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5 Ways to Fail at Innovation

Imaginatik

Most innovators are optimists. There’s no such thing as a bad idea – only an unfinished one. Yet, within corporations, innovation programs are fragile things. Large portions of the organization view the innovation team as a foreign entity. Bungle team composition. Move straight to “solution” mode.

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The Importance of Aligning Innovation Strategy with Business Goals

Moves the Needle

So many leaders know “they need to innovate.” Fortunately, there are ways for senior executives to recognize their role in identifying areas of concern, communicating strategy, setting expectations and goals for innovation, and ensuring those efforts are headed in the right direction. What Does Strategic Alignment Look Like?

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How Schibsted Media Group Used Empathy and Evidence to Validate New Ideas

Moves the Needle

Download this case study to save for your records or to show to your leadership team here: Download Case Study. This disconnect leads organizations down the wrong path toward producing products and services that no one really wants , because they aren’t using evidence (data + insights) to guide their product development.

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Key Issues in Innovation Management – Revisited – Part 2

Tim Kastelle

Research confirms: development of exploration in parallel to exploitation capabilities proves to be mandatory for established companies in order to compete successfully and sustainably. One way for established organizations to strengthen exploration is by developing internal capabilities in order to overcome their inherent inertia.

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Digital Disruption and How Businesses Can Best Leverage It

Qmarkets

It ranges in scale from minor improvements to customer-facing processes to innovations that are expected to ‘change the face’ of entire industries, such as the Internet of Things (IoT). Get Lean: One of the most important factors when it comes to combating disruption is flexibility. Clues for early identification.

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Digital Disruption and How Businesses Can Best Leverage It

Qmarkets

It ranges in scale from minor improvements to customer-facing processes to innovations that are expected to ‘change the face’ of entire industries, such as the Internet of Things (IoT). Get Lean: One of the most important factors when it comes to combating disruption is flexibility. Clues for early identification.

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What is Lean Innovation? Components and Examples

Moves the Needle

Lean Innovation Definition At Moves The Needle, we define lean innovation as “reducing waste in the discovery, creation, and delivering of new value to customers." We base Lean Innovation principles upon the 3 E’s of Lean Innovation : Empathy, Experiments and Evidence.

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