Wazoku

JUNE 22, 2017

Every successfully implemented idea/product is a result of a long and painstakingly supervised innovation process. While principles and methods of idea development are universal for all industries, there is no strict rule regarding the steps from idea generation to implementation. Image from dilbert.com.

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Idea to Value

DECEMBER 17, 2020

00:08:30 – How people’s ability to come up with ideas has been impacted by a time of crisis. 00:09:45 – The issue is not idea generation techniques, it is about getting new inputs. 00:12:30 – How the future of work will change, and which industries will be impacted.

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Destination Innovation

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

Networking : Engage with a diverse group of people in your industry or interests. Talking to people from different backgrounds can spark fresh ideas. Historical Research : Studying history and the evolution of ideas can provide insights for new innovations or solutions to current problems.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 28, 2023

Industry specific solutions: Offering solutions that are tailored for specific industries, such as healthcare or manufacturing, could increase adoption. For example, some software solutions may include features such as: Idea generation and submission: Allows employees to submit ideas and collaborate with others.

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Tim Kastelle

APRIL 12, 2018

Much of the work in their industry is becoming commoditized, and their margins have been shrinking. The bars reflect how two teams of managers, a senior team and a junior team, rank this firm on the five stages in the innovation process – idea generation, selection, and implementation, as well as sustaining innovations and diffusing them.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 11, 2022

When it comes to overseeing an idea management program involving thousands of employees or customers, it is crucial that the process is structured in a way that helps participants to generate the best ideas. Reverse brainstorming is a method for idea generation in business that capitalizes on that.

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Jeffrey Phillips

APRIL 22, 2019

If you then try to force all the innovation work you do into a paradigm where your experience can help you make quick decisions or apply certain rules of thumb, then you will constrain your thinking and bring all the idea generation back into a setting that you can control. Are you willing to go beyond your experience?

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Jeffrey Phillips

AUGUST 12, 2022

If you are hoping to "shake things up" or create new products or services, these perspectives will simply block most ideas. New perspectives needed In fact, the more your environment is changing, the more competitors you have, the more intense the competition within your industry is, the more you need new perspectives.

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Qmarkets

JANUARY 7, 2020

This, in turn, made the prospect of total innovation management a practical exercise for companies in all industries. Amplify Idea Generation You can’t address the question ‘what is total idea management’ without emphasising the importance of crowdsourcing ideas. The post What is Total Innovation Management?

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Qmarkets

MARCH 13, 2025

Instead of fighting over market share, companies that embrace value innovation redefine industry norms and unlock new growth opportunities. Well also break down the steps to implementing value innovation and examine how idea management and technology scouting can accelerate its success. What is Value Innovation?

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Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Benefits of Welcoming Innovation in Strategic Planning Boosting Growth and Staying in the Game Innovation is like your secret sauce when it comes to making sure your business doesn’t just keep up but actually gets ahead of what’s happening in your industry.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

If we are to meet the mandated Paris Agreement of 2015, where member states agreed to limit global warming to 2 degrees C versus pre-industrial levels by 2050, we have to look at every climate change mitigation we can find. That sense of collective identity has a more significant chance of generating new innovative solutions.

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Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Additionally, we’ll explore why software dedicated to idea management is not just suitable but ideal for serving as a hackathon platform, ensuring that the best ideas generated don’t just stay as concepts but evolve into impactful solutions. This ensures that promising ideas don’t lose momentum after the event.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Bring the “voice of the customer” into the decision making and idea generation. On-site gatherings: Invite customers and prospects to your site to test new products, provide feedback on existing products, and for idea generation. User groups : Hold user group meetings where ideas are shared and feedback is welcomed.

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Jeffrey Phillips

AUGUST 2, 2022

We treat innovation as it if requires years of experience, deep knowledge of an industry or a technology, or mastery of a specific subject. I think far too often we fall into the fallacy of expertise, and look for great ideas from people who are deeply experienced in one technology or field.

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Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Originally rooted in software development, hackathons have evolved into a strategic tool across industries, fostering creativity, team collaboration, and idea generation under tight timeframes. Originally a coding challenge, hackathons now span industries, targeting various challenges and fostering innovative thinking.

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IdeaScale

JUNE 14, 2017

My career began with a small company in the entertainment industry that developed the first large screen stadium video displays for U2 and other leading music acts. Working on innovation in industry roles can be very demanding. What industries or regions are lagging behind right now when it comes to embracing innovation?

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IdeaScale

MAY 28, 2019

Companies in every industry are accepting that complacency and failure to innovate are tantamount to negligence. Failing to innovate can cause even a large established business to lose ground to competitors that more fully embrace innovation. It requires more than just saying “Innovation is good.”

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Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Idea Generation: Generate creative new ideas that address the identified challenges, beyond basic brainstorming exercises. Idea Evaluation and Prioritisation: Figuring out which ideas have more potential than others, and which fit the strategic goals. 1 – Displays some weak aspects ( Red ).

