Jeffrey Phillips

AUGUST 26, 2021

I've been writing, speaking and consulting about innovation for over 15 years, and I'm constantly amazed by the different perspectives and definitions about innovation. This is because there is little management engagement or support, a lack of preparation and skills, and a narrow definition of discovery and risk.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 3, 2025

Understanding the Definition and Key Differences To build successful products, businesses need more than good ideasthey need to understand what kind of innovation theyre pursuing. Product Innovation Definition Product innovation involves creating new products or significantly improving existing ones in ways that matter to customers.

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eZassi

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Idea Management is a critical part of the process and a streamlined process for idea generation, storage and decision making is essential. Ezassis Idea Box allows you to gather insights that drive meaningful product and service enhancements, ensuring your business evolves alongside market demands.

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Jeffrey Phillips

MAY 8, 2020

First, some definitions Open innovation has traditionally meant getting ideas or technologies from individuals or teams outside your company. To my knowledge, the phrase "closed innovation" hasn't ever been a thing, but if it was, it would define doing idea generation entirely within a company, with no input from the outside world.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JULY 24, 2015

Recently I've stumbled upon another historical artifact that illuminates idea generation. The booklet is entitled A Technique for Producing Ideas , and it offers great philosophical insight into how to improve your skill at generating ideas. Check it out, and follow his advice to become a better idea generator.

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Jeffrey Phillips

APRIL 18, 2016

I find that I've become increasingly irritated with all of the narrow interpretations and self-serving definitions of what is, or isn't, innovation. The Purpose of Brainstorming Brainstorming is a technique that allows individuals or small groups to generate ideas. It is not the only idea generation technique.

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Innovate2Grow Experts

MARCH 8, 2019

Here is a brief review of quantum idea generation. Quantum idea generation produces at least 12 times more ideas than brainstorming. To generate these powerful results you need to use four elements – diversity, stimulus, brain type, and eliminate fear and have fun. Let’s start with a big picture view.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 20, 2024

It outlines the steps and methodologies needed to develop, evaluate, and implement new ideas, ensuring they align with the organization’s overall strategic objectives. This framework serves as a blueprint for how a company approaches innovation, from idea generation to the successful launch of new products or processes.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 19, 2017

“Six Sigma aims to take any uncertainties (variability) out of a process while innovation by definition induces uncertainties.

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Jeffrey Phillips

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Here he relies on Jobs to be Done, a fine methodology, but ignore ideas like the Customer Experience Journey and nice tools from design thinking. What is interesting in his process is that there is no specific idea generation "step".

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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. By definition, using crowdsourcing to generate ideas or receiving feedback for existing ideas speeds up the creation process.

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Jeffrey Phillips

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

At some moments in my career I've blamed this phenomenon on lack of breadth - the idea that too many companies shrink innovation activities down to idea generation and rapid evaluation.

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Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Demonstrate that innovation depends on finding the most innovative people, who by definition are rarely the more efficient people. Innovation is challenging and complex, moving from a very nebulous world of trends and needs and emerging capabilities to a very definitive set of features and requirements.

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Idea Champions

AUGUST 21, 2020

Your session definitely helped us generate lots of great ideas to activate our positioning around the world." - Charlotte Oades, Director, Brand Marketing, The Coca Cola Company. Idea Champions helped us generate powerful new ideas and engage with such energy that, six months later, their impact still hasn't worn off!

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Jeffrey Phillips

JULY 18, 2016

If you ask for ideas, ask for them in specific areas of the business, either to drive new revenue or dramatically cut costs. People are already implementing dozens of small, incremental ideas every day. In these cases, it's typically true that they will rally around more disruptive idea generation, since they do incremental a lot.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Leveraging Data Analytics for Problem Definition Data analytics, powered by AI, can transform raw data into actionable insights. This collaboration can significantly widen the scope of ideas generated, leading to more innovative and user-centric solutions.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 7, 2015

For me, the process and management of innovation really does need to be definitely questioned. I get the distinct impression the focus of most innovation consultants is still locked into product innovation or improving the process of the pipeline / portfolio, the idea generation and project execution model.

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Innovation Excellence

DECEMBER 23, 2015

Companies don’t need more ideas, they need ideas that are more meaningful. Companies have plenty ideas because they measure and track the number of new ideas generated. Meaningful ideas are, by definition, understood by a few and misunderstood by the rest. Continue reading →

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Whether it’s product innovation, process improvement, or both, have clear definitions and examples. These could include the number of new ideas generated, the percentage of ideas implemented, or the financial impact of innovation projects. Establish clear metrics that align with your strategic objectives.

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Gregg Fraley

OCTOBER 19, 2019

Innovation is a more specific “novelty that’s useful,” implying a more measurable, definitive, implemented, result. Innovation, according to the dictionary, is a “new method, idea, or product.” ” In my view, that definition is another way to say “novelty that’s useful.”

