Wazoku

DECEMBER 20, 2018

I recently sat down with our customer success team, who help our customers excel in their idea management and innovation programmes, establish and share innovation best practice and work with our customers to truly embed innovation as a core, strategic, every day capability, within their organisations.

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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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Qmarkets

AUGUST 2, 2024

It also plays a significant role in career advancement, as employees who regularly contribute innovative ideas are often recognized for their creativity and potential leadership qualities. It’s essential to create an environment where all employees feel safe to share their ideas without fear of criticism or failure.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 22, 2018

When I step into a room to facilitate a strategy, innovation, or idea generation session I usually find a great deal of energy. Hiring a professional facilitator can be a big help, but facilitative leadership is something that needs to be around 100% of the time. Energy is Not Enough, Get Training in Innovation . Almost always.

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Gregg Fraley

OCTOBER 4, 2018

The course covers management mandates, project cycles, resourcing, idea management systems, idea generation tools, concept development, prototyping, and pitch presentations. Participants learn how to avoid classic pitfalls and adopt emerging advanced practices.

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Qmarkets

JULY 29, 2024

Key Objectives of Strategic Innovation Programs A well-designed strategic innovation program aims to achieve several critical objectives: Leadership in Innovation: Establishing the company as an industry leader through continuous breakthrough innovations. These systems help in tracking ideas, managing projects, and collaborating effectively.

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Qmarkets

JULY 26, 2024

Key Objectives of Strategic Innovation Programs A well-designed strategic innovation program aims to achieve several critical objectives: Leadership in Innovation: Establishing the company as an industry leader through continuous breakthrough innovations. These systems help in tracking ideas, managing projects, and collaborating effectively.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 18, 2016

Even amongst the group of industry insiders here who teach and author books on innovation methodologies, case studies and thought leadership, there was a huge variety between the responses. Nick is the chief editor of Idea to Value and also the CEO & Founder of Improvides Innovation Consulting. The results surprised me.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 8, 2024

The goal is to create a culture where innovation thrives, supported by processes and tools that facilitate idea generation, evaluation, and implementation on a larger scale. To cultivate such a culture, leadership must actively encourage and reward risk-taking and idea generation.

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Gregg Fraley

MARCH 17, 2021

The 30 minute weekly webinar features demonstrations of various facilitation tools for: strategy, challenge clarification, idea generation (aka brainstorming), problem framing, idea selection, innovation projects, and idea development, etc. The weekly sessions are FREE. Sessions begin on Thursday March 18th.

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Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 23, 2015

But without leadership those precious chunks of time available to do innovation will go unused. What’s tougher to do is dedicate a person, or a team, to innovation exclusively (or mostly). Any exclusive FTE dedication to innovation is quite an investment. Depending on your size, even one is quite costly.

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IdeaSpies

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Management often give the illusion of wanting ideas, but then lack the skills to capture ideas in a simple way, give feedback and implement good ideas. Management need to stop feeling comfortable about the way they do things – for example by saying ‘that’s the way we have always done things’.

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Gregg Fraley

MAY 1, 2018

Frameworks assume: engaged leadership, talent on the team, day to day creativity, curiosity, and domain knowledge. This takes an understanding of why you innovate , and, it takes leadership to communicate and focus the desire. Frameworks fail when leaders don’t have these cultural basics squared away.

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ITONICS

AUGUST 23, 2018

We took a closer look at the most important sources of innovation in large companies: The Leadership. The strategy and the direction of innovation are set by a company’s top management. Yet, companies around the world are in digital transition and face even larger leadership gaps.

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InnovationManagement

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Enter Innovation Catalysts: natural champions who are believers, idea generators, problem solvers, mentors and sponsors in your organization.

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Gregg Fraley

APRIL 22, 2019

Very few organization’s are any good at all at Brainstorming/Idea Generation. If you don’t have Talent, superior talent, you’ll fail. Design Thinking alone will not guarantee success (or any other framework, Agile, Lean, etc.). If you don’t take calculated risks, and continue to take them, you will fail.

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Gregg Fraley

MAY 9, 2017

” “We don’t do idea generation well.” .” “Mediocre results, we just can’t seem to get to anything really different.” ” “Lackluster. I’m not impressed by what they come up with.” Sad isn’t it, those words are depressing.

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Ideation Techniques to Generate Innovative Ideas Generating fresh, innovative ideas is at the heart of any successful enterprise. These platforms enable cross-team collaboration, streamline the innovation process , and offer data-driven insights to help leaders make informed decisions on which ideas to pursue.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 12, 2021

A Fractional CINO addresses these missing skill sets: The MisFortune 10,000 Tend to Lack These Innovation Skills: Process and Innovation Project Management Skills — including: team building, culture leadership, innovation project roadmapping, and more.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

These could include: percentage of staff trained in innovation, leadership time spent on innovation vs. regular operations and percentage of budget that is invested in innovation projects. Qmarkets' Idea Management system allows users to share ideas with people located in widely different geographic locations.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

These could include: percentage of staff trained in innovation, leadership time spent on innovation vs. regular operations and percentage of budget that is invested in innovation projects. Qmarkets' Idea Management system allows users to share ideas with people located in widely different geographic locations.

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IdeaSpies

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

Management often give the illusion of wanting ideas, but then lack the skills to capture ideas in a simple way, give feedback and implement good ideas. Management need to stop feeling comfortable about the way they do things - for example by saying ‘that’s the way we have always done things’.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 30, 2019

The speakers provide three different perspectives on innovation: theory of the “how to” from Gregg Fraley, real world case studies by local manufacturer Earl Miller, and the role of innovative leadership from Sheila Matias. This is an intensive short training program for those seeking to innovate and grow. Innovation doesn’t just happen.

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ITONICS

AUGUST 23, 2018

We took a closer look at the most important sources of innovation in large companies: The Leadership. The strategy and the direction of innovation are set by a company’s top management. Yet, companies around the world are in digital transition and face even larger leadership gaps.

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InnovationManagement

MAY 12, 2020

Knowledge management improves organizational processes through a variety of different practices, and enhances learning, which can increase both follower engagement and personal development. This article presents the two key steps of successful knowledge management that can be implemented by company executives.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Ideas disappear into a black hole, employees receive little to no follow-up, and the process lacks transparency. Modern idea management software provides a structured way to collect , evaluate, and implement employee suggestions. The ability to submit ideas anytime, anywhere, from any device.

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