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Working together to shape innovation for meaningful change

Paul Hobcraft

To support you in building out your innovation competencies, capabilities and capacity that requires a deeper investment in skill development in a culture of continual learning. Use tools like brainstorming sessions or interdisciplinary teams to encourage diverse insights.

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Why Companies are Turning to Innovation Centres

Destination Innovation

These are some of the reasons why senior corporate executives are increasingly turning to separate innovation labs to spearhead their new product development. A recent study by Capgemini Consulting, entitled The Innovation Game , charts the rise of corporate innovation centers (or centres as we would say in Europe).

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Can We Have One of These? A Product Innovation Platform

Paul Hobcraft

Recently I was exploring the world of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and read an excellent Whitepaper from Aras Corp , one of the leading PLM solution providers. I have argued we do need to change the way we undertake innovation and its development. Some claim that they do this already but seriously they do not.

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3 Traps of common market research methods

Moves the Needle

In lean startup, before beginning to test solution ideas, one focuses on developing empathy through customer development interviews. Market Research and Product Silos vs. Cross-Functional Teams For starters, product and market research are usually two separate activities. They require two separate teams.

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As our lives become more automated, these are the skills you’ll need

Faisal Hoque

For instance, an engineer who can develop brilliant new product designs but who can’t effectively communicate the value of those designs to others (or collaborate with design teams to bring those ideas to life) is doing himself and his organization a major disservice. FOCUSING ON “SOFT SKILLS” PAYS OFF–LITERALLY.

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As our lives become more automated, these are the skills you’ll need

Faisal Hoque

For instance, an engineer who can develop brilliant new product designs but who can’t effectively communicate the value of those designs to others (or collaborate with design teams to bring those ideas to life) is doing himself and his organization a major disservice. FOCUSING ON “SOFT SKILLS” PAYS OFF–LITERALLY.

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What do most innovative companies have in common?

hackerearth

So much that a McKinsey survey reported that 94 percent executives are unhappy with their business’ innovation performance. They link innovation to their well-defined business objectives by establishing and maintaining dedicated innovation teams. They adhere to lean principles of product development.

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