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How to Boost Innovation by Recycling Existing Ideas

IdeaScale

In these early stages of product development, it can sometimes seem like all of the good ideas have already been taken. When you apply this train of thought to innovation, it becomes apparent that some of the most successful products and services in human history were developed by recycling existing ideas. Take the iPod for example.

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IA Summit 10 - Day 2

Boxes and Arrows

Richard Dalton and Rob Weening discuss two solutions they’ve developed at Vanguard to address this question. Sometimes it’s poor methods, poor team members, or the market. But more often, projects fail from poor decisions inside client organizations. Download Principles to Build By – Stephen P.

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What is Lean Innovation? Components and Examples

Moves the Needle

When designing something, (ie: a technology, a product, a marketing material…) it is paramount to keep the needs of the end user in mind. Design thinking is a step above “customer development” because it takes a real human approach to getting to the root of an intrinsic problem. Again, agility is not just for products.

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IA Summit 09 - Day 2

Boxes and Arrows

– Karl Fast Do we have the conceptual tools necessary for designing with next-generation technologies? New technologies for interacting with information are moving from the lab to our homes. Just as important, attendees learn to avoid failures Nathan and his team have experienced along the way. Is Interaction Necessary?

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Great to Good

IdeaSpies

Between 1996-2001, Jim Collins’ team researched and wrote a bestselling book called Good to Great. did a follow-on study that found 32 of the 50 companies described in these books to only matched or underperformed the market over their subsequent 15-to-20-year period. The title of this piece is ‘Great to Good’.

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Great to Good Innovation

IdeaSpies

Between 1996-2001, Jim Collins’ team researched and wrote a bestselling book called Good to Great. did a follow-on study that found 32 of the 50 companies described in these books to only matched or underperformed the market over their subsequent 15-to-20-year period. The management consultant giant McKinsey and Co.

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Great to Good Innovation

IdeaSpies

Between 1996-2001, Jim Collins’ team researched and wrote a bestselling book called Good to Great. did a follow-on study that found 32 of the 50 companies described in these books to only matched or underperformed the market over their subsequent 15-to-20-year period. The title of this piece is ‘Great to Good’.