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

Sopheon

I hear this a lot in product meetings: “You know what we need to do?” 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?”

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What Will the Long-Term Impact of COVID-19 Be on Digital Transformation?

IdeaScale

Perhaps there’s no better sign of this than the rush to secure meetings after the practice of “Zoom-bombing” began grabbing headlines in early 2020. Zoom, and IT teams across the world, raced to implement password protection and better meeting codes. Particularly of interest is the question of travel.

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What to innovate now

Jeffrey Phillips

Over time, as innovation has matured somewhat, many innovation consultants began to reference Doblin's Ten Types model. This is a great mode that I constantly refer back to with my clients, to convince them to think about innovation beyond product innovation. Product innovation is of course necessary for survival.

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Message to the Board – We Need to Talk about Innovation

Destination Innovation

Innovation should be a regular topic item on the agenda of company board meetings. If you have not had a fundamental conversation about innovation with your key corporate stakeholders and senior executives then these are some of the questions and topics to discuss at the first such meeting. Where are we headed?

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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.

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At the digital transformation and innovation crossroads

Jeffrey Phillips

I went to a meeting about innovation earlier this week with a former client and a discussion about digital transformation broke out. Where innovation and digital transformation meet Let's add in, of course, two really interesting management phenomena occurring before our eyes. Digital transformation is inevitable.

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12 Types of Innovation You Should Know in 2021

IdeaScale

Successful closed innovation requires protection, control, and ownership of intellectual property while still under development, through the use of special product development teams within a company. Social Innovation. Product Innovation.