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Qmarkets

APRIL 3, 2025

Collaborating with startups, research institutions, or industry partners can accelerate product development and inject fresh thinking. Each stage builds on the last, moving from raw ideas to tested, refined solutions ready for launch. Idea Generation and Validation Effective product innovation starts with strong idea generation.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 1, 2018

The two reports, one from CB Insights, who I believe do a consistently brilliant job at “tear downs” and evaluations of industries, markets or topics. Idea Generation, Development/Design, Commercialization/ Launch, Optimization/ Management and Product Retirement. Now that is shocking!

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Report Innovation Survey Disruption 212

Idea to Value

JANUARY 27, 2017

Company-wide Idea Generation. Trends & Industry. Developing a culture of innovation: Reward vs Risk aversion. Measuring and Rewarding Performance. Bureaucracy. Training and New Experiences. Open Innovation. Innovation as a value.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 20, 2024

Verification and Validation: It’s critical to validate the generated ideas to ensure they align with your organization’s goals, are technically feasible, and have real-world applicability. This step may involve iterative processes of idea generation, refinement, evaluation, and real-life testing and prototyping.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Regardless of the industry your business falls in, innovation can keep your team ahead of the trends and competitors and foster stability and consistency within your strategy. Similarly, strict top-level decision-making increases the opportunity for groupthink and lessens the chance of fluid idea generation throughout the organization.

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Strategy Strategy Innovation Idea Generation 98

Qmarkets

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Regardless of the industry your business falls in, innovation can keep your team ahead of the trends and competitors and foster stability and consistency within your strategy. Similarly, strict top-level decision-making increases the opportunity for groupthink and lessens the chance of fluid idea generation throughout the organization.

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Strategy Strategy Innovation Idea Generation 98

Jeffrey Phillips

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Second, the idea may threaten not a product, but an entire opportunity or industry. Third, good ideas may simply be beyond the reach or capability of a company, and while recognized as valuable, simply cannot be realized by the company except as a spin out. In fact, many ideas hope to do just that.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Positioning : Positioned at the forefront of new idea generation and technological advancement. Value : Drives technological advancements, leading to the development of new products, services, and processes that can redefine markets and industries. Networks designed. Acts as the catalyst for exploration and experimentation.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Verification and Validation: It’s critical to validate the generated ideas to ensure they align with your organization’s goals, are technically feasible, and have real-world applicability. This step may involve iterative processes of idea generation, refinement, evaluation, and real-life testing and prototyping.

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Covia provides high-performance crystalline silica sand to the petroleum and other industries, and they used IdeaScale to gather employee ideas at all organizational levels. The company’s old idea generation process was manual and organized according to department. Workflows Can Help Tremendously when Prioritizing Ideas.

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Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

With digital disruption accelerating across industries, traditional, closed approaches to innovation no longer suffice for most companies. An open innovation strategy involves actively sourcing ideas, technologies, and knowledge from both internal and external stakeholders to accelerate innovation.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 13, 2025

Organizations across industries leverage this approach to generate ideas, solve problems, and gather insights from a large, diverse group of contributors. Examples of Crowdsourcing in Action Now weve given the definition of crowdsourcing, the natural next question is, how can businesses use it effectively?

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 23, 2019

The Simplified Solution: How Colruyt Group Used IDnet to Drive Innovation in the Retail Industry. The Road Ahead – Colruyt’s Future Plans for Championing Innovation in the Retail Industry. Eef: Our ultimate dream is to involve customers with our idea management system and to give them an easy way to provide their ideas.

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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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Innovation Idea Generation Innovation Processes Leadership 111

Leapfrogging

APRIL 29, 2024

Reward Innovative Thinking: Incentivize your executives to think creatively by acknowledging and rewarding innovative ideas and solutions. Moreover, the relationship with a coach or mentor can accelerate the executive mindset transformation , leading to more profound insights and impactful decision-making.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 29, 2024

Reward Innovative Thinking: Incentivize your executives to think creatively by acknowledging and rewarding innovative ideas and solutions. Moreover, the relationship with a coach or mentor can accelerate the executive mindset transformation , leading to more profound insights and impactful decision-making.

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Strategic Thinking Change Leadership Collaboration 130

Innovators Alliance

OCTOBER 28, 2024

A Snapshot of IA Membership IA’s diverse membership spans manufacturing, technology, and service sectors, with members generating average annual revenues of $30 million. Here’s a snapshot: Industry Representation: 49% of members work in manufacturing, while the rest are in technology, services, and other sectors. sales, social media).

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 19, 2018

Ideally consultants bring experiences that transfer clients and industries. Worse, few companies do a good job of understanding the emerging expectations and needs of customers they don't serve or spotting trends that will upend their industries. Something that any consultant can bring is a vital outside perspective.

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