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The Accidental Innovation

Destination Innovation

Sullivan heard back that the customers were happy with this new arrangement so he designed teabags for large scale production. He later added string and a tag so the bag could be easily removed. Customers were supposed to empty out the contents but instead they put the whole bag into the teapot and then added hot water.

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Sustainable, Recyclable, Affordable: A Family-Owned Business Shakes Things Up

Business and Tech

In business for more than a century, Paper Mart has become an industry leader in sustainable paper products. We also send out surveys to our customers asking if sustainable products were of interest to them. We have our call center and product experts in-house. And the resounding answer was ‘yes!’”

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What if the current use of your product were banned?

Destination Innovation

If so you repurposed a product for an application that the producer did not foresee. You put the product to another use. This idea can be a fruitful source of innovations for your product or service if you only you can think laterally. They kept the same product but promoted it with different benefits to a different market.

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The Best Product Person of 2017 is…

100%Open

Out of the hundreds of nominations, and amazing finalists, the 8th annual winner of The Best Product Person is … Melissa Perri. The Best Product Person (TBPP) is the leading international award honoring excellence in Product Management. Take a moment and congratulate The Best Product Person of 2017: Melissa Perri.

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How to Package and Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, application owners can charge 24% more for their product. This framework explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. How much value could you add? Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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Goodhart’s Law: When a target becomes its own enemy

Idea to Value

Soviet Union planners wanting to increase production of iron nails, so telling factories to produce as many nails as possible. Goodhart’s Law: Some of these Sales Managers sell the products at a loss, so they get a sale but the company actually loses money. That way it could not die. However, other examples are not so harmless.

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Open innovation & crowdsourcing resources

Board of Innovation

Product ideas crowdsourcing BMW Customer Innovation Lab – in german InnovationJam* – IBM’s idea generation project Dell IdeaStorm – external idea sourcing My Startbucks Idea – shaping the future of Starbucks Connect + Develop – Innovation platform by P&G 02.