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Rating Your Innovation Program: Vanity Metrics vs. True Impact

Moves the Needle

How do you measure the success of your innovation program? You are measuring website traffic, video views, innovation team sign-ups, etc. When it comes to measuring the success of your innovation program, engagement in the real world and observed behavior change are primary. Getting the numbers right is crucial.

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Culture Jolt #28 - Lean into myths, not just methods

Values Centered Innovation

The result can be profound insights into yourself and others that bring out your full, innovative potential, whether in small, daily tasks or major projects. . Jolt #28: Lean into myths, not just methods. They emphasize a shift of focus that taps into a deeper, more expansive consciousness.

LEAN 52
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Innovation - fast and slow, for the right reasons

Jeffrey Phillips

For quite some time we've been hearing about how important it is to do things quickly, with many new adjectives placed in front of the word "innovation". What has worked in more traditional settings - manufacturing, process improvement, etc - is now being applied to innovation. When can you move fast?

LEAN 147
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Why “Path-to-Value” is Crucial for Corporate Innovators

Imaginatik

Like many companies, Acme Corporation has a new (ish) corporate-level innovation program. Executives are hoping for big things from the innovation group. The problem is that these are very different types of innovations. If this notion is not already in your vernacular, it needs to be. Let’s call them Acme Corporation.

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5 Ways to Fail at Innovation

Imaginatik

Yet, within corporations, innovation programs are fragile things. Large portions of the organization view the innovation team as a foreign entity. Innovation programs thrive on processes and metrics that don’t mesh easily with the core. For corporate innovators, risk lies around every corner.

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How to Get Buy-in for Your Innovation Project

Planview

Getting (and retaining ) buy-in from decision makers for innovation projects is often the stumbling block that many a corporate innovator and intrapreneur faces. GE managed to cut cost of market validation by 80% using the lean startup methodology. Got some stories on how you secured buy-in for an innovation project?

Project 45
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How to Get Buy-in for Your Innovation Project

Planview

Getting (and retaining ) buy-in from decision makers for innovation projects is often the stumbling block that many a corporate innovator and intrapreneur faces. GE managed to cut cost of market validation by 80% using the lean startup methodology. Got some stories on how you secured buy-in for an innovation project?

Project 40