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What is ‘True Creativity’? (part 2 of 5)

Idea to Value

Projects that would fundamentally change the company, and take them into the future. In reality, many of these projects were nothing more than incremental improvements. They were safe bets, designed to take costs out of the business based on projects which had successfully worked for other companies already.

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Innovate and Persuade with a Well-Judged Nudge

Destination Innovation

In 2013 the BIT sent out thousands of letters to school students from poor backgrounds, who typically did not apply to top universities. You can see examples of their various projects on their website. In fact it saved over 20 times its cost and has been copied in many other countries.

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65% of Venture Capital-backed deals fail to return investment, and only 4% make substantial returns

Idea to Value

The chart above shows the financial outcomes for 21,640 different financing deals between 2004 and 2013 (note that these were the total number of deals, not individual companies). However, new data from Correlation Ventures shows just how risky investing in new companies can be. And this scares a lot of managers.

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3 Dimensions of Innovation: the 23 Capabilities your company needs to succeed

Idea to Value

I published the first draft of the 3 Dimensions of Innovation all the way back in 2013. For example, a project team with strong capabilities to deliver innovation can be prevented from succeeding by a management team with inappropriate governance processes. The Three Pillars of what makes innovation work in any company.

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New Study: 2018 State of Embedded Analytics Report

Why do some embedded analytics projects succeed while others fail? We surveyed 500+ application teams embedding analytics to find out which analytics features actually move the needle. Read the 6th annual State of Embedded Analytics Report to discover new best practices. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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Tony Hsieh – The Remarkable Cultural Innovator at Zappos

Destination Innovation

In 2013 it became a holacracy without job titles, where employees could self-organize. He organized a major re-development and revitalization project for the dilapidated downtown area of Las Vegas. In 2013 he pledged $350m for the project. At that point, Amazon acquired Zappos.com for $1.2

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Five Crowdsourced Ideas that Came From Unlikely Places

IdeaScale

For World Cerebral Palsy Day in 2013, he asked for a wheelchair that either had an extended range or could run indefinitely. million project taking several years was instead quickly approved and in the sky in months on a much lower budget. These five, in particular, might surprise you and offer guidance for your crowdsourcing strategy.