ITONICS
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
Back in time, companies relied mainly on their internal capabilities to generate innovative ideas and to transform these ideas into real products and services. However, nowadays many innovation leaders are increasingly focusing on “mixed” innovation strategies by combining internal innovation drivers and external partners and thus open up innovation to the outside world.
Jeffrey Phillips
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
Over the last year I've been conducting a one person listening tour, talking to a lot of my peers in consulting, as well as prospects, customers and friends who work in government and industry. Of course many of these conversations revolve around innovation and new product or service development (or the lack thereof), and how people are engaged in their work and their roles.
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InnovationManagement
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
I have asked Costas Papaikonomou (CP), founding partner of innovation powerhouse Happen , to discuss with me (FP) the theme here below. The purpose is to spark useful conversations about the evolution of the Marketing and Brand job.
Tim Kastelle
SEPTEMBER 9, 2018
“I was looking for work that would make my heart sing.” Jamie Ford said that recently at a UQ Business School alumni event as she told us about the path her career has taken. She said that her current role as Head of Customer Experience for Uniting Care Queensland does exactly that. Jamie was one of the people that I interviewed for Design Thinking and Creativity for Innovation which is a free online course – please check it out!
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Destination Innovation
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
Leaders of innovation have a bias for action. They get on with things. No matter how well the business is doing they are not content to settle for what has been achieved so far; they are restless to try new initiatives. These seven verbs describe some of their key actions. 1. Focus. They focus on the long term, on the strategic objectives and vision of the business.
IdeaScale
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
Some companies have an innovation strategy. Some companies have a digital transformation strategy. Are these the same thing? The short answer is “no” but both efforts are important and here’s a brief explanation and an example of each of them. Innovation. Innovation is the introduction of any significant, positive change. This can be changes in public policy, small improvements to a company’s processes, totally new, disruptive product offerings, and more.
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Digital Tonto
SEPTEMBER 9, 2018
What we often forget about innovation is that it's a very human endeavor and, to measure as true progress, humans always need to be at the center. Related posts: Innovation Needs To Shift From. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
Exago
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
Medium enterprises fit right in the middle, between two very different realities. And so there are several barriers that these companies face on their path to good innovation management. The post In innovation management, size doesn’t matter… or does it? appeared first on Exago.
IdeaScale
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
Strong leadership is key to enterprise innovation. Enterprise products are a complicated sector of any industry. An enterprise product not only must be all things to all stakeholders, it must also meet exactingly high standards, which can vary widely from industry to industry. Creating an innovation strategy that lets you push your industry forward without leaving clients behind needs several pieces to be effective.
Innovation Excellence
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018
In recent years, an increasing intensity in collaboration between incumbent companies and startups has been observed. Meanwhile, close to 80% of corporations and startups have already been or are collaborating. The mutual – actually complementary – benefits seem pretty obvious: Benefits for startups include availability of office space, hardware, networks, support and potential funding access.
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Digital Tonto
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
The winners in the cognitive era will not be those who can reduce costs the fastest, but those who can unlock the most value over the long haul. Related posts: 4 Ways Every Business Needs To Use. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
Tim Kastelle
SEPTEMBER 9, 2018
“I was looking for work that would make my heart sing.” Jamie Ford said that recently at a UQ Business School alumni event as she told us about the path her career has taken. She said that her current role as Head of Customer Experience for Uniting Care Queensland does exactly that. Jamie was one of the people that I interviewed for Design Thinking and Creativity for Innovation which is a free online course – please check it out!
IdeaScale
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
We’ve talked about 2018’s innovation learning priorities already and how they will inform the agenda at this year’s Open Nation 2018, Berkeley, but I would love to reiterate that I think those themes of engagement, implementation, and innovation ROI are some of the most interesting and complex problems to solve in the innovation space so the content should be stellar.
Innovation in Practice
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
The most powerful innovation comes when teams work together. Driving innovation means getting individual employees to be more innovative, but it also means getting high performance teams to innovate. How you form those teams will have a huge impact on their success. Here’s how to create what I call innovation dream teams. First and most important is to create a diverse team.
Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage
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Innovation Excellence
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
We all know that you can’t innovate if you don’t collaborate, yet how do we make the time to have the creative and candid conversations that true collaboration and innovation requires? Conflicting priorities and ever-present digital media distractions constantly compete for our attention. Even when we manage to get everyone in the same room, or.
Tim Kastelle
SEPTEMBER 9, 2018
“I was looking for work that would make my heart sing.” Jamie Ford said that recently at a UQ Business School alumni event as she told us about the path her career has taken. She said that her current role as Head of Customer Experience for Uniting Care Queensland does exactly that. Jamie was one of the people that I interviewed for Design Thinking and Creativity for Innovation which is a free online course – please check it out!
