Jeffrey Phillips

JUNE 11, 2019

I'm going to start a series of blog posts about what 15 years of innovation consulting has taught me. I'm happy to say I've learned a lot about innovation in corporations, and also somewhat excited to say I'm still learning, because the pace and nature of innovation is changing so rapidly. I call this fallacy - we need a what.

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BrainZooming

JULY 17, 2018

That happens when strategic planning becomes too complex, gets detached from real business issues, or the whole process focuses on trying to complete cumbersome strategy templates. Mike Brown Founder of The Brainzooming Group, and an expert on strategy, creativity, and innovation. Then people start dozing off.

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IdeaScale

JANUARY 22, 2020

Traditional approaches to creating innovation strategies are no longer providing effective solutions. Instead, companies are adopting a way of solving problems known as open innovation. One method for practicing open innovation is through crowdsourcing, the process of sharing ideas across industries to solve a common problem.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

We routinely ask those of you downloading Brainzooming strategy and innovation eBooks to share – if you are willing – the opportunities and challenges you are facing at the time. “Buy in from staff on the new vision and the required change” 5 Keys to Engaging Employees in Innovation Strategy – Our Buy-In Manifesto.

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Innovation Leader

APRIL 27, 2018

We asked the Innovation Leader community if they were developing products, strategies, or solutions for Amazon Alexa.

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BrainZooming

JULY 12, 2016

Reviewing the innovation strategy challenges business executives identified when downloading Brainzooming eBooks , they frequently mention gaining “buy-in” for significant change initiatives. Here are five keys we’ve found for successfully engaging employees in innovation strategy. That’s no surprise.

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helloFUTURE

JULY 31, 2022

… The post The Future Is Just-in-Time-Person-and-Place appeared first on IDEATE+EXECUTE.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Great branding strategy examples abound. If your organization specializes in one particular area, your branding strategy discussions should include the question: “If our customers can think it, can we make it?” They need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results. We were in St. Flexibility?

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Peer Insight

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Disruption of markets worldwide has proven that speed is an important attribute of strong innovators. So, do an audit on your strategy – if you can’t answer these 4 questions, meet with senior leaders to determine the answers: Why does this innovation team exist? At the heart of innovation is change.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

I’m scheduled for a background interview today on creating a thought leadership strategy. While I’m sure it was a completely sincere gesture, I think pursuing a thought leadership strategy isn’t something a brand or an individual shouldn’t do. What to Say about a Thought Leadership Strategy? Value Leadership Strategy.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 16, 2016

Whenever possible, we try to help clients select a mix of people to participate in group strategy exercises. We are also proponents for reaching beyond familiar people that are always involved strategic planning meetings and drive the outcomes of group strategy exercises. 9 Ideas on How to Involve a Team in Group Strategy Exercises.

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Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 26, 2017

A brief post to make sure you know about the upcoming Denver, CO public course in Advanced Innovation Facilitation. Essentially this is intensive, hands-on workshop that trains people in innovation frameworks, and tools for strategy, ideation, research, and project management. This is a high value training.

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Innovation Leader

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Innovators face a common challenge: aligning their investments with product strategy. Our friends at Sopheon discuss how strategic planning can help…

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Yet2

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Automotive manufacturers, companies in the automotive supply chain, and technology startups eyeing the automotive market need to understand the innovations that are taking place today – and those that will take place tomorrow. Therefore, evaluating, testing, and ultimately, selecting any innovation or technology must be at the highest level.

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The Kanban system is a visualization strategy that helps you manage innovative development projects. Kanban can help you eliminate bottlenecks and pain points across your processes , which are likely limiting your team’s creative productivity. Timely Manufacturing and Post Production Campaigns. source: pixabay.com.

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Wazoku

JUNE 22, 2017

Every successfully implemented idea/product is a result of a long and painstakingly supervised innovation process. The real test is when the product is launched but this preliminary research gives a hint. Growing plans: updates on the product, business plan, marketing and financial strategies enable expansion.

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Anaqua

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

When it comes to product strategy and development at Anaqua, the key word is LISTEN. 4 - Innovation management. Corporate respondents cited innovation management – the ability to capture and drive innovation – as another business-critical requirement. 2 - Attorney workspace - portfolio management.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 26, 2018

Talking with one city’s representatives about strategies to sell-in a broadband recommendation with voters, they asked whether it is okay to engage its citizens after city leadership develops a recommendation. Most importantly, you can shape strategies based on integrating audience input during the earliest stages.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 29, 2017

Someone downloaded a free Brainzooming strategy eBook, noting his biggest strategy challenge is “how to do a strategic planning process when you are new.” Secure copies of previous plans and strategy documents, and don’t settle for the first things people offer you. All the Strategy Roles You Need.

