Innovate2Grow Experts

MARCH 8, 2019

You will get an overview of how you can consistently generate at least 12 X more ideas than brainstorming for any need, at any time, in any kind of business. is a highly proven innovation best practice – proven in university studies and, more importantly, in the real world for over two decades. Quantum Idea Generation 2.0

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The use of innovation activities is one way to accomplish these goals, spur creativity, and drive business or organizational growth. Here are 8 of the most popular activities for innovation to try: 1. Workshops Workshops are a hands-on approach to innovation, where participants work together to develop new ideas and prototypes.

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

In this article, we’ll explore several powerful innovation techniques—ranging from problem-solving frameworks and ideation methods to hackathons and structured innovation programs. Both play a crucial role in driving enterprise innovation, but they serve distinct purposes.

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Gregg Fraley

APRIL 22, 2019

Lack of Managment support will effectively kill any innovation program no matter how well conceived. Very few organization’s are any good at all at Brainstorming/Idea Generation. B to C organization’s need to learn to interpret qualitative data more creatively.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 8, 2017

Your innovation efforts will fail without training. Yes, you can train people in creative thinking, Front-End-of-Innovation (FEI) frameworks, and in meeting facilitation. The research that says brainstorming doesn’t work studied groups with no training and no facilitator.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Increased Efficiency : Innovation can streamline operations and reduce costs by identifying more effective ways to accomplish tasks. Attracting Talent : A culture that values creativity and innovation draws in individuals who are eager to contribute and push boundaries, which in turn, fuels further innovation.

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Econic

APRIL 10, 2018

Corporate innovation is hard. More and more, we’re seeing innovation programs close their doors after only a few years, with few senior leaders in the organization recognizing any real value from their efforts. No compelling vision or reason to innovate. Lack of clearly defined innovation metrics. Call your shot.

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Econic

MAY 23, 2019

The biggest challenges in corporate innovation and how to navigate them Corporate innovation is hard. More and more, we’re seeing innovation programs close their doors after only a few years, with few senior leaders in the organization recognizing any real value from their efforts. Vision & Leadership 1.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Role of Leadership in Fostering Innovation As a leader, you have the unique capability to shape the mindset and culture of your organization. Your actions and attitudes towards innovation can either stimulate a fertile environment for creative thinking or stifle potential breakthroughs.

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KindlingApp

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

When an organization decides to invest resources, time, and energy in an innovation program, management is making a calculated bet about their teams' ability to identify and solve problems to grow the business—but there's not always a concrete purpose or hurdle against which the innovation program is supposed to act.

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Gregg Fraley

MAY 9, 2017

Innovation Programs Based On Best Practices are Doomed to Mediocrity. Things I’ve heard recently from c-suite executives about their own innovation programs: “Floundering and ineffective, if I’m honest.” For example, instead of doing a classic brainstorm, or ideation, do a MoshPit.

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PlanBox Innovation

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Revamp your innovation strategy with Planbox’s Avatar Mode , enabling contributors to engage and innovate using anonymous personas. This feature fosters an immersive and dynamic environment, encouraging free-flowing creativity and participation from all levels, including top executives, without compromising anonymity.

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Gregg Fraley

MAY 1, 2018

However, frameworks have built-in assumptions, such as, there’s motivation to innovate, and that the culture is aligned with an innovation effort. Frameworks assume: engaged leadership, talent on the team, day to day creativity, curiosity, and domain knowledge. There is no innovation without creativity.

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KindlingApp

MAY 4, 2015

We hear from new customers all the time that their intangible long-term innovation goal is to create a culture of innovation. The ones who successfully develop that culture are invariably also the ones who continuously encourage creative behaviors in their employees. It is created through a cycle of routine behavior.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 22, 2018

Your innovation efforts will fail without training. Yes, you can train people in creative thinking, Front-End-of-Innovation (FEI) frameworks, problem solving, and meeting facilitation. The research that says brainstorming doesn’t work studied groups with no training and no facilitator.

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Innovate2Grow Experts

MARCH 8, 2019

In the previous blog I covered: Quantum idea generation produces at least 12 times more ideas than brainstorming. My client, the plumbing company owner: 30 years of owning a plumbing company and one of the most resourceful, creative people in the plumbing industry. You can go to i2ge.com/podcast or iTunes. Guaranteed.

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Econic

MAY 23, 2019

Corporate innovation is hard. More and more, we’re seeing innovation programs close their doors after only a few years, with few senior leaders in the organization recognizing any real value from their efforts. No compelling vision or reason to innovate. Lack of clearly defined innovation metrics. Call your shot.

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hackerearth

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

The ‘innovation team’ must identify and provide the right enabling technologies to facilitate day-to-day innovation activities and also to speed up the adoption of the innovation culture. To innovate by example. Innovation can generate noise and become disruptive (not only to the market but also to the company).

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Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 30, 2019

This public* course is at a significant discount to on-site courses delivered directly to organizations by Gregg Fraley Innovation (GFi). The emphasis of this training is a firm grounding in innovation concepts and best practice. It builds awareness of the how and why of innovation programs. Managing innovation projects.

