Innovation Excellence

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

In 1997 Clayton Christensen published The Innovator’s Dilemma and it sparked a revolution. It seemed that for years all anyone could talk about was disruptive innovation. That was until Henry Chesbrough published Open Innovation in 2003 and that got hot.

LEAN 71

LEAN Design Thinking Open Innovation Disruption 71

Innovation Excellence

MARCH 27, 2019

Astrid Froment created Kangaroo Fund, an open innovation Fund for the 18,000 Pernod Ricard Employees, and an intrapreneurship program adopting experimentation & lean Start Up. In 2 seasons, it generated more than 250 ideas, 20 finalists, and 10 ideas incubated… She shares with us this exciting story.

LEAN 65

LEAN Learning Open Innovation Innovation 65

Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2015

—– Lean Innovation Management. In the last five years “ Lean Startup ” methodologies have enabled entrepreneurs to efficiently build a startup by searching for product/market fit rather than blindly trying to execute. Companies or Government agencies pursuing innovation can Buy, Build, Partner or use Open Innovation.

LEAN 49

LEAN Innovation Management Management Underperforming Technical Team 49

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Successful innovation requires aligning your innovation model to your business strategy. With lean budgets for innovation a reality at many large organizations, managers are often reluctant to allocate funding and staff to projects they perceive as risky, or that don’t help them achieve their short-term performance metrics.

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Culture Strategy Strategy Technical Review 130

Innovation Excellence

OCTOBER 21, 2018

Use Innovation Accounting to Drive the Metrics that Matter Most for Your New Venture or Start-Up As the field of innovation management matures, many entrepreneurs and companies have built solid capabilities in design thinking, rapid prototyping, portfolio management, open innovation, and the list goes on.

LEAN 71

LEAN Tools Design Thinking Open Innovation 71

Rapid Innovation in digital time

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Astrid Froment created Kangaroo Fund, an open innovation Fund for the 18,000 Pernod Ricard Employees, and an intrapreneurship program adopting experimentation & lean Start Up. In 2 seasons, it generated more than 250 ideas, 20 finalists, and 10 ideas incubated… She shares with us this exciting story.

LEAN 57

LEAN Learning Open Innovation Innovation 57

Innovation Excellence

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Every business knows it needs to innovate. There is no shortage of pundits, blogs and conferences that preach the gospel of agility, disruptive innovation, open innovation, lean startups or whatever else is currently in vogue. What isn’t so clear is how to go about it. It can all be overwhelming.

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Conference LEAN Agile Management 70

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

A “lean” approach amplifies both profits and purpose. Mission-driven organizations have an equal opportunity to apply the principles and practices of innovation to maximize their impact–but few take it. Corporate philanthropy. Benefit corporations. Nonprofits and non-governmental organizations. Sounds ideal.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review LEAN Innovation Social Innovation 100

Innovation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

I spent the majority of my adult life managing organizations and I always felt enormous pressure to innovate, but whenever I went looking for guidance, what I found was a confused jumble. Disruptive innovation, design thinking, open innovation, lean launchpads and on and on.

LEAN 67

LEAN Design Thinking Open Innovation Disruption 67

Innovators Alliance

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

While many leaders invest in innovation when times are good, it’s valuable to learn lessons from the lean times and leverage them to help us move forward, regardless of the economic environment. Stay Externally Focused “Open Innovation” is all about tapping into resources, knowledge, and technology from outside the company.

Technical Review 59

Technical Review Innovation LEAN Resources 59

Idea to Value

JULY 21, 2017

10 – Open Innovation, Crowdsourcing and Idea Management. However, recently there have been a number of startups providing a software solution to enable companies to set up innovation challenges, have thousands of people submit their ideas, and then evaluate and manage these ideas in a more structured way.

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Company Underperforming Technical Team Brainstorming Design Thinking 248

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 4, 2023

Collaborations form the essence of discovery, relationships, innovation and new knowledge exchange. Innovation tools and methodologies : Cross-sector innovation collaborations require the use of innovative tools and methodologies that support collaboration and creative problem-solving.

