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Innovation Funnel Management System: The Secret Tool to Drive Innovative Product Development in Your Business

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Enter the Innovation Funnel Management Process, one of my favorite tools to help manage business process innovation. This is a process I’ve taught businesses to implement for more than 25 years, helping some of the world’s biggest businesses develop their innovation processes.

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The Future of Design Thinking: Embracing AI Tools for Success

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Introduction to Design Thinking Design thinking has become a cornerstone methodology in the worlds of innovation, business strategy, and product development. As a methodology, it is open to adopting new tools and technologies that enhance the process, including the integration of artificial intelligence in design thinking.

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Innovation on Steroids: Next Generation AI-Powered Phases and Gates

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From its inception to the current state, the processes governing the development of new products and services have continuously evolved to incorporate new methodologies and technologies. Traditional Phases and Gates Processes Traditionally, the phases and gates model has been a cornerstone in structuring innovation management.

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Why an Innovation Roadmap Tool is Still Key to Driving Your Long-Term Business Success

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Over the last 25 years, I’ve spent thousands of hours and run hundreds of innovation sessions designed to help business executives across all industries to develop better strategies which will enable them to stay ahead of the competition when it comes to developing the most innovative products and services to serve their customers. ? .

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Successful Product Development Campaigns Highlight the Power of Crowdsourcing

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Smart crowdsourcing yields successful product development. Product design teams can often feel they lack the most important voice in the process: The consumer. Fortunately, crowdsourcing tools allow the innovation process to involve consumers every step of the way.

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Boosting Innovation: Harnessing AI for New Product & Service Development

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AI technologies are enabling a more data-driven approach to innovation management, enhancing the ability to predict trends, understand consumer behavior, and generate creative ideas at scale. Research & Development AI tools can simulate and test product scenarios, reducing the need for physical prototypes.

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Idea Magnets and New Product Development from a New Tree

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Suppose you’ve been successful innovating. What new product development strategy might an Idea Magnet employ to pursue a fresh path to new ideas? That’s a question guitar innovator Rick Turner faced. This is Turner’s personal perspective on his new product development strategy.