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. By leveraging AI, you can enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of idea validation.

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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. By capturing these dynamics visually, the canvas enables teams to anticipate challenges, uncover opportunities, and align innovation efforts with real-world conditions.

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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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Idea to Value

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Topics covered in this episode: 00:01:30 – How Dave’s Scottish background sparked his interest in invention and innovation. 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.

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HYPE Innovation

MAY 31, 2023

Day in and day out, we’re all coming up with ideas at work and home as we go about routine tasks or during meetings and problem-solving sessions. There’s often a tendency to think that more ideas mean better results. But, typically, this isn’t the case.

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 13, 2021

We need to think about a choice-cascade integrative model for innovation. Often we fail to understand our role in contributing to innovation; we need a cascading effect. Here I want to explain my thinking behind this and provide the visual cascading steps I feel help us succeed in innovation. It is complex.

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Jeffrey Phillips

AUGUST 12, 2022

In what is probably one of the most revered books among innovators, Edward De Bono wrote about six "thinking" hats. Often, many people will be wearing either the factual hat - like the famous detective, just give me the facts, or the judging hat - does what is being said meet with my experience? Why can't we innovate?

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 28, 2023

Where will Innovation Management Software go? This morning I decided to have a chat on ChatGPT on the future of Innovation Management Software, I asked a number of questions in a short series and can well-relate to the answers provided incredibly quickly. chat.openai.com/chat Where will Innovation Management Software go?

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Jeffrey Phillips

JUNE 20, 2019

I'm writing a series of posts that examine some of my lessons learned after over 15 years of corporate innovation consulting. Past posts have included the concept of needing a why and a how for innovation , why ideas need a sponsor and how to understand the range of innovation options your company will consider.

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Destination Innovation

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

In the fast-paced and competitive world of business, innovation is not just a luxury; it’s a necessity. Companies must continually evolve to meet the ever-changing needs of their customers, outpace competitors, and adapt to new market dynamics. It involves focusing on three key elements: Strengths, Values, and Assumptions.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 27, 2016

As the customer advocate, you work closely with employees to keep customers at the forefront of innovation. You want your employees to innovate with the customer in mind. Bring the “voice of the customer” into the decision making and idea generation. Support staff to engage in open innovation with customers.

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Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Most companies say that they are investing in innovation. They will showcase large initiatives for gaining ideas and suggestions from across the organisation. They will point to their last brainstorming session and say how successful it was, how it produced hundreds of ideas (or at least post it notes).

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Jeffrey Phillips

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Since innovation is a difficult and often misunderstood word, or perhaps just because it is used to mean different things in different contexts, it can be difficult to understand why innovation at an entrepreneurial company or a startup is different from innovation in a corporation. First, let's just get the record straight.

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Idea to Value

MAY 11, 2021

Sometimes, innovation can have unintended, negative consequences. A few months ago, some university students asked me to help them assess their innovation idea for their degree. A few months ago, some university students asked me to help them assess their innovation idea for their degree. ” thinker.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 3, 2025

Without a focused approach, product innovation becomes a gamble instead of a growth strategy. This guide explains product innovation, how it differs from other forms of innovation, and what it takes to develop a winning strategy. What Is Product Innovation? Both are valuable, but they serve different purposes.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

When you are undertaking such a transformation in any system like energy, innovation becomes vital to inject new forces of dynamism and creative thinking to tackling such a change. As we switch from conventional power to renewables or we look to upgrade the distribution grids, we need to look towards innovative solutions.

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Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

If you want big ideas, you need to encourage them, yes, but also talk about them in ways that open up dialog, thinking and idea generation to a much larger dimension. In fairness, I'm sure the words innovation and growth will show up occasionally as well.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Generating innovative ideas is crucial for business success, but it doesn’t happen without the right approach. In this article, we’ll explore how design thinking enhances the ideation process, why tools like empathy mapping are essential, and how idea management can help turn innovative concepts into actionable results.

