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FEBRUARY 27, 2025

SOAR Analysis is particularly useful for organizations seeking to develop a positive, forward-thinking strategy by aligning internal capabilities with external opportunities. Why SOAR Analysis is Important Organizations that focus only on weaknesses and threats may become defensive and reactive. Results How will we measure success?

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 12, 2025

Identifying and managing these factors ensures that companies allocate resources efficiently, mitigate risks, and maintain a competitive advantage. Adapt to market changes while maintaining core competitive strengths. Key benefits include: Increases operational efficiency Helps teams focus on the most impactful activities.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 7, 2025

It defines what makes a brand stand out in the market and how it delivers superior value to its customers. A strong USP should be: Unique Differentiating the company from competitors. This USP emphasizes speed and reliability , creating a strong market position. What gaps exist in the market?

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 7, 2025

These goals align with the companys vision, mission, and values and provide a roadmap for achieving sustainable growth and competitive advantage. Unlike operational goals, which focus on day-to-day tasks , strategic goals set the foundation for long-term success by addressing: Market positioning How the company competes in its industry.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 7, 2025

Align teams and departments toward a common vision. For example, a retail companys strategy map might link its customer satisfaction goals to investments in employee training and supply chain efficiency , ensuring a holistic approach to business growth. Enhance strategic alignment Ensures all teams work toward the same vision.

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Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The image here is the list of exactly which capabilities your company needs to succeed at innovation. Almost every business leader will tell you that they value innovation and that it is a positive & important factor for their company. Now, I’m going to outline step by step what enables a company to deliver those ideas.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 10, 2025

It involves creating multiple plausible scenarios to explore how different factorssuch as market trends, technological advancements, economic shifts, or geopolitical changescould impact a business. A well-designed scenario planning process ensures that companies: Identify key uncertainties and their potential impacts.

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Idea to Value

JANUARY 7, 2022

It might seem like a straightforward question, but it is fundamental to whether a company will end up succeeding at innovation or failing. While many experts have argued for this in the past, in reality the research suggests it will depend more on the needs of each company. Companies that survive do both.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 10, 2025

Develop response strategies to mitigate or recover from those risks. Without a structured plan, companies risk significant financial losses, operational failures, and reputational damage. Strengthens Risk Mitigation Strategies Enables businesses to develop proactive solutions. Cyberattack prevention and response teams.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 12, 2025

Developed by Robert Kaplan and David Norton , the Balanced Scorecard moves beyond traditional financial measures by incorporating key business dimensions such as customer satisfaction, internal processes, and organizational growth. Key benefits include: Enhances strategic alignment Ensures all teams work toward common goals.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Understanding Innovation Innovation is the lifeblood of businesses seeking to thrive in a rapidly evolving market. It is the driving force behind the competitive edge that allows companies to stand out and meet the ever-changing demands of their customers. Ensuring a timely and cost-effective product development life cycle.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 14, 2025

Why is it that some people and companies so quickly enhance their productivity and speed with new A.I. There are in fact 7 levels of increasing maturity for how individuals and companies use A.I. Level 4: Advanced Prompt Engineering: Teams craft detailed prompts to tailor AI outputs for precision. in their work. Level 6: A.I.-driven

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Idea to Value

JULY 21, 2017

Every company says that innovation is important, and that they value the ideas of their people. In fact, creativity is becoming a core skill which companies know they need in the future. In fact, according to some estimates by Doblin , 96% of all new innovations which established companies attempt fail to make a return on investment.

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Jeffrey Phillips

MAY 24, 2022

You don't need a pill, you need a team. Red Team / Blue Team The idea of a red team (attacker or hacker) versus the blue team (defender or good guy) has become a staple of cybersecurity, but it has an older history than that. What should happen next, and rarely does, is the creation of a disinterested red team.

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Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

How often I have heard that statement from teams when we have discussed potential new innovation ideas. These reasons might include: Once the idea was suggested, no resources were allocated to develop it. The leadership team at the time wanted to keep the status quo. The market wasn’t ready.

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Idea to Value

MAY 18, 2020

I recently met with a very successful company that is seen as a highly innovative global pioneer that others in their industry, which is facing many structural headwinds and inevitable changes, look up to. This is actually a very common approach, but we’ve yet to see a single company that would be very successful with it.

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Jeffrey Phillips

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Whether you think that is a compelling line of reasoning for a jury trial or not, it might not be a bad way to think about innovation. You see, many companies cannot adequately define innovation for their employees and teams. The second has the innovation team dreaming up its own activities and defining its own outcomes.

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Idea to Value

AUGUST 23, 2021

You would think it is marketing, business strategy , revenue, branding, human capital, and profit – and you’re wrong! You can love your employees and those you lead without forsaking your company’s objectives. Teams are more productive. Teams are more innovative. Genuinely Look To Understand Your Team.

