IdeaScale

JANUARY 23, 2019

The company set up a unique, flexible community designed to let anyone submit ideas. But no product is built for just one person in mind, and the creativity and thoughtfulness of the crowd can be harnessed for effective innovation. To learn more about crowdsourcing and open innovation, request a demo !

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IdeaScale

APRIL 14, 2021

Product Innovation. Product innovation refers to the creation of a new or significantly improved good or service. It includes both the development of new products and changes in the design of established products. Incremental Innovation. Value Innovation.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 4, 2025

This statement not only reflects Patagonias commitment to environmental sustainability but also shapes every aspect of its business, from product design to corporate philanthropy. This purpose drives IKEAs focus on affordability, functionality, and sustainability , shaping everything from product design to customer experience.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Then innovation can finally play its true part in discovering, leveraging and delivering new value and impact. We have to recognize the days of simple product innovation are dwindling. Innovation is benefitting from the 4 th Industrial Revolution. It shifts our thinking and the management of innovation dramatically.

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Idea to Value

JUNE 11, 2020

00:03:30 – The tension behind building products for months and misalignment causing them to go nowhere. 00:05:30 – The power of Design Sprints to speed up project starts. Design sprints are a step by step system for bringing a group of people together to solve big problems. Topics covered in today’s episode.

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Gillette designed and produced the Treo razor based on this feedback. Want to learn more about social media and innovation strategy? The post Is Social Media Part of Your Product Innovation Strategy? Targeted Research Social media is ideal for targeted research, both passive and active. Join our newsletter !

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Innovation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

That’s precisely the power and impact of Service Design and service blueprints. GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton What if a tool had the power to delight your customers, cut your costs, increase your bottom line, and maybe double your stock price? You’d use it, right? Yet very few people, especially in the US, know, understand, […]

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 14, 2021

Of course, innovation can span a range of impacts and outcomes, from very incremental product innovation to industry changing business model innovation. It's just one of several, but I think I like it the best: a plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

Less than 30% of manufacturing companies are actively rolling out Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies at scale” No wonder we presently have trouble attracting many businesses onto platforms when they are still very much behind in deciding or deploying a strategically thought-through IIoT digital design, that is connecting everything up.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 9, 2019

These have come in different thoughts on digital platforms, ready for cross-industry and having in place, a rapid digital innovation process that scales and evolves on new technology and insights. We need a radical design, universal in design and approach. We know that the flow is essential to innovation.

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Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Grasping innovation’s role in your game plan is your ticket to staying ahead. Our article on why innovation and business strategy should be part of strategic planning will give you a better picture of why these two are peas in a pod. Know your game plan, know the innovation mojo — and you’re cooking with gas.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 11, 2025

T ime-bound Designed for a specific timeframe (e.g., For example, Apples OKRs for product innovation are reinforced through cross-functional collaboration, leadership involvement, and rapid iteration cycles. Define the Objectives (O) Objectives define what the organization wants to achieve. quarterly, annually).

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 18, 2025

Key differentiators include: Product innovation and superior technology. For example, Apple differentiates itself through sleek design, seamless software-hardware integration, and strong brand loyalty. Differentiators define the unique value proposition that sets a company apart from competitors.

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Innovation Excellence

MARCH 13, 2019

Real world product and service design brings together form and function in ways that emphasise product/service features so that they convert to real and perceived customer benefits. There is often a great deal of redundancy in the design process.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 14, 2025

Increase online sales conversion rate by 5% through improved website UX design. Enhance employee productivity by 12% through workflow optimization initiatives. Innovation and Growth SMART Metrics Launch three new AI-driven product features within the next 12 months.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

To ensure your offsite is as productive as possible, it’s essential to design it with intention. For guidance on the planning process, consider reading our article on designing leadership team offsites for strategic planning. In summary, strategic planning offsites are instrumental in shaping a company’s future.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 23, 2019

Their enterprise software approach is moving the innovation management market in a very positive way, they are connecting it up. It is a very fragmented market, constrained by the existing designs in place. Explicate in design and intention to evolve as the understanding is recognized.

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Destination Innovation

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Morita and his partner wanted to break away from this approach and offer high-quality innovative electronic goods. Five years later Morita designed a pocket-sized transistor radio for the American market but it was just a little too large to fit in a shirt pocket. Morita came up with an innovative marketing idea.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The changes we are undergoing around a new strategy design play towards innovation outcomes. Any plan of future actions needs to be designed in different ways. We can design production, facilities and a host of other things through digital twins. It is forward looking not backward fills.