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InnovationTraining.org

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

In this stage of design thinking, the goal is to establish a clear definition of the challenge at hand. You are not necessarily looking for the best solution, but simply trying to generate as many ideas as possible. Frequently, ideas generated in this way lead to outside-of-the-box thinking that can yield innovative solutions.

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Wazoku

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Celebrating Customer Success This week, we couldn’t be more excited to share in the success of our customers for the inspiring and revolutionary ideas generated and implemented in their organisations, all powered by Wazoku’s idea management platform. Setting Yourself Up For Success The key to successful idea generation?

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Innov8rs

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

How do you move from idea generation to rigorous idea development the right way? A portfolio maturation framework can make it easier to reorient from ideas to outcomes. BCG found that 94% of “Innovation-Ready Companies” have implemented end-to-end portfolio tracking as a source of truth to guide portfolio decisions.

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hackerearth

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Since the aim is to innovate and come up with inspired ideas that are not bound by any limits, it helps to have a diverse group of individuals that bring a slew of perspectives to the table. Diversity along the lines of gender, age, race and educational background are just a few ways you can maximize the range of ideas generated.

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Svava

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Remember to be open to all ideas as that leads to several valid ideas generated. When done right, brainstorming can expand general understandings and strengthen developmental processes. Consider it to be the early stage of research and development, regardless of what type of project you apply it to.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Understanding Innovation Culture Assessment Definition and Importance of Innovation Culture Innovation culture refers to an environment that encourages creative thinking and the advancement of new ideas. This type of culture is essential for businesses aiming to stay competitive and relevant in today’s fast-paced market.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

This often manifests itself in the host of variations in what are claimed as their ‘unique’ versions of “common innovation” where they constantly reinvent the wheel in their own approaches to processes, definitions, tools, frameworks, systems of working and idea management etc.

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Open Innovation EU

OCTOBER 11, 2017

It has been a while since Henry Chesbrough coined the term Open Innovation and formulated it’s definition: “combining internal and external ideas as well as internal and external paths to market to advance the development of new technologies.” ” ( Chesbrough, 2003 ). Route 28: E-Participation.

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InnovationManagement

JULY 26, 2021

Imaginary scenario: you have been invited to a meeting to explore new approaches to a wicked problem. Loudmouth Number 1 describes his solution. Loudmouth Number 2 vehemently disagrees. A heated argument ensues. Some people take sides. Others remain silent. There are bruised egos. You are not the only one who feels frustrated. All that time [.].

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Howe also provided the original – and, arguably, still the most precise and comprehensive – definition of crowdsourcing, describing it as “ the act of taking a job traditionally performed by a designated agent (usually an employee) and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people in the form of an open call.”

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Innovate2Grow Experts

MARCH 8, 2019

This is the second in a series of four blogs on Quantum Idea Generation 2.0. First, it is about innovation in its broadest meaning – whenever you need ideas to make something that exists better and/or to develop something entirely new. Here is a brief review of Quantum Idea Generation 2.0.

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hackerearth

DECEMBER 29, 2017

With the right tool, the idea generation, implementation and evaluation, and market tracking phases can be managed to create successful business outcomes. roadmapping, portfolio management, idea management). The first two solutions are often clubbed together under the term innovation/idea management by many vendors.

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Qmarkets

JUNE 1, 2017

As applied to the problem areas listed above, tool automation can be thought of as being the “glue” that sticks to people engagement and process definition. A repeatable workflow to facilitate how ideas get developed through the front-end, middle, and back-end phases of innovation.

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Econic

APRIL 10, 2018

No clear definition of what innovation really means. No sense of urgency (re-definition of speed). Help employees generate more future looking ideas by giving them prompts and frameworks that spark this type of thinking, which leads us to…. Ineffective brainstorming/idea generation efforts. Ideation is hard.

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Innovation in Practice

DECEMBER 14, 2015

First, a definition. "So So my definition would be, in order for a certain idea to be creative, it must possess two major components. So, if it is just something new, but doesn't offer any benefit, it is not necessarily a creative idea.". by Todd Bookman (with permission). . But it also has to be useful.

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Mike Shipulski

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Companies don’t need more ideas, they need ideas that are more meaningful. Companies have plenty ideas because they measure and track the number of new ideas generated. Enter your idea on the company’s open innovation web portal, and you’re done. Let the record show that a new idea was added to the hopper.

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Econic

MAY 23, 2019

No clear definition of what innovation really means This varies widely from organization to organization. No sense of urgency (re-definition of speed) Set a weekly learning cadence from day one of your innovation efforts and stick to it. Ineffective brainstorming/idea generation efforts Ideation is hard.

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