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8 Types of Innovation in Business: A Comprehensive Guide

Qmarkets

Broad Categories of Innovation At the heart of the innovation spectrum lie two broad categories that encapsulate the range of strategies businesses can deploy: incremental innovation and radical (including disruptive) innovation. Find out more on our product pages.

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Successfully Merging Theory and Practice in your Innovation Program

Qmarkets

As a result, we moved from initially offering solutions limited to the back-end of innovation (project portfolio management and Stage-Gateâ„¢ project governance), to the front-end of innovation, where collaborative and open innovation offered very efficient ways to feed the innovation pipeline with more innovative ideas and concepts.

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Successfully Merging Theory and Practice in your Innovation Program

Qmarkets

As a result, we moved from initially offering solutions limited to the back-end of innovation (project portfolio management and Stage-Gateâ„¢ project governance), to the front-end of innovation, where collaborative and open innovation offered very efficient ways to feed the innovation pipeline with more innovative ideas and concepts.

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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. Align your metrics with the goals of your innovation program. Are there specific targets or markets for your innovation program?

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The core principles of Leading FOR Innovation

Cris Beswick

I’ll unpack the core principles of ‘Leading FOR Innovation’ and share approaches to help overcome the organisational antibodies that often stifle innovation, empowering teams to unleash bold ideas that can reshape your industry’s future. Horizon 1 activity has lower risk but also lower return.

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Let's Settle the Debate — Innovation Both Is & Is Not Everyone's Job

Legacy Innovation Group

This is our quintessential ‘Advanced Innovation Group’ or ‘Core Innovation Group’ operating inside their own cloistered Innovation Space. Anthony Mills is a global authority on strategic innovation. But their charter and task is very different from that of the rest of the organization.

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Key Innovation Issues for 2016 and Beyond

Integrative Innovation

Leadership through vision and influence, rather than command and control, is required. As can be seen from the figure below, co-creation platforms feature some special characteristics that have a major impact on shaping new market environments: Created solutions are integrated and often cross-industry. Winner-takes-all dynamics play out.