Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 21, 2023

Thinking through what this means requires understanding, relating, and putting a clear context of innovation, what you want to achieve, and how to set about this. Collectively these prove the building kit for considering, justifying, and explaining this new innovation proposal. Recognizing different system theories.

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Idea Champions

JULY 8, 2020

And since they don't have time and don't like hard work, they reason that innovation just isn't in the cards for them. But innovation is not a mystical state. The people in your organization, in fact, already are innovative. We help people see what they already have, but don't know how to access. Or online polls.

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Idea to Value

DECEMBER 9, 2019

In today’s episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we speak with Adam Malofsky, the MD of Elemence. We speak about the need to understand your customers’ customer, and the theory of Adaptive Innovation. 00:03:00 – The best way to innovate is by finding the needs of your customers’ customer.

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Jeffrey Phillips

AUGUST 11, 2021

I've been thinking a lot about how innovation, both how it is done, and who does it, has changed. Going back into history, innovators were the rare people (Newton as an example) who had time and talent to innovate. In the recent past, innovation has been democratized.

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Open innovation is a core strategy for transformative growth amongst a growing number of enterprise companies around the world. The days of boardrooms and R&D departments keeping innovation under lock and key are waning, as companies are increasingly preferring a more collaborative approach with startups and other external parties.

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Jeffrey Phillips

AUGUST 13, 2021

However, I could not help going back into my archives to dredge up a post I wrote almost ten years ago, which was entitled Innovation Fast and Slow. At the time I was writing this post, I was concerned that too many companies were under too much pressure to speed up their innovation activities and generate some interesting new ideas.

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Idea Champions

DECEMBER 25, 2018

And since they don't have time and don't like hard work, they reason that innovation just isn't in the cards for them. But innovation is not a mystical state. The people in your organization, in fact, already are innovative. We help people see what they already have, but don't know how to access. Or online polls.

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Gregg Fraley

OCTOBER 1, 2020

There is so much innovation potential being left on the table, right now, that our future could truly be that shining city on the hill. Your future could be that person who surfs above the waves of massive change. You won’t get any results if you don’t invest in innovation now. There are solutions to climate change.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 15, 2023

A sustainability workshop applying design thinking and an innovation process to create vision, strategy and action Recently we’ve had a number of requests for our design thinking sprints, innovation workshops, interactive training sessions, and strategy hackathons applied for the purpose of environmental sustainability.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 5, 2020

A lot of innovators that I have met are impatient people. By the time we start working together, they are already fed up with their company. As much as we are keen to get started, it is also important to ensure that we are working on the right things. Innovation Readiness.

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Open-source innovation (or simply ‘open innovation’) is developing into a core strategy for transformative growth amongst enterprise companies around the world. We caught up with the founder and CEO of AccelIQ Digital, Ariana Smetana, to find out more about the business and its approach to open-source innovation.

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IM Insights

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The truth is, that the skills and systems innovation consultants and managers foster can be wielded to increase the likelihood of success of any goal, be it benevolent or otherwise. Moreover, the long-term repercussions of specific innovations are often unpredictable. So what should we do? What are your thoughts?

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Idea to Value

JANUARY 26, 2022

If you work in a company, and want to develop a new innovation, at some point you are going to meet resistance. You will come up against individuals or teams who just do not support your new idea for one reason or another. Most innovation projects require a change. Status Quo Supporter.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2024

The Stages and Gates Process Explained The Stages and Gates process, a cornerstone of innovation management, is a framework designed to guide new products and services from conception to launch. However, with the advent of artificial intelligence in innovation management , these stages and gates are being reimagined.

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Daniel Burrus

AUGUST 6, 2020

It was Thomas Edison, inventor of the lightbulb and other mainstays of the modern world, who said, “I haven’t failed, I’ve just found ten thousand ways that don’t work.”. However, failing is key in every innovative process, regardless of how established you are. This concept is lost on many in the information age, unfortunately.

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Idea Champions

JULY 13, 2017

And since they don't have time and don't like hard work, they reason that innovation just isn't in the cards for them. But innovation is not a mystical state. The people in your organization, in fact, already are innovative. We help people see what they already have, but don't know how to access. Or online polls.

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Pimcy, who also specialize in improving standing innovation practices to provide a more structured and efficient approach to innovation management, will support clients in the Benelux region with the delivery of Qmarkets’ software. We’re introducing a global innovation framework to help and support our growth strategy.

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Pimcy Innovation will assist organizations in delivering tailored innovation processes and practices using Qmarkets’ innovation management software. We’re introducing a global innovation framework to help and support our growth strategy. shared André Brand, member of the Board of Directors of Barenburg.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 5, 2021

For teams who want to collaborate, innovate, and build better together, this format can be incredibly effective – and even fun! Make faster decisions and generate better, more creative ideas through this innovative process. Innovative Innovation Meetings: Formats, Designs, and Examples. Conclusion.