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eZassi

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

It’s the strategies, idea stage gate and workflows that move creative ideas, novel technologies, or key market insights through an efficient and transparent pipeline of challenge solvers and intrapreneurs to drive sustainable growth and gain a competitive edge. It’s all about embracing creativity and encouraging diverse perspectives.

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Values Centered Innovation

OCTOBER 18, 2020

Then comes the exhale, where you actualize that opportunity by generating creative ideas, deciding on your course of action, and making it happen. Most innovation processes rush from inhale to exhale, jumping from defining a goal to brainstorming ideas to quickly implementing a solution.

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Values Centered Innovation

OCTOBER 18, 2020

First comes an inhale, where you define a goal or intention and gather the "raw materials" you need to innovate by gaining new perspectives and knowledge. Then comes the exhale, where you generate creative ideas, decide on your course of action, and make it happen.

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Values Centered Innovation

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

First comes an inhale, where you define a goal or intention and gather the "raw materials" you need to innovate by gaining new perspectives and knowledge. Then comes the exhale, where you generate creative ideas, decide on your course of action, and make it happen.

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Values Centered Innovation

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

You brainstorm a wide variety of creative options and decide on the best innovative solution. You’ll notice that values such as commitment to higher goals, noble intentions, empathy, caring, serving others, creativity, integrity, and learning are enabling factors embedded in the process.

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Gregg Fraley

DECEMBER 9, 2016

I thought by this year in history (2016) everyone in the business world would have a clue as to how to do ideation (aka brainstorming) properly. I don’t understand why more companies don’t invest in building innovation capacity. Another example: charting ideas on a flip chart, well, that’s 1951 brainstorming.

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Values Centered Innovation

JANUARY 27, 2020

The 4th sign of the ever-evolving mindset and practice of Innovation is the expansion of innovative thinking from just “brainstorming” to eliciting the uniquely different ways that people prefer to think innovatively. Connect with me on Linkedin and share your thoughts! Download a PDF of this blog and share with others!

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Values Centered Innovation

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Over the last 75 years, the field of corporate innovation has dynamically evolved from the 1950s-60s’ NASA innovation process models and the Osborn-Parnes creative problem-solving process to today’s popularity with Design Thinking and Agile Development. It’s a never-ending journey, with notable milestones along the way.

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Values Centered Innovation

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Over the last 75 years, the field of corporate innovation has dynamically evolved from the 1950s-60s’ NASA innovation process models and the Osborn-Parnes creative problem-solving process to today’s popularity with Design Thinking and Agile Development. It’s a never-ending journey, with notable milestones along the way.

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Innovate2Grow Experts

MARCH 8, 2019

elements we utilize in a creative session to generate at least 12 X more ideas than brainstorming – and a quality of ideas you will never get from brainstorming. Quantum idea generation produces at least 12 times more ideas than brainstorming. Stimulus is the second of the four Quantum Idea Generation 2.0 Guaranteed.

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Innovate2Grow Experts

MARCH 8, 2019

Creative Session you may not get those winning ideas unless they start as wild and wacky ideas. Quantum idea generation produces at least 12 times more ideas than brainstorming. There are two major kinds of fears that can inhibit creativity. The result is a dramatic reduction in creative output from the session.

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Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 4, 2017

Get a Grip on Innovation — 10 Questions, 20 Minutes. Ten questions for you to focus on assessing the state of your organization’s innovation program. If you think your current program is working, non-existent, or just a disaster — you will learn something by taking this quick survey.

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Be-novative

APRIL 1, 2020

If you need to bring a group of 3 people, or if you need to bring a group of over a hundred people together and come up with creative solutions or learn through experience, these tips are for you, this is the perfect format. Let’s assume that the workshop is about a creative problem-solving on a specific challenge. Let’s jump into it!

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Be-novative

APRIL 1, 2020

If you need to bring a group of 3 people, or if you need to bring a group of over a hundred people together and come up with creative solutions or learn through experience, these tips are for you, this is the perfect format. Let’s assume that the workshop is about a creative problem-solving on a specific challenge. Let’s jump into it!

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2011

Characterizations of what happened in the early years of PARC (founded in 1970) range from strategic fumbles to "wild geysers of creative energy" perfectly appropriate to early-stage invention , but those early years didn't yield the stream of profitable innovations that Xerox had imagined. PARC fell off the innovation radar screen.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2013

All of them describe various kinds of corporate underbrush that need to be hacked through before real innovation can happen. One of the typical flaws I’ve seen in innovation programs is starting without a clear view of strategy: What is it supposed to do? asks Moises Norena, global director of innovation at Whirlpool.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

“I can tap into that rich source of innovation and startups and find creative solutions. The IT departments of some nearby companies are also influenced by the innovation in Silicon Valley, and by how technologists there network and manage. In the last couple of years, Loura and Gap Inc.’s

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

So it is with innovation. However much brainstorming your employees do, it will come to naught if they don’t have access to the seed money they need to prototype and test their ideas. A sharp, shared definition of innovation. Recognizing innovators and celebrating “smart failures.”

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