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Becoming an innovative company: better late

Jeffrey Phillips

Determine what innovation should do for you In the past, all innovation was focused on product innovation, to create new and better products. The real impact (and real return) is in business model, experience and service innovation. Both can leverage open innovation.

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8 Types of Innovation in Business: A Comprehensive Guide

Qmarkets

The following six key types of innovation in business each serves a distinct purpose, together comprising a comprehensive innovation strategy that touches upon different aspects of business operations and market positioning.

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71 Innovation Methodologies

Open Innovation EU

Innovation Cycle (Avans). The Lean Startup (Ries). The Lean Enterprise. New Product and Development Service Process (Hauser). Open Innovation (Chesbrough). Open Innovation Kick-Start Approach (AT Kearney). Open Innovation Requirement Model (AT Kearney). The list is almost random.

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Here comes the hypenated innovation offering

Jeffrey Phillips

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.

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Key Issues in Innovation Management – Revisited – Part 1

Tim Kastelle

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.

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What is Innovation in Business and How Can it Build Business Longevity?

Qmarkets

The TPS system is founded on two primary concepts 14 : 1) Jidoka, which means to stop the line whenever a problem occurs to immediately address this issue so that no bad products are produced 2) Just-in-time, which means that each unit of production is made only when the downstream customer or process signals demand for a new unit.

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Building upon the four essential pillars for innovation

Paul Hobcraft

Rick points out: “Corporate innovation efforts by and large continue to fall far short of moving the needle in any significant, sustained way or of delivering on the promise of future-proofing companies against ever-increasing disruptive forces. It has focused on supporting and reinforcing single entity product innovation.