Collaboration 130

Collaboration Innovation Resources Industry 130

Open Innovation EU

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Innovation Cycle (Avans). The Lean Startup (Ries). The Lean Enterprise. Open Innovation (Chesbrough). Open Innovation Kick-Start Approach (AT Kearney). Open Innovation Requirement Model (AT Kearney). Experiments Open Innovation (Guinan). The list is almost random.

Crowdsourcing 81

Crowdsourcing Innovation Open Innovation LEAN 81

Yet2

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Lean on your fellow innovators and set up an innovation prize challenge! Prize challenges are a great way to source innovative technology while also promoting and growing your field. Words by Carlos Pichardo Are you an organization with a burning problem you can’t quite solve?

Conference 104

Conference Engagement LEAN Technology 104

Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 11, 2022

Many of our innovative approaches or systems are based on very often just an internal perspective, restricted in available resources and limited knowledge and insights, often constraining the evolving new solutions and then limiting the impact and outcome. Working in innovation ecosystems.

Innovation 189

Innovation Design Collaboration Engagement 189

IdeaScale

APRIL 24, 2018

Contreras dived into the importance of goal-setting and quantifiable metrics to any innovation program. However, he cautioned against avoiding “vanity metrics,” a term coined by “The Lean Startup” author Eric Ries. They’re two shining examples of the intrapreneurial nature of open innovation champions.

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Policies Crowdsourcing Innovation Programs Open Innovation 145

Innovation Excellence

JULY 12, 2020

Experimenting 100 innovative solutions over 20 countries in Africa twice a year: that’s the process we describe in this compelling interview with David L. Ross , Innovation teacher at Carnegie Mellon University , about corporate open innovation in Africa, initially published in Disrupt Africa.

Open Innovation 52

Open Innovation Innovation Collaboration LEAN 52

Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 10, 2017

Good if you want to build an innovation competency Learn how to leverage open innovation to use the ideas of others. You can, for example, leverage a good external innovation company in one product group or setting, while hiring and building innovation competencies in another group.

Company 100

Company Innovation Disruption Open Innovation 100

Jeffrey Phillips

APRIL 13, 2016

This slight rant of mine was started when I saw a new software application talk about its ability to help its clients in agile lean innovation. Lean is about stripping away unnecessary assets to focus on doing the most with the least. Lean is about stripping away unnecessary assets to focus on doing the most with the least.

LEAN 100

LEAN Agile Innovation Software 100

100%Open

DECEMBER 18, 2023

By neglecting innovation, business schools miss the opportunity to equip leaders with the mindset and tools necessary for creating high-performance cultures that thrive on fresh thinking and creative problem-solving.

Culture 69

Culture Creativity LEAN Agile 69

Innovation Excellence

JUNE 12, 2019

Managing the intrapreneurship program DB Intrapreneurs, means for Tobias building amazing digital services, and enabling people in their innovation ambitions to create tangible and sustainable value. To boost intrapreneurs projects, Tobias also shares his skills in business modelling, lean startup,

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LEAN Project Management Innovation 59

Open Innovation EU

MARCH 30, 2016

During a course we developed at Avans University this winter, we asked students to gather relevant business cases on innovation and entrepreneurship in order to analyse them and prepare discussions around organization design. Source: www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/operations/our-insights/when-toyota-met-e-commerce-lean-at-amazon.

Entrepreneurship 70

Entrepreneurship LEAN Case Study Agile 70

Tim Kastelle

MARCH 7, 2016

It requires a more deliberated approach, such as the lean startup process, design thinking or a combination thereof. Tip: Tim Kastelle has posted a worthwhile series on how to implement lean startup for innovation initiatives. We can see that experimentation comes in different flavors, depending on the innovation context.

Innovation Management 100

Innovation Management Management LEAN Technical Review 100

hackerearth

MARCH 5, 2018

They support systemic innovation. As an extension to making innovation a part of their culture and processes, innovative companies also organize themselves in ways that support open innovation. They adhere to lean principles of product development. They are tech-savvy.

Company 77

Company LEAN Underperforming Technical Team Innovation 77

Qmarkets

AUGUST 26, 2021

This graphic from The Lean Enterprise Institute illustrates Toyota’s use of the continuous improvement method to improve existing processes efficiently. A great example of open innovation comes from NASA who used the concept to create a mathematical algorithm that determines the correct amount of medical kits for future space missions.