InnovationManagement
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
There is no arguing that in today’s marketplace companies must innovate to survive. There is more pressure now than at any other time in history for innovation, especially if companies want to be industry leaders. This is because rapidly changing technology is continually driving changes in markets and shifting trends in customer behavior and expectations.
Leanstack
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
The concept of an idea funnel isn’t new. It has its limitations. But I still find it a helpful visualization tool for outlining a high-level innovation process in search of good ideas. It’s also equally applicable to bootstrapping entrepreneurs and corporate innovators alike. Here’s a reference idea funnel assembled over hundreds of bootcamps that we’ve run across bootstrappers, startups, and corporate innovation teams.
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Innovation Excellence
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018
Locked with the President of my country, Cyril Ramaphosa, in what was already a ‘do-not-disturb, bromance-in-progress’ kind of moment; he must have developed an on-the-spot inkling that our intimacy stands to grow by leaps and bounds if he were to somehow ask me what I do for a living.
Tim Kastelle
SEPTEMBER 9, 2018
“I was looking for work that would make my heart sing.” Jamie Ford said that recently at a UQ Business School alumni event as she told us about the path her career has taken. She said that her current role as Head of Customer Experience for Uniting Care Queensland does exactly that. Jamie was one of the people that I interviewed for Design Thinking and Creativity for Innovation which is a free online course – please check it out!
InnovationManagement
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
Innovation must become your business routine and corporate culture to renew creative energy.
BrainZooming
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
Nook and cranny strategic thinking exercises. I’d never thought of this term previously. Yet, they are vital. They help groups (or an individual) efficiently explore many more opportunities and ideas than they otherwise might. The nook and cranny strategic thinking exercises term popped into my head during a Brainzooming client workshop. Three groups rotated through posters focused on their shared services organization’s internal branding.
Speaker: Jennifer Hodroge, Omni-Channel Strategic Leader, Forrester CX Certified
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Innovation Excellence
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
Leaders of innovation have a bias for action. They get on with things. No matter how well the business is doing they are not content to settle for what has been achieved so far; they are restless to try new initiatives. These seven verbs describe some of their key actions. 1. Focus. They focus on.
Tim Kastelle
SEPTEMBER 9, 2018
“I was looking for work that would make my heart sing.” Jamie Ford said that recently at a UQ Business School alumni event as she told us about the path her career has taken. She said that her current role as Head of Customer Experience for Uniting Care Queensland does exactly that. Jamie was one of the people that I interviewed for Design Thinking and Creativity for Innovation which is a free online course – please check it out!
InnovationManagement
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
Locked with the President of my country, Cyril Ramaphosa, in what was already a ‘do-not-disturb, bromance-in-progress’ kind of moment, he must have developed an on-the-spot inkling that our intimacy stands to grow by leaps and bounds if he were to somehow ask me what I do for a living. And in not so many words, I said what I say to just about anyone – from Long-Rich Sales Reps – to Twitter Bios – right up to C-Suite level, thick-necked folk: “I chase rats for a living.”.
BrainZooming
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
“You need to train people for their next jobs , not the ones they’re in right now.” A participant shared that in an experience strategy workshop. . His comment got me thinking: How much of what we do is based around right now, when it REALLY should be oriented toward getting ready for whatever is next ? The next. . Job ? Opportunity ?
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Innovation Excellence
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
This is a brief case study for meaningful & constructive conversations about why things aren’t working within our innovation efforts. — Quick intro I’m passionate about helping people take their best ideas to market, and I’m fully aware that ideas can come from anyone or anywhere. But to get to market is often a complicated.
helloFUTURE
SEPTEMBER 9, 2018
Time to fight the bloat Did you know that FOMO has been around since the 16th century? Back in 1525, Erasmus, among many others, opined that due to the printing press, that there were just too many books to read — that one could never read all of the books out there in one’s lifetime.… The post Our Content Needs To Go On A Diet appeared first on hellofuture.
ImagineNation
SEPTEMBER 9, 2018
What if there is a way to create coherence, align people’s hearts & minds as well as build an environment that generates learning & results in organizational re-organisation & transformation? At ImagineNation we know that this can be done by transforming people’s cognitive dissonance into the vibrant & creative energy that makes innovation happen.
Beyond the Obvious
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
How will you identify and locate customers in five years? Every hot trend reaches a point I like to call the “Uncle Larry moment.” You know what I mean. It’s the juncture where one of your older relatives announces he’s taken up something that had seemed cutting edge, futuristic, and exciting up till that second. Facebook […].
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