Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2024

Instead, they are tapping into the global pool of talent and ideas, using tools like crowdsourcing and hackathons. From linear to agile: Idea generation is now a continuous process, not a one-time event. Lean startup: Lean startup is a methodology that helps organizations validate their ideas early and often.

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Innov8rs

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

At the recent The Innovators Handbook 2025 Launch Event, Michael McCarthen, an innovation leader at Chick-fil-A, Frank Mattes, founder and CEO at Lean Scaleup, and Gina OConnor, a Professor of Innovation Management at Babson College, shared how to navigate these barriers and make innovation a long-term success.

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Leanstack

JANUARY 10, 2019

A question I get a lot is: Why isn’t the Lean Canvas laid out more logically? Lean Canvas The main reason for this particular layout was legacy. Lean Canvas was derived from the Business Model Canvas. To compensate for usability, I published a suggested fill order in my first book: Running Lean. Which is the right order?

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 19, 2017

“Crowdsourcing does have a sound potential to compliment or simply become your principal source of turning concepts and challenges into solid ideas that do have an impact” Tackling the Internal Jobs-to-be-done for Improving Innovation. Great views, opinions and contributions have been building in a very methodical way.

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Planview

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

We created Instant Coffee to help facilitate better idea generation — whether you’re a C-level executive thinking through your company’s next big move, or an individual contributor trying to collaboratively solve a problem with your team. Lean Coffee. As you discuss ideas and action items, document them as cards.

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Qmarkets

JULY 31, 2023

Qmarkets’ innovation management software facilitates idea generation, evaluation and implementation, collaboration, and data analysis. With a network of experienced and reliable partners and specialists, it believes in LEAN, AGILE, and PRAGMATIC strategies. About Qmarkets Managing innovation at large company is never easy.

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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.

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Leanstack

JANUARY 30, 2019

In my last post , I described how sketching an idea on a Lean Canvas is akin to stacking a chain of beliefs. The real challenge isn’t idea generation, but idea validation. The idea sweet spot But tackling all three risks at once can be overwhelming. You can create a Lean(er) Canvas at LeanCanvas.com.

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Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 24, 2019

Just kidding, Design Thinking can be a good choice, as can Agile, or Lean, or your own blended system. Energized idea generation about potential projects (that is, what projects might we do?). Which is best? Can I blend frameworks? If everyone else is jumping off the Design Thinking bridge shouldn’t we?

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Qmarkets

JULY 25, 2024

Idea Generation and Capture: Creating an environment that encourages new ideas from all levels of the organization. Evaluation and Prioritization: Assessing the potential impact, feasibility, and alignment of ideas with strategic objectives. Use tools and methodologies like Lean and Agile to optimize innovation processes.

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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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Jeffrey Phillips

MARCH 20, 2015

The idea I'd like you to contemplate until my return is that we are all making innovation far too complicated, and we need to stop dressing up the activity with lots of talking points and stop working ourselves and our management into a tizzy about commitments and investments. It does not start and end with idea generation.

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Gregg Fraley

APRIL 20, 2021

MCPS perfectly complements innovation frameworks like Design Thinking, Agile, and Lean, and quality frameworks like Six Sigma. For organizations, MCPS is a foundational framework for building a culture of constant creative improvisation in order to innovate. Comedy improvisation games and story telling are already integrated with MCPS.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 28, 2018

It includes an overview of key frameworks ( Design Thinking, Agile, Lean, TRIZ, Synectics, Stage-Gate, CPS ) and their essential tools. In addition, it covers management mandates, project cycles, resourcing, idea management systems, idea generation, concept development, prototyping, and pitch presentations.

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Gregg Fraley

APRIL 22, 2019

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

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Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

By now, everyone in your organization knows how to do lean, agile and six sigma. Innovation is challenging and complex, moving from a very nebulous world of trends and needs and emerging capabilities to a very definitive set of features and requirements.

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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. Training the teams, having a skilled facilitator in-house, and frequent practice of divergent thinking are essential to effective idea generation sessions. Almost always.

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Strategos

APRIL 27, 2017

In recent years the focus has been on creating highly efficient organizations that apply lean principles to both management and operations. The sequential steps of insight development, idea generation, idea elaboration, and experiment design can be managed using a variety of tools.

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Leanstack

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

We’re already at the 10 year anniversary of the Lean Startup. ideas that went on to spark the global Lean Startup movement. By now, “almost everybody building products” has at least heard the term and has been exposed to the big ideas. I’m always happy, for instance, to see Lean Canvas posters in conference rooms.

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Idea Champions

AUGUST 21, 2020

Idea Champions' ideation webinar has been invaluable in helping diverse and remote teams around the globe focus on the essentials of great idea generation." - Jon Bidwell, Director of Innovation, Chubb Insurance. Idea Champions brings a creative, energetic and fun approach to idea generation. Idea Champions.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

They may also delve into methodologies like lean startup principles and agile development to illustrate how continuous testing can lead to successful outcomes. Remember, a strong innovation culture is not just about the ideas generated; it’s about the people, processes, and environment that make sustainable innovation possible.