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Jeffrey Phillips

DECEMBER 14, 2018

This has a lot to say about corporations becoming more innovative - you can't simply bolt on an innovative process to a conservative "body" and expect the two to work together seamlessly. No fatal dismemberment takes place but the innovation capacity faces a slow atrophy as its ideas are ignored.

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IdeaScale

MARCH 7, 2017

Creating a repeatable innovation portfolio helps you plan more efficiently, scale resources, and gain insight for the growth of your innovation program. There are five key elements of a repeatable innovation portfolio: Opportunity Identification and Campaign Creation. These questions will show you opportunities for innovation.

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InnovationTraining.org

AUGUST 26, 2021

This is an individual innovative mindset that also is alive in innovative teams. We help organizations discover how to build innovation and design thinking strategies into their workplace environments, start and lead innovation teams, and keep up the process of innovating every day.

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Idea Champions

MAY 17, 2017

And since they don't have time and don't like hard work, they reason that innovation just isn't in the cards for them. But innovation is not a mystical state. The people in your organization, in fact, already are innovative. We help people see what they already have, but don't know how to access. Or online polls.

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Idea Champions

MARCH 23, 2018

And since they don't have time and don't like hard work, they reason that innovation just isn't in the cards for them. But innovation is not a mystical state. The people in your organization, in fact, already are innovative. We help people see what they already have, but don't know how to access. Or online polls.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 18, 2016

Not long ago our innovation team was asked by a client to lead an innovation project to create a new product. As always when we are asked in by a new client, we did a quick survey. It's important to understand what the client knows about innovation, what they have learned or attempted previously.

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Be-novative

DECEMBER 15, 2020

1st Training of the Be-novative Partner Hub The Be-novative Partner Ecosystem is a Hub of people and resources whose main goal is envisioning, accelerating, and scaling the success rate of both organizational and product-development, creating impactful projects and meaningful solutions locally or globally.

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Be-novative

DECEMBER 15, 2020

1st Training of the Be-novative Partner Hub The Be-novative Partner Ecosystem is a Hub of people and resources whose main goal is envisioning, accelerating, and scaling the success rate of both organizational and product-development, creating impactful projects and meaningful solutions locally or globally.

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Design more innovative innovation meetings that boost creativity and strengthen engagement. Far too often, engaging and innovative meetings are rare and fall short of accomplishing their goals. Follow along to the questions below to design a more effective innovation meeting. Who is involved and what is their role?

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In our last blog for Qmarkets we introduced you to the concept of Three Horizons and explained how this methodology can help you create a balanced long-term innovation portfolio. Together with a team, we are deploying Qmarkets at Barenbrug , one of the oldest and most established players in the grass seed industry.

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Board of Innovation

JULY 20, 2023

In this blog post, we will dive into the fascinating world of Creative AI and explore its implications for the future. At Board of Innovation, we believe that the future of innovation has arrived, but we know that we are just getting started. Check out more innovations in product design.

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Innov8rs

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

As part of our Learning Lab on Innovation Strategy, Leadership, Governance and Portfolio Management, we discussed these topics with seasoned corporate innovators Suzan Briganti (CEO at Swarm Vision), Morten Benn (Partner at Nosco), Greg Ratcliff (Chief Innovation Officer at Vertiv), and Louise Kyhl-Triolo (Principal at Heidrick & Struggles).

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Idea to Value

MAY 18, 2020

They understood that even though they are seen as an extremely innovative company now, their current success is actually a result of innovations that happened a decade ago, and that to live up to their reputation, they now need to create the next wave of innovations to keep the company on their current trajectory.

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InnovationTraining.org

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Discover what to expect at a creative problem solving workshop and when your organization could benefit from a training session. Creative problem solving is an innovation framework focused around better ideation and brainstorming sessions. About Creative Problem Solving Training Workshops.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 27, 2018

One that is jumping to a fresh cycle of innovative design. We are in the middle of it, some of you may not have noticed its impact and change but it is significant on the understanding of innovation, in it’s future design. To achieve this innovation has gone digital, pure and simple.

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Leapfrogging

JANUARY 5, 2017

It’s one thing to say you want a culture of innovation. It’s another to actually get everyone truly innovating. We hear it all the time from the executive suite – take more risks, embrace uncertainty, learn from failure. It’s no secret the business world has become enamored by “disruptive” innovation.

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Qmarkets

JANUARY 13, 2022

As such, more and more of these companies are thinking about how to better structure their innovation exploration activities, often through an ideation platform. In this case we will use the Qmarkets platform as an example, as we have achieved some very good results applying this tool. Innovation Exploration vs Exploitation.

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ImagineNation

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

I was first introduced to gamification when I met Mario Herger , in 2012, when he was a Senior Innovation Strategist at SAP Labs LLC, in Israel, as a participant in his two-day gamification workshop for Checkpoint security software. 85% of employees are willing to spend more time on training programs with gamified dynamics.

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