Leapfrogging

MARCH 21, 2025

AI tools can process information at a speed and accuracy that surpasses human capabilities, providing you with insights that drive innovation forward. From idea generation to concept testing, AI can support you in making data-driven decisions that align with your strategic goals.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

The Context Map Canvas is a strategic tool designed to help organizations understand and navigate the external factors that influence innovation and business performance. This tool is especially valuable in fast-paced industries or during periods of transformation, where understanding context can be the key to staying competitive.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 21, 2025

For innovation professionals, understanding each phase is crucial to ensure that new products or services are successfully developed and launched. The ILM framework often involves: Idea Generation : Collecting and evaluating new ideas. Concept Development : Refining selected ideas into viable concepts.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 21, 2025

Validating new ideas is crucial in the innovation process. By validating ideas early, you can identify potential flaws, understand market needs, and refine your concepts before significant investments are made. Lead Successful Innovation Projects!

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 21, 2025

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the field of innovation management by providing powerful tools to enhance consumer insights. By leveraging AI, you can gain a deeper understanding of consumer behavior, preferences, and trends, which are crucial for driving innovation and staying competitive in the market.

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Qmarkets

JULY 22, 2021

Employee ideas are the backbone of any corporate innovation initiative, and therefore a strong idea generation process that can be scaled across your organization is key. However, there are various approaches for each step of the process which can be chosen based on what is best for your business and employees.

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Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

By blending innovation into your strategy, you’re cooking up a plan that’s as flexible as a yoga guru and keeps you ahead of the pack. For a deeper dive, check out our piece on connecting business strategy and the innovation process. It’s like giving your business the tools to handle surprises and shake-ups with a grin.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 28, 2023

Innovation management software is expected to continue to evolve and improve in the coming years. Increased integration with other business tools, such as project management and collaboration software. More emphasis on data analytics and reporting to help companies better understand and track their innovation efforts.

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Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Weave these innovation ideas into your business targets, making them vital parts of your big picture. Pulling in innovation is a must-have in today’s fast-moving scene, as detailed in our note on strategy’s need for innovation in disruptive times. Toss some innovation into the mix.

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The BMI Lab Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Creativity is not a gift but a skill we can train with proper tools. When we introduce somebody to innovation methodologies, especially those focused on business models, the role of creativity topic usually comes up. The most common question is whether we need to use creativity or not to innovate. Analogy cards.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2024

Ideas and feedback are flowing back and forth throughout the innovation process. This iterative approach is driving innovation by ensuring that solutions are aligned with user needs and market realities. Leaders are not the only ones who have ideas. Has the methodology changed?

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Innovation thinking in Ecosystem and Gen AI design I believe there is a real need to construct a different innovation process. We are rapidly seeing the past of innovating simply in terms of operating on our own. Earlier this year, I proposed a different framework for the innovation process and thinking.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 4, 2024

As a methodology, it is open to adopting new tools and technologies that enhance the process, including the integration of artificial intelligence in design thinking. The Evolution of Design Thinking in Business Design thinking has evolved from being a creative process into a robust strategic tool.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 2, 2024

The same is true for innovation within an organization. Innovation process models serve as navigational charts, guiding businesses from idea inception to successful execution. What is an Innovation Process Model? What is an Innovation Process Model?

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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. Sustaining Innovation Now to the analysis. What we need to turn our attention to is the depth question.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Unfortunately, many organizations struggle to transform their best ideas into tangible outcomes that drive growth and competitive advantage. In this article, well explore what implementing ideas truly means and how it fits into the broader innovation process. Without these, even the best ideas risk failure.

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Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

In recent years, more companies have embraced this model as a key approach to scale their innovation efforts and stay ahead of the curve. What Is an Open Innovation Strategy? 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

JULY 25, 2024

It involves a holistic view that integrates strategy, culture, and operations to ensure that innovation becomes a continuous and integral part of the business. Key activities in effective innovation management include: Strategy Development: Aligning innovation initiatives with the company’s strategic goals and vision.

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Qmarkets

JULY 22, 2021

Employee ideas are the backbone of any corporate innovation initiative, and therefore a strong idea generation process that can be scaled across your organization is key. However, there are various approaches for each step of the process which can be chosen based on what is best for your business and employees.

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Jeffrey Phillips

AUGUST 26, 2021

Most innovation teams have little experience in innovation work, and while they've sat through brainstorming sessions (most of which were poorly executed) and can recognize ideas, they don't have training in innovation tools and approaches, and lack experience running innovation projects and programs.

