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While some methods like SCAMPER and brainstorming cards are well-known, there are other effective techniques that can greatly enhance your innovationprogram. This article delves into the top ideation techniques beyond the usual suspects, providing insights into how these methods can be leveraged to foster innovation.
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Lack of Managment support will effectively kill any innovationprogram no matter how well conceived. Very few organization’s are any good at all at Brainstorming/Idea Generation. Digital technology innovation is an opportunity where most organization’s will be too late to the party.
It requires a deliberate approach, using structured techniques that not only generate fresh ideas but also solve complex problems and bring those ideas to life. The focus is on generating as many ideas as possible, which can later be refined or combined into practical solutions.
Supporting an innovative culture and adopting an innovationmanagement platform across your company assesses valuable KPIs of the current pipeline and promotes future opportunities through the transformative power of innovation. No idea is too wild or unconventional during this stage.
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. If you are in charge of an innovationprogram or initiative — do training first.
From these “simple truths”, my team and I worked to develop a structure that would support an Idea-Driven Organization. While we all left our offsite excited to continue reading and discussing the book together, it became very clear that building an idea driven organization would not be quick or easy.
If you want to kick start an innovationprogram, get in touch, I can give you a roadmap and help you adapt it to your context. This series of Seven Innovation Fundamentals is available as a training, workshop, or as a keynote speech, from Gregg Fraley of GFi.
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