Structure, Tools & Processes 1. Innovation needs structure.

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How To Innovation Innovation Programs Project 98

Gregg Fraley

MAY 5, 2017

There is no reason why a MoshPit session can’t be done within any other innovation method, be it Design Thinking, Lean, or whatever your organization uses. In fact, the combination of this new tool with those older frameworks can make those methods more effective. My vision is this front-ends a yearly innovation cycle.

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Innovation Trends Design Thinking LEAN 70

Econic

APRIL 10, 2018

If they give you skepticism or consternation, you can also show them tools like the Business Model Canvas. When you break them down, these tools cover what they’re used to seeing in a business plan without the weeks/months of wasted time and effort. Structure, Tools & Processes. Lack of clearly defined innovation metrics.

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How To Innovation Innovation Programs Project 109

Gregg Fraley

MAY 1, 2018

Innovation has a lot of frameworks (and theories, methods, tools) that leaders can choose from, and you’ll want to choose. You will fail with: Lean, Agile, Design Thinking, TRIZ, Stage-Gate, Osborn-Parnes CPS, KILN’s FuseTrail, or a homegrown/blended framework.

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Innovation Culture Creative Thinking Design Thinking 70

Idea Champions

JUNE 26, 2019

As a direct outcome of the Idea Champions' session, students and faculty are actively working on several new projects that will make our College even more entrepreneurial! The Idea Champions team brings a creative, energetic and fun approach to idea generation. Thank you!" -- Candida G.

Brainstorming 31

Brainstorming Entrepreneurship Creativity LEAN 31

Econic

MAY 23, 2019

If they give you skepticism or consternation, you can also show them tools like the Business Model Canvas. When you break them down, these tools cover what they’re used to seeing in a business plan without the weeks/months of wasted time and effort. Structure, Tools & Processes. Lack of clearly defined innovation metrics.

How To 83

How To Innovation Innovation Programs Project 83

Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

There are great frameworks and tools out there for innovation projects, like Design Thinking, Agile, Lean, and blended processes. This has to do with the “how.” Innovation requires a different mindset and approach than normal operations. Do your people know them? If they don’t it’s a way to significantly up your game.

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Project Training Design Thinking Innovation 74

Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 30, 2019

Innovation Intensive, beyond Design Thinking is comprehensive in its approach and provides compelling methods, insights, tools, and stories from master trainer, Gregg Fraley. Gregg instructs ways to blend frameworks and use the best tools within frameworks such as Lean, Agile, CPS, or Design Thinking. Tools for problem framing.

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Design Thinking Training Ideation Course 9

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

Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

This often manifests itself in the host of variations in what are claimed as their ‘unique’ versions of “common innovation” where they constantly reinvent the wheel in their own approaches to processes, definitions, tools, frameworks, systems of working and idea management etc.

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Innovation Collaboration Technical Review Leadership 60

Integrative Innovation

AUGUST 1, 2014

The success of innovations should be measured by paying customers who re-finance direct investments made into the realization of these innovations as well as investments into the foundation that enabled them (research, systems / tools, manufacturing processes and equipment, etc.). More and more, Enterprise 2.0/Social

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Technical Review Radical Innovation Innovation Marketing 67

Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Idea Generation: Generate creative new ideas that address the identified challenges, beyond basic brainstorming exercises. Idea Evaluation and Prioritisation: Figuring out which ideas have more potential than others, and which fit the strategic goals.

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hackerearth

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Number of ideas generated. Number of ideas shortlisted. Number of ideas funded. Setting up a lean but motivated central team that drives various innovation programs across the organization is critical for success. And a systematic process for creating proof of concepts and take the product to market. Technologist.

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Innovation Programs Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Ideation 40