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Improve Product Innovation with Internal and External Feedback

IdeaScale

Customers are integral to the product innovation process.?. Product innovation is all about new ideas from both your employees and your customers. Trying to develop a new product without input from your customers is akin to shooting arrows in the dark. Why and How to Get Employees Involved in Product Innovation.

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The 7 stages of NPD and how to effectively manage product innovation

Exago

NPD typically comprises 7 stages, from the initial idea through to its introduction on the market, and can be aligned with good idea management practices. The post The 7 stages of NPD and how to effectively manage product innovation appeared first on Exago.

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How to look beyond product innovation in medium enterprises

Exago

One of the most common myths when leading idea management in medium enterprises is that you should strongly focus efforts on product innovation, as the ultimate goal is to have the next big thing. The post How to look beyond product innovation in medium enterprises appeared first on Exago.

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Can We Have One of These? A Product Innovation Platform

Paul Hobcraft

Recently I was exploring the world of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and read an excellent Whitepaper from Aras Corp , one of the leading PLM solution providers. I have argued we do need to change the way we undertake innovation and its development. Some claim that they do this already but seriously they do not.

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A PM's Guide to Building a Culture of Product Innovation

Speaker: Bob Webber, VP Product Flow Optimization, Construx

There's a lot of innovation advice out there, but very few companies are recognized for their innovation. Despite the importance of new product development, more than half of all product launches and innovations fail. Innovation advice will not work if your company's culture does not encourage it.

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AI & InnovationOps Can Advance Product Innovation | Sopheon

Sopheon

So as generative AI occupies massive mind space for most innovative companies, the question they must ask is, “Are we doing this the right way?” 'People believed their own hype,'' said S. Jerrold Kaplan, cofounder of one leading artificial intelligence company, TeKnowledge.

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Product innovation is hiding in your customers’ problems — here’s how to find it

Sopheon

Here’s why: A product without a problem isn’t product innovation. A cool idea, perhaps, but not a product. Before the conversation goes a sentence further, I’ll ask, “What problem are you trying to solve?” If their response is silence or a puzzled look, the discussion’s over.

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Measuring Innovation Performance

Why do only a third of the organizations worldwide have formal innovation metrics in place despite accepting that innovation is critical to survival? Download this eBook to learn about the 5 basic principles that guide every successful innovation process.