Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

It’s not just about rolling out fancy new gadgets or services; it’s about rethinking how everything ticks in your company. If your nifty ideas sync with your aims and the motto is “always fresh thinking,” your company is ready and waiting for whatever comes next.

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Jeffrey Phillips

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Since innovation is a difficult and often misunderstood word, or perhaps just because it is used to mean different things in different contexts, it can be difficult to understand why innovation at an entrepreneurial company or a startup is different from innovation in a corporation.

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Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

In fact, research shows that companies hosting regular hackathons see significant gains in employee engagement, faster prototyping, and fresh, actionable ideas. But behind every successful hackathon lies the right platform—one designed to streamline collaboration, track ideas, and manage participants efficiently.

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Idea to Value

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The researchers wanted to see if there was a link between people delaying themselves starting work on a project, and that time being used to incubate ideas, resulting in output which was deemed to be more creative. In order to test this, the researchers conducted three sets of experiments in the USA and Korea.

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IdeaScale

MAY 28, 2019

Companies in every industry are accepting that complacency and failure to innovate are tantamount to negligence. An innovation consultant is someone brought in by a company, usually for a defined period of time. Innovation consultants provide innovation leadership primarily by helping client companies pursue innovation goals.

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

NASA@Work, the space program’s internal crowdsourcing program, is charged with promoting knowledge-sharing and idea generation. Administrators dub each project a “challenge,” and have a specific process for submitting as well as evaluating and accepting them. Be a Sherpa.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 1, 2018

A promising idea did not foresee a roadblock that cannot be resolved. Those not involved directly within the innovation project constantly remain skeptical or require more proof. In contrast, 70% of respondents think their boards have effective processes for staying current on the company”. The two major takeaways for me.

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Qmarkets

JANUARY 7, 2020

Too often, companies think of innovation in terms of disparate temporal projects, rather than as a holistic practice that should be permanently embedded within the organization’s DNA. This, in turn, made the prospect of total innovation management a practical exercise for companies in all industries.

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Qmarkets

JULY 22, 2021

Employee ideas are the backbone of any corporate innovation initiative, and therefore a strong idea generation process that can be scaled across your organization is key. When this is properly communicated and promoted across the business, employees have an easily accessible way of sharing their ideas.

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Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Originally rooted in software development, hackathons have evolved into a strategic tool across industries, fostering creativity, team collaboration, and idea generation under tight timeframes. Inspires Innovation : Rapid idea generation and prototyping can yield viable solutions.

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Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

By structuring and systematizing innovation efforts, companies can not only streamline their digital transformation journey but also foster a culture that continuously adapts to new technologies and market changes. This article explores the critical role of innovation management in driving digital strategy and innovation within organizations.

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Innovating4Energy

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Gaining momentum and idea generation. I have been asking myself how a combined effect of innovation and ecosystem design thinking will support the energy transition we are undertaking to give it additional traction and generation. It can offer a different multiplier effect to idea generation and momentum building.

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Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

By structuring and systematizing innovation efforts, companies can not only streamline their digital transformation journey but also foster a culture that continuously adapts to new technologies and market changes. This article explores the critical role of innovation management in driving digital strategy and innovation within organizations.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 15, 2020

Companies believe that since they have a new technology, simply getting the technology into the marketplace should be considered innovation. Few large companies do this work well because it is not a common research task and because it is qualitative, not quantitative. There is far too much technology push when it comes to innovation.

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whataventure

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

L et our Intrapreneurship 101 give you a better idea of what it takes to set up a successful innovation process within your company. Stop generating ideas and start creating ROI instead. The good news is, the idea is very often the starting point. The bad news is that an idea is the starting point.

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Innov8rs

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Internal processes arent designed to support something new, your project gets deprioritized in favor of more urgent initiatives or leadership priorities change. Yet Michael acknowledges that even with careful planning, many companies struggle to connect innovation to the core business without unintentionally also creating misalignment.

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IdeaScale

MARCH 17, 2021

This initial process of gathering information often leads to idea generation. Companies need a way to increase growth on an ongoing basis. Use this and other similar mind mapping tools to hold company-wide brainstorming sessions. Create ongoing projects that lead to multiple innovations. Collaboration tools.

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IdeaScale

JUNE 14, 2017

Michel van Hove is the co-owner and partner of Strategos , a strategy and innovation consultancy that helps companies grow. We recently spoke with Michel to hear his thoughts on how to successfully foster a culture of innovation within a company. ” Individual ideas are rarely big enough on their own.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 13, 2025

Whether it’s refining products, solving complex challenges, or gathering market insights, companies are increasingly turning to crowdsourcing to stay competitive. The term was popularized by Jeff Howe in 2006, when he described how businesses could leverage online communities to source innovative ideas.