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Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Why are idea generation tools for deliberate combinations needed? Design Thinking, Agile, Lean, and older frameworks like CPS (aka Osborn-Parnes) are all attempts to find the system, the process steps, that will assist in repeating innovation. Innovation Directors and CEO’s — why not?

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Qmarkets

JULY 29, 2024

Idea Generation: This is the initial stage where new ideas are created. It can involve brainstorming sessions, crowd-sourcing ideas from employees or customers, and conducting market research to identify unmet needs. Here, ideas are evaluated based on feasibility, strategic alignment, and market potential.

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Econic

APRIL 10, 2018

We see a lot of grassroots efforts around lean startup or other innovation efforts try to work within existing budgets. Alternatively, lean startup or design thinking style innovation requests smaller amounts of money earlier on, to be able to prove learning and gain access to funding when it’s needed. Innovation needs structure.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 1, 2018

The secret sauce in the design of a MoshPit session is how fresh thinking is scaffolded through the discovery and idea generation process. This shaping of vague ideas into resource-worthy innovation projects is the final step of the MoshPit process. MoshPit integrates well with other innovation frameworks and methods.

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Gregg Fraley

OCTOBER 4, 2018

If you don’t know the newer more advanced tools, and some neglected old technologies, including Agile, Lean, TRIZ, Synectics, Stage-Gate, Theory of Constraints, and CPS, you’re missing opportunities. Participants learn how to avoid classic pitfalls and adopt emerging advanced practices.

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Source: Six Sigma Global Institute Lean Six Sigma: By combining lean management principles with Six Sigma’ s focus on process improvement, this approach helps enterprises reduce inefficiencies and solve operational problems. They help businesses move beyond conventional approaches and uncover breakthrough solutions.

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Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 18, 2015

Don’t get hung up on whether to use Lean, or Design Thinking, or CPS, KILN’s FuseTrail , or some arcane method history has hung around your neck. Look, there are a million methods to do innoation, including those methods I espouse. But at the heart of it, it’s about ongoing projects.

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Leanstack

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

We’re already at the 10 year anniversary of the Lean Startup. ideas that went on to spark the global Lean Startup movement. By now, “almost everybody building products” has at least heard the term and has been exposed to the big ideas. I’m always happy, for instance, to see Lean Canvas posters in conference rooms.

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Econic

MAY 23, 2019

Failure to secure sustained funding We see a lot of grassroots efforts around lean startup or other innovation efforts try to work within existing budgets. Alternatively, lean startup or design thinking style innovation requests smaller amounts of money earlier on, to be able to prove learning and gain access to funding when it’s needed.

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Gregg Fraley

JUNE 15, 2019

Classic Improv games are adaptable for visioning, exploration, problem framing, idea generation, solution development, and planning. The key benefit is simply getting to a breakthrough insight or idea much faster. ” What I mean is you could use Improv problem solving tools with Agile, Lean, Design Thinking, or CPS.

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Gregg Fraley

MAY 5, 2017

There is no reason why a MoshPit session can’t be done within any other innovation method, be it Design Thinking, Lean, or whatever your organization uses. My vision is this front-ends a yearly innovation cycle. In fact, the combination of this new tool with those older frameworks can make those methods more effective.

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Integrative Innovation

MAY 2, 2017

They observe that the transfer rate from the promising ideas generated in the vehicles mentioned above into substantial business is too low. They are based on lean / efficient and 0-mistakes principles. They are based on agile / lean start-up / test-and-learn principles.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 20, 2024

It outlines the steps and methodologies needed to develop, evaluate, and implement new ideas, ensuring they align with the organization’s overall strategic objectives. This framework serves as a blueprint for how a company approaches innovation, from idea generation to the successful launch of new products or processes.

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Gregg Fraley

MAY 1, 2018

You will fail with: Lean, Agile, Design Thinking, TRIZ, Stage-Gate, Osborn-Parnes CPS, KILN’s FuseTrail, or a homegrown/blended framework. Frameworks assume: engaged leadership, talent on the team, day to day creativity, curiosity, and domain knowledge. Frameworks fail when leaders don’t have these cultural basics squared away.

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Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 30, 2019

Gregg instructs ways to blend frameworks and use the best tools within frameworks such as Lean, Agile, CPS, or Design Thinking. The Innovation Intensive course outline: Approaches to innovation (Design Thinking, Lean, Agile, TRIZ, CPS, and blended systems). Contact GFi for pricing and registration information. . Why innovation?

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 2, 2024

An innovation process model is a structured framework that outlines the steps involved in taking an idea or solution from concept to implementation. It encompasses the entire lifecycle of innovation, including stages such as idea generation, development, testing, and commercialization.

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