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The Comforter Cold War of 2006

Innovation Excellence

(or How Assumptions Stifle Innovation) GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton In the room were two single beds, each with a fluffy white comforter folded neatly on top. Yeah, this is not gonna work.” I had just entered my one-bedroom corporate apartment in Copenhagen, and while everything else was pleasantly light and spacious, there was no […]

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Interview with Design Thinking Leader Steven Forth on What Makes Business Model Innovation So Challenging

IdeaScale

IdeaScale was introduced to Ibbaka because they are working with us on a very special project to help us innovate on our business model, but we were impressed at their experience, conversancy in design thinking and innovation and passion for subjects like growth models. IS: What’s an example of an open competency model? Do you agree? .

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Trust the Customers, Not the Experts

Destination Innovation

Rob Law studied Product Design at Northumbria University. One of his course assignments in 1997 was to come up with a new design for luggage. In 2006 he presented on the TV programme Dragon’s Den in front of a panel of stern entrepreneur investors. ” His Trunki design went on to win over 100 awards.

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Can creativity training really improve your creativity?

Idea to Value

After all, we have previously seen that most corporate creativity training is not actually designed to deliver results. Research into the effectiveness of creativity training There have now been hundreds of peer-reviewed studies into creativity training. See his TEDx talk on the subject below: Can creativity training improve your creativity?

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Clarifying Design in Business Sciences: a Design Thinking Taxonomy

Open Innovation EU

It’s about the way we think of design – in its broadest sense: organization design, strategic design, theory design, business model design, and product design – in business sciences. Design Thinking in Business Sciences. Design Thinking Taxonomy. So why is it good?

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The Universality of Leadership: Challenging Industry-Specific Biases

Tullio Siragusa

When he took the reins at Ford in 2006, the company was facing dire financial straits. Under Mulally’s strategic vision and the “One Ford” plan, he streamlined brands, globalized the company’s operations, and renewed focus on innovative car designs. Brown’s impact is a testament to the universality of Design Thinking principles.

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Why You Should Give Crowdsourcing A Go

Flying Fish Lab

Here are a few reasons why: Crowdsourcing is a term given in 2006 by two editors at Wired, Jeff Howe and Mark Robinson, to describe how businesses were using the Internet to "outsource work to the crowd.". The Sydney Opera House (1957) got its final design through a competition.