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Organizations have learned what can work remotely and what can’t and are applying those lessons to post-pandemic work design over the last year. Grocery stores built pick-and-pack apps for curbside pickup, for example, while internal apps were designed to share information while limiting contact.

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IdeaScale

JUNE 27, 2019

For innovation to happen, an innovation team needs to have time to work. This may mean designating a specific project for team members to charge their time to while working with the team. Additionally, individual team members must have the time (and funding) to devote to their individual contributions to innovation projects.

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Innovation Excellence

JULY 19, 2018

Prologue Design Thinking is an incredibly powerful way to approach the design of just about anything that involves an interaction with people (or other intelligent creatures).

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Did you know innovation can bridge social, cultural, and political differences? Read more about how to design your innovation strategies taking globalization into consideration. Top Innovation Conferences for 2019. Crowdsourcing is a great way to assemble data for product innovation.

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Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Today, cars are designed with a vast array of safety devices that were almost unimaginable to manufacturers even 20-30 years ago. Safety has become a component of the core product. Whole Product (2.0) Impacts on Innovation This is, and will, have a huge impact on innovation. For example, seat belts.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 22, 2017

The core is far more found at the edge, in the collaborating capability and networks we form and this needs very different organizational design. Building new innovative collaborations. There is a significant transformation of the value lying within this extended system of collaborators and organization design.

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Jeffrey Phillips

OCTOBER 6, 2016

However, even this isn't enough because the customer experience journey can be a very narrow perspective, taken from the aspect of the product and not fully considering how the customer views the product in relation to its ecosystem and the experiences the customer is hoping to achieve overall.

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eZassi

JANUARY 28, 2025

From AI-driven digital twins to immersive augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) applications, businesses are leveraging advanced visualization tools to optimize processes, reduce costs, and drive innovation.

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Jeffrey Phillips

MAY 24, 2021

Previously, I wrote that companies will need to focus on business model and process innovation over product innovation. Ethnography/Empathy/Appreciative Inquiry/Design Thinking Doesn't really matter what you call it - you need to go out and get this done. You can read that post here.

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Innovation Excellence

AUGUST 3, 2017

I love hearing how companies are creating successful products that provide customers value, which is the topic of this episode. Gordon Stannis, the Director of Design and Strategy at Twisthink shares their approach to developing innovative solutions for their Fortune 500 clients.

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InnovationManagement

JANUARY 5, 2017

Using personas in your design thinking framework is important, but are the results satisfying and clear? In this article, Product Innovation Manager Alex Igor Sanghikian discusses the Adjacent Possibilities framework for product management.

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Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

In this image, I show you the full list of 23 capabilities required to succeed at developing successful innovations: 23 core capabilities required to innovate: 3 Dimensions of Innovation by Nick Skillicorn. Delivering innovation Capabilities. Leading Innovation. These 23 capabilities are as follows: 1.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Rick points out: “Corporate innovation efforts by and large continue to fall far short of moving the needle in any significant, sustained way or of delivering on the promise of future-proofing companies against ever-increasing disruptive forces. I have suggested an Executive Innovation Work Mat as a frame to organize around.

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eZassi

JANUARY 16, 2025

Quality Control and Product Innovation : Machine vision, a neural network application, will transform quality assurance processes by identifying defects and ensuring consistency in production. This leads to reduced waste, improved efficiency, and lower costs across the supply chain.

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helloFUTURE

JULY 31, 2023

A well-designed product can make all the difference in a crowded marketplace where businesses fight for consumers’ attention. However, a good design isn’t just about aesthetics or functionality; it’s about creating a positive user experience (UX). …

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IdeaScale

APRIL 20, 2021

Product innovation moves companies forward. Business leaders constantly work to define new trends and increase the time it takes to get products out to customers. Dr. Andreas Schneider-Neureither, CEO and founder of SNP, is committed to ongoing product innovation and improvement.

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Business and Tech

MARCH 25, 2022

Data is at the heart of designing and delivering a great connected customer experience. Designing for customers, with customers. What does “smart retail” mean to you in terms of customer experience in 2022? In a nutshell, smart retail can be summed up by a few words: data, technology, omnichannel, and seamless. Acting on what you hear.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

This requires profoundly rethinking how we produce, consume, and live within the limits of our planet (source: McKinsey ) Businesses that embrace this mindset are moving beyond short-term profits and designing solutions that ensure long-term success.

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