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A Collaborative Product Development Stage Gate

IdeaScale

You might be surprised to learn that silica sand is used in a wide variety of industries: everything from the oil & gas vertical to products in sports & recreation. So a company that provides silica and sand based products actually has a wide range of innovation opportunities as they build out their product portfolio.

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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. Your employees, however, are a different matter.

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What Did the Pandemic Teach Us About New Product Development?

Planview

In this post, you will find questions and answers from an incredibly timely and informative webinar that provided crucial new product development best practices based on lessons learned from the pandemic. Q&A from Accelerating Innovation: Lessons Learned from the Pandemic.

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12 Types of Innovation You Should Know in 2021

IdeaScale

Before being “open” as in open innovation, research is conducted internally within a company to privately create and manage inventions and new advancements before sharing them with the world. Social Innovation. It can also refer to innovations that have a social purpose, such as distance learning and online volunteering.

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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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New Year’s Resolution: Catch Up on These Must-Read Innovation Blogs from 2019

IdeaScale

Check out our top innovation blogs from 2019 for tips on transforming your product, process, market, and more. Brainstorming is where innovation and product development strategy begin, but sometimes you need a little push to get started. How Does Globalization Impact Innovation Strategy?

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What Kind of Company is a Good Fit for Crowdsourcing?

IdeaScale

There are a few Dick’s employees with the word “Innovation” in their title and even more employees that participated in this product innovation campaign. The concepts that started in the ideation program are now being reviewed by the product development team for potential implementation.