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Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Organizations are under constant pressure to adapt, innovate, and deliver new value to stay competitive. However, executing a digital strategy successfully requires a robust innovation management approach to bridge the gap between strategic intent and actionable results.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Innovation is an art and science. Here’s how to help your team generate and prioritize the best ideas and opportunities in today’s virtual world. Over the past 25 years, I have run hundreds of innovation sessions for high performing teams. Ideas aren’t innovations in themselves.

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

As businesses increasingly focus on innovation and customer-centric strategies, customer co-creation has emerged as a powerful way to involve customers in the product development process.

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IdeaScale

JANUARY 4, 2022

of Global Services, has developed a self-paced course on excelling at innovation, drawing on his decades of consulting and training expertise. The course focuses on his value-driven approach to innovation, drawing on lessons learned from the CO-STAR methodology he helped develop. Meet The Instructor. What Is A Self-Paced Course?

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 16, 2023

So, what's this interesting flashback to scouting days have to do with innovation? Innovation and campfires There's a reason so many innovation tools and methods are associated with light or fire. Ideas are often considered "sparks" that will catch flame to create new ideas. Who will manage the idea?

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Learn innovation and crowdsourcing strategy from NASA. Do you want to know the secrets for success through internal crowdsourcing and innovation storytelling? The center was created in 2011 by the federal Office of Science, Technology, and Policy to foster innovation at NASA and throughout U.S. government departments.

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Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Organizations are under constant pressure to adapt, innovate, and deliver new value to stay competitive. However, executing a digital strategy successfully requires a robust innovation management approach to bridge the gap between strategic intent and actionable results.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

But in most cases, the difference between a fleeting concept and a breakthrough innovation lies in the ability to execute. Unfortunately, many organizations struggle to transform their best ideas into tangible outcomes that drive growth and competitive advantage.

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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. Respond to Every Idea. Queensland Police Service (QPS).

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 13, 2021

We need to think about a choice-cascade integrative model for innovation. Often we fail to understand our role in contributing to innovation; we need a cascading effect. Here I want to explain my thinking behind this and provide the visual cascading steps I feel help us succeed in innovation. It is complex.

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Destination Innovation

OCTOBER 26, 2015

I am often asked to give corporate innovation training workshops. They readily absorb the ideas and the methods. In the interactive modules they generate and select great ideas for the company. They do not have the time, budget or authority to implement the great innovations that they conceived and planned.

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Jeffrey Phillips

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Since I am an innovation consultant, working with Fortune 500 companies to build innovation capacity, and I regularly blog on this site about innovation topics, I often have the opportunity to review new books about innovation. In this blog, I am going to be reviewing the book Built to Innovate by Ben Bensaou.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Understanding Innovation Culture Innovation culture is the backbone of a company’s growth and longevity. Importance of Innovation in Business In the ever-evolving business landscape, innovation is more than a buzzword; it’s a critical element for survival and success.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Building an Innovation Culture Importance of Innovation Culture In today’s rapidly changing business landscape, fostering an innovation culture within your organization is not just a bonus; it’s a necessity. Key Elements of an Innovation Culture An innovation culture thrives on certain foundational elements.

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Jeffrey Phillips

MAY 15, 2015

If that sounds like a pretentious title, you are probably right, but it's time to start talking about the fact that so many companies simply cannot innovate effectively. Past success does not guarantee future success, and by the time many of these firms recognize the need to innovate the opportunity has past them by.

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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. This article originally appeared on Forbes.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Understanding Innovation Culture The bedrock of a thriving organization lies not just in its products or services, but also in the underlying culture that fosters creativity and innovation. Understanding and nurturing an innovation culture within your company is pivotal to maintaining a competitive edge and driving sustainable growth.

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Destination Innovation

MARCH 29, 2016

Its mission was to deliver innovative options that have the potential to drastically impact the energy future. Novelty – is the idea fundamentally different? Value – could the idea generate substantial new value? Since it started it has received over 10,000 ideas and helped over 1700 innovators around the world.

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Jeffrey Phillips

APRIL 18, 2016

I find that I've become increasingly irritated with all of the narrow interpretations and self-serving definitions of what is, or isn't, innovation. I'm happy to climb up on a soapbox again to talk about one of the most common scapegoats for innovation, the act of brainstorming. It is not the only idea generation technique.

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