Innovation Programs 98

Innovation Programs Innovation Technical Review Open Innovation 98

mjvinnovation

MARCH 11, 2020

Let’s design an action plan for your company to adopt the best tech-innovation solutions? Expertise: IT Outsourcing / Open Innovation. Agile Delivery: Use Agile Practices – Agile and Lean. Led Design: Adoption of a user-focused approach, such as Design Thinking.

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Artificial Inteligence Trends Marketing Internet of things 52

100%Open

APRIL 2, 2019

We’ve noticed over the years that companies that have used open innovation to find new products and services have got more than they bargained for. Organisations we’ve worked with – LEGO, Interface, Crisis and many others – have undergone a transformation from inward-looking and competitive to open-minded and collaborative.

LEAN 45

LEAN Innovation Agile Open Innovation 45

Gregg Fraley

MARCH 17, 2021

Gregg knows several innovation frameworks, including Design Thinking and Osborn-Parnes Creative Problem Solving (aka “CPS). He’s familiar with tools in Lean, Agile, and DeBono’s Thinking Hats.

Tools 52

Tools Idea Generation Brainstorming LEAN 52

Qmarkets

MARCH 27, 2024

Implemented first in Toyota manufacturing plants, this innovative production system dramatically reduced costs while improving product quality and production flexibility. Techniques such as Lean manufacturing and automation play a pivotal role in driving process innovation, enabling businesses to maintain operational excellence and agility.

Radical Innovation 52

Radical Innovation Innovation Disruption Competition 52

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Whether you’re creating a new product, service, process, or business model, innovation is about keeping an eye on costs while pushing forward to create novel new solutions. Leverage external innovation. At Build-A-Bear Workshop , for instance, kids go crazy for the privilege of being able to stuff their own teddy bears.

How To 100

How To Artificial Inteligence Innovation LEAN 100

Innovation 360

APRIL 30, 2017

Cross Innovation, Open Innovation. Project Management and LEAN. Areas of expertise. System Analysis & Integration. Mechatronics & Sensorik. Material Science. Additive Manufacturing/3D-Printing. Simulation using Finite Elements. Designing Applications for a Data-Based Economy. Creating new Business Models.

LEAN 40

LEAN Agile Analysis Open Innovation 40

Ecosystems4Innovating

APRIL 4, 2023

Collaborations form the essence of discovery, relationships, innovation and new knowledge exchange. Innovation tools and methodologies : Cross-sector innovation collaborations require the use of innovative tools and methodologies that support collaboration and creative problem-solving.

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Innovation Resources Industry 52

Innovation 360

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

She is a holder of BComm and MSc in Strategy degrees from the University of Wollongong, Australia.

Entrepreneurship 40

Entrepreneurship LEAN Leadership Innovation Programs 40

Innovation 360 Group

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

She is a holder of BComm and MSc in Strategy degrees from the University of Wollongong, Australia.

Entrepreneurship 40

Entrepreneurship LEAN Leadership Innovation Programs 40

Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 30, 2016

Design Thinking is not innovation. Creative Problem Solving is not innovation. DeBono’s Six Thinking Hats are not innovation. Lean is not innovation. Prototyping is not innovation. Crowd sourcing or Open innovation are not innovation. TQM and Six Sigma are not innovation.

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Project Big Data Innovation Brainstorming 50

mjvinnovation

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency, data science, and open innovation have reshaped the financial services market. Being invested in technology and innovation is a crucial strategy to win market share and customers. Involve approaches such as Design Thinking, User Experience (UX), Open Innovation, and Agile Practices.

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Change Artificial Inteligence Tips Data 52

Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 18, 2015

Don’t get hung up on whether to use Lean, or Design Thinking, or CPS, KILN’s FuseTrail , or some arcane method history has hung around your neck. Get a project started and use and abuse those tools, but GET STARTED Now, and keep the projects moving forward, and keep on executing innovation cycles.

LEAN 40

LEAN Design Thinking Innovation Idea Generation 40