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 14, 2019

In order to develop your business and always stay on top of the game with innovative ideas, promoting and preserving creativity in your team is of vital importance. So, here are some real life examples from Helloprint about how to avoid creative blanks and incite creativity amidst teams: Regularly scheduled brainstorming sessions.

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Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Most companies say that they are investing in innovation. Many of these companies don’t understand why their innovation failure rates are so high. Unfortunately, many companies won’t even realise that they have this problem. None of this is actual innovation. And innovation needs to actually end up delivering value.

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Idea to Value

APRIL 20, 2017

We learn that some of the legends of how the Post-It Note was developed are indeed true. This is apparently true, as in 1968 3M’s Spencer Silver was working on developing an ultra-strong adhesive for use in aircraft construction. Legend #1: The adhesive formula was a mistake, and was supposed to be super-strong.

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Business and Tech

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The bias I had to overcome when we launched ResMan was the most difficult because of its impact on the company overall. At the time we were looking to raise capital (between 2011 and 2013), businesses with women on the executive team received only 7 percent of the venture funding. This will make or break you.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 11, 2025

Without structured portfolio analysis, companies may invest in underperforming initiatives, miss high-potential opportunities, or struggle to align their strategies with market demands. Product Portfolios: Managing a collection of products at different lifecycle stages, from development to discontinuation.

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Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

If diversity of thought is lacking, you’re left looking outside the company for varying perspectives — a likely reason why accelerators have grown in popularity. The typical goals of this sort of collaboration are better solutions and disrupting economic development — ultimately, it’s an early pipeline of new technologies.

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Jeffrey Phillips

AUGUST 26, 2021

Innovation theater is very similar to what ecologists call "greenwashing" and both are bad for their respective movements. Innovation theater happens when companies and executive talk up innovation but fail to do anything. Plus, innovation as a project demonstrates some investment in innovation but controls for cost and risk.

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eZassi

MARCH 11, 2025

Corporate Venture Capital (CVC), in the context of innovation, refers to the practice of established corporations investing directly in external startup companies to achieve strategic objectives. The Challenges of CVC Fast forward to 2024, and the challenges CVC teams face have evolved but not disappeared.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Every big company always has a lot going on, and for this reason, innovation can sometimes be relegated to the bottom of the task list. As any company with an innovation department knows, innovation is no simple task. Another company may be working on the same idea and beat you to market with it. It’s a full-time job.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Nurturing Innovative Team Collaboration In the rapidly evolving business landscape, innovative team collaboration has become a cornerstone for companies seeking to remain competitive and adaptive. In this context, team collaboration isn’t just recommended; it’s imperative for survival and success.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

The Power of Organizational Culture Organizational culture is the bedrock upon which companies build their strategies and operational approaches. It encompasses the values, beliefs, and behaviors that determine how a company’s employees and management interact and handle outside business transactions.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Setting the Stage for Success In the ever-evolving business landscape, executive team offsites have become a cornerstone for strategic planning and decision-making. By stepping away from the daily operations, you and your leadership team can focus on long-term goals, team building, and innovative thinking.

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Tullio Siragusa

JANUARY 23, 2023

Maximizing Venture-Backed Company Success: The Importance of VC Investment in Operating Partners Venture capital (VC) firms have long been a key source of funding for startup companies, providing the necessary capital to help these businesses grow and succeed.

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Innovation team members have to deal with the needs of users, finances, and marketing all at once. Additional Tips to Help Your Team Prioritize Innovation Roadmap Features. In addition, it is also important to note here that solutions should be developed as a response to users’ needs. Kano Model. Customer Journey.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 25, 2019

The word ‘corporate innovation’ is becoming an increasingly popular buzzword, but for the most forward-thinking companies, it represents the future of the business and a significant spend on research and development. This will allow the corporate to more rapidly apply the benefits of the collaboration and develop the business.

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Jeffrey Phillips

MAY 5, 2021

As we leave the COVID lockdown and the economy picks up steam again, I think many businesses will recognize a need for more generalists on their team. Pity the poor PhDs who try to find new areas of study to complete their research. I'll start by admitting that I am a generalist, so in some ways this post may seem self-serving.

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Destination Innovation

AUGUST 23, 2015

Nine out of ten companies believe that they are too slow to market with new products. These are some of the reasons why senior corporate executives are increasingly turning to separate innovation labs to spearhead their new product development. An innovation centre is a team of people and a physical location.

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Idea to Value

JANUARY 26, 2021

Most companies are not really aware of all of the innovation projects they are working on. Here is the original image of the Ambition Matrix from the article: Original Image of the Ambition Matrix from HBR 2012. ”, which is related to the products and solutions you already have, and which new innovations you need to develop.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JULY 27, 2022

I'd like to borrow this idea from the entrepreneurial community and turn our gaze to mid-sized and larger firms, and think about how much time, if any, companies spend on two critical aspects of their business: strategy and innovation. I'll provide a definition of what I mean by in strategy and on strategy. That is, if you have a strategy.

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