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Jeffrey Phillips

APRIL 18, 2016

Strange that the activity that should be the easiest, most natural activity in an innovation process is singled out as the most complex, difficult and dangerous. But fact alone highlights how poorly understood the entire innovation process is. Brainstorming is a group technique to generate, socialize and evaluate ideas.

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Qmarkets

JANUARY 7, 2020

The Fast Forward Program, implemented by Philip Morris International , was designed to involve multiple levels of the company within the innovation process in order to create a smoke free future for the company. Discover How You Can Engage Your Employees in Your Total Innovation Strategy ! 2. million USD by 2022.

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Jeffrey Phillips

OCTOBER 25, 2021

First, the book pulls together a lot of innovation theory and practice from a number of innovation practitioners, particularly the authors of Blue Ocean Strategy, which is often referenced in the book. To that end, reading the book, at least in the early chapters, can seem a bit like a recap of good innovation tools and practices.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Gathering this data will offer a clear picture of the limitations within your current framework and provide actionable insights into what might be hampering innovation. For more information on conducting a thorough innovation culture assessment, you can visit our guide on innovation culture assessment.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 19, 2018

Your team needs new tools and skills If your team has been tasked with creating new, innovative products or services, take a few days and introduce or build new skills and tools. Trying to innovate with the existing tools and processes will only result in incremental change at best and a really frustrating experience.

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Qmarkets

JULY 18, 2024

To navigate successfully, you need the right tools and a well-coordinated crew. For businesses, innovation software serves as the modern compass, map, and crew management system combined. While some companies may start with basic tools like spreadsheets, these often fall short in managing the complexities of true innovation.

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

IdeaScale recently announced the winners of our 2018 Innovation Management Awards. Queensland Police Service was recognized for Best Engagement Strategy, Covia won the award for Best Innovation Process, and the Transportation Research Board won for Best Innovation. Workflows Can Help Tremendously when Prioritizing Ideas.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

You can also measure the impact of these initiatives by establishing key performance indicators related to innovation and tracking them over time. This could include the number of new ideas generated, the percentage of projects moved to the pilot stage, or the number of successful innovations implemented.

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Actively soliciting ideas, surfacing new ones, discussing the process, making it easy to find ideas, and offering ways to organize ideas in the front and back end will all help bring more creativity to the fore. Yet, for idea generation, in particular, you need to bring everyone to the floor. Ask For Ideas.

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Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

They have been trained in all kinds of tools and processes, but have little to no training in creativity, trend spotting, synthesizing various data points to create a new vision of the future, understanding customer needs or the customer journey, good idea generation, prototyping and so on.

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HYPE Innovation

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Rowan Gibson wrote a book called “ The Four Lenses of Innovation: A power tool for creating thinking ” that came out earlier this year. Well, it provides an understanding to the thinking patterns that lead innovators to their big ideas. This is a book well worth obtaining and working through.

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PlanBox Innovation

MAY 9, 2023

Innovation is the key to staying ahead of the competition and meeting the ever-changing needs of customers. To be successful, organizations must be able to effectively manage their innovation processes, from idea generation to commercialization.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

They bring stories of success and failure that can humanize the innovation process and make it more relatable. Their talks can be a catalyst for change, encouraging your team to pursue innovation with renewed vigor. By discussing the innovation process, they can: Ignite the spark of ideation and creativity within your team.

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IdeaScale

JULY 4, 2017

Think of the improved innovation results they could get if they not only engaged their employees in the innovation process but also helped them to learn about that process and develop their skills in generating, developing, and analyzing ideas.

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Idea to Value

JULY 8, 2016

The innovation book Robert’s Rules of Innovation: A 10-Step Program for Corporate Survival lays out a step-by-step framework of 10 Key Imperatives that an organization must take to achieve profitable business growth through innovation. Innovation requires more than just idea generation.

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Flying Fish Lab

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

But that’s not the path the innovation process should take. It makes sense to pilot test your innovations before making that final commitment or laying down that final chapter. In developing or innovating a new product or service, we take inspiration from Marvel Comics , one of the greatest storytellers of all time.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

By focusing on these elements, you create a fertile ground for innovation. You can assess where your organization currently stands by utilizing an innovation culture assessment tool to identify areas of strength and opportunities for growth. Bolsters confidence in pursuing novel initiatives.

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