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Innov8rs

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Innov8rs | Innovation teams often find themselves in a catch-22. Different Stuctures, Yet The Same Need For Support Panera has adopted a distributed approach to innovation. Here, different roles have ‘innovation’ in their job title, and the company is also very open to collaboration with others. How to deal with this tension?

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Anaqua

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

In November 2020, Hyperion Research awarded Anaqua the Highly Innovative designation for its Customer Driven Roadmap and Persona Driven User Interface. We remain focused and are working with clients now to define requirements and product strategy for the next 18 months, which will be revealed in our upcoming blog post on AQX.

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Legacy Innovation Group

APRIL 1, 2019

The Innovation Generation Has Arrived. They enter the workforce with an entirely different mindset and a whole new hunger⃜ a real hunger for innovation. At the bare minimum, these young men and women want to see innovation happening all around them, and more often than not they want to be right in the middle of it!

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Legacy Innovation Group

APRIL 1, 2019

Trend Timing — The Innovator's Secret Weapon. Many successful innovations succeed because they correctly address emerging trends. Such events can include the introduction of an innovative new product or service that preempts public knowledge of the need – cases in point are iTunes and the Nest Learning Thermostat.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 20, 2016

Job Descriptions Don’t Define Innovation Potential. I asked them to engage in some strategic thinking about innovation opportunities for the company. A description of a job role isn’t identical to the description of how an individual or group can contribute to solid, dynamic, and innovative strategic thinking.

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CMOE

MARCH 6, 2023

An organization’s success depends on a business strategy that establishes the organization’s mission and what decisions or actions must be taken to achieve it. Every individual in the organization, from front-line worker to Chief Executive Officer, is responsible for implementing the strategy and ensuring the organization’s success.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 28, 2016

Most executives can’t write a strategy plan, so don’t make them. Since strategy planning is an infrequent activity, it is difficult for executives to master it. We learned that if we asked executives a series of questions leading to the information needed to complete a strategy plan, they became productive strategy planners.

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helloFUTURE

JULY 31, 2022

However, none of these tactics is a good fit for what I see as our just-in-time-and-place future, which is one in which cloud-based technologies will be able to provide us with whatever we want precisely when and where we require it.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 30, 2016

There is a mutual contribution from both parties toward the strategy and ideas. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success. If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the free Brainzooming blog email updates.

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BrainZooming

JULY 6, 2016

Innovation Strategy. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success. How could we create a place where future prospects and customers want to spend time “hanging out” with our brand?

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BrainZooming

MARCH 8, 2016

mini-Book, we ask a question about the biggest strategy implementation opportunity or challenge the individual is facing in his or her organization. Creating Organizational Change and Change Management – 4 Strategy Options. 29 Phrases Blocking Innovative Ideas. Don’t Let Fear of Change Block Innovative Business Ideas.

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Innovation Excellence

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Flowing through your company’s system, like blood through the veins of a human body, new product concepts are the future of your company’s health and the source of its growth. Unfortunately, many companies lack a strategic planning process for innovation, or they manage it poorly. Too many.

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Taivara

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Product Hunt Columbus is proudly sponsored by: Assisting startups and small businesses, advising on both legal and practical operations issues. Helping companies compete in a rapidly changing digital world through everything from Software Design & Development, New Product Strategy, and Corporate Innovation.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 9, 2015

We facilitated a two-day innovation strategy workshop for an industrial company. The company wants to make significant changes to a major production process. During the innovation strategy discussions, we addressed the production process changes from five different perspectives. Are we done yet?

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 15, 2016

Creative Thinking Skills: 29 Phrases Blocking Innovative Ideas. Disruptive Innovation, Change Management & Taking the NO Out of InNOvation. In short they need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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Innovation in Practice

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

How and where innovation is performed matters: As Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter, author of classic texts on corporate strategy and the competitive advantage of nations, has noted, “Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity.”. A complete reversal in just eight years.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 25, 2016

The thing is, there’s a different way to structure business meetings to help a group come together and collaborate in an innovative, productive way. In short they need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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Strategyn

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Knowing if and why segments of customers have different unmet needs is the key to an effective market and product strategy. A new product will fail if doesn’t address unmet needs in a segment of the market that is large enough to warrant the investment. Why does all this matter?

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