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Jeffrey Phillips

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Since I am an innovation consultant, working with Fortune 500 companies to build innovation capacity, and I regularly blog on this site about innovation topics, I often have the opportunity to review new books about innovation. What is interesting in his process is that there is no specific idea generation "step".

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Behind every groundbreaking product or service is a well-structured process that transforms creative ideas into actionable solutions. This process, known as ideation, plays a pivotal role in helping companies generate new concepts, solve problems, and stay competitive.

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Qmarkets

JULY 25, 2024

By understanding and optimizing these facets, you can turn innovation into a consistent and repeatable part of your company’s success story. Key activities in effective innovation management include: Strategy Development: Aligning innovation initiatives with the company’s strategic goals and vision.

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Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

I've been asked a number of times, by companies large and small, how to create an innovation capacity that lasts. After all, most (probably 90%) of all innovation projects undertaken in large corporations are reactive projects trying to respond to a market threat or competitive move.

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Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

With digital disruption accelerating across industries, traditional, closed approaches to innovation no longer suffice for most companies. In fact, research shows that companies practicing open innovation achieve faster time-to-market and often realize higher revenue from new products.

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Innovation in Practice

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Here’s what they need to see and believe: An innovative corporate culture is one that supports the creation of new ideas and the implementation of those ideas. Leaders must help employees see innovation in practice as a regular part of how the company does business. See innovation as a competency. See innovation as a process.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Understanding Innovation Culture Innovation culture is the backbone of a company’s growth and longevity. Companies that prioritize innovation tend to report higher growth rates, better market share, and increased profitability. This includes reviewing how ideas are generated, developed, and implemented.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Common Barriers to Implementation Success Volume of Ideas: For organizations that actively encourage ideation, the sheer number of ideas generated can become overwhelming. Actionable steps transform abstract concepts into structured projects. Assign Task Owners: Clear accountability drives momentum and minimizes delays.

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Jeffrey Phillips

MAY 22, 2023

I'm ready to dive back in, to write about innovation, to lead innovation projects and to build up an innovation competency in the firms where people want to get good work done. We felt that to remain competitive, larger companies needed to recapture the sense of wonder and adventure that working in the "front end" of innovation would create.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Often times, the most successful and innovative companies stem from the humblest of origins. The group is made up 15 subsidiary companies, ranging from baby product outlets (Dreambaby), to printing services (Symeta) to E-commerce companies (Collect&Go) and more. Colruyt Group is a great case in point. Eef: Sure, no problem!

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Understanding and nurturing an innovation culture within your company is pivotal to maintaining a competitive edge and driving sustainable growth. Defining Innovation Culture Innovation culture is an organizational environment that encourages you to challenge the status quo, take calculated risks, and embrace new ideas.

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IdeaScale

JANUARY 31, 2019

For instance, greater diversity of ideas and the efficiency found with them save your firm time and money while exposing your team to ideas that could be more effective overall. Plus, involving your audience in company decisions is innovative branding and marketing in and of itself. Efficiency. Plus, crowdsourcing can be fun!

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Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 23, 2015

Outsourcing innovation project management might be the most strategic money you spend this year. It’s not a new idea but it’s one more companies should consider. What I hear from top management: “we don’t have the time or resources for innovation projects, we’ll start later this year.”

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Designing a technology-enabled innovation process still holds good for the individual company that wants to evolve this out in more open thinking. This step may involve iterative processes of idea generation, refinement, evaluation, and real-life testing and prototyping. This step involves testing and refining the concepts.

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Innov8rs

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Problem: Game-Changing Ideas Get Stuck at Square One Without a reliable system for testing early-stage ideas, orgs are leaving innovation ROI on the table. Gartner has found that business leaders underfund transformational projects by ~33% due to ineffective innovation project evaluation methods.

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Jeffrey Phillips

MAY 26, 2015

I was leading an innovation training session, talking about the reasons for conducting trend spotting and scenario planning prior to idea generation. They typically have few tools to help re-prioritize projects and almost always have the wrong skills available for the next project in the hopper.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Importance of Innovation in Today’s Business Environment In a world where change is the only constant, innovation stands as the driving force behind a company’s competitive edge and market relevance. Encourage your team to generate ideas freely by providing platforms for sharing and brainstorming.

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 19, 2021

A formal framework is one where the rules, criteria, and processes for generating ideas, assessing them, and determining their order have been explicitly defined. An informal prioritization framework is one where the rules, criteria, and processes of ideas generation and assessment have not been explicitly defined.

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