Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 30, 2016

Projects, Projects, Projects. What’s quite simple about innovation is that projects are what make innovation real. Unless they are in the context of an actual project. Lean is not innovation. That thing is innovation projects. Some projects will be authorized and mandated, some will not be.

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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 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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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 19, 2017

“TRIZ is a problem solving method based on logic and data, not intuition, which accelerates the project team’s ability to solve these problems creatively” Using the FORTH Method to Navigate Your Innovation Journey. Great views, opinions and contributions have been building in a very methodical way.

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Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

After all, most (probably 90%) of all innovation projects undertaken in large corporations are reactive projects trying to respond to a market threat or competitive move. Next, find the best people to do innovation work and give them the skills necessary to lead and conduct innovation projects.

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Gregg Fraley

APRIL 20, 2021

Accelerate the Momentum of Work and Life Projects With Focused Creativity. MCPS perfectly complements innovation frameworks like Design Thinking, Agile, and Lean, and quality frameworks like Six Sigma. Nor has the focusing power of projects, or “concept blending” ideation tools designed to achieve breakthrough ideas.

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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

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. Sessions begin on Thursday March 18th. Thinking Differently Takes Tools.

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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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Econic

APRIL 10, 2018

Unrealistic expectations of first projects. Out of the gate, most organizations put too few resources on too few ideas and expect too much out of them. What makes this even more dangerous is that the further away the first projects are from the core business, the more likely they are to fail. Just tossing money at it.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 28, 2018

It examines culture assessment, strategy, and on-going project management. It includes an overview of key frameworks ( Design Thinking, Agile, Lean, TRIZ, Synectics, Stage-Gate, CPS ) and their essential tools. Innovation team leaders and project managers learn what it takes to keep cycles spinning from year to year.

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Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

I replied “you need to be thinking about project cycles and measures.” I added my punchline, “because if you’re not doing projects you’re not doing innovation.” My “projects” reply is a cocktail party answer. Is your organization doing continuous projects? ” “What!

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Gregg Fraley

OCTOBER 4, 2018

This essential training for leaders and project managers provides answers, and from an industry thought leader. Innovation Intensive will help you improve the effectiveness of innovation projects. Streamlined management of innovation projects. This is a one day deep-dive, hands-on workshop in facilitation of innovation projects.

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Econic

MAY 23, 2019

Unrealistic expectations of first projects Out of the gate, most organizations put too few resources on too few ideas and expect too much out of them. What makes this even more dangerous is that the further away the first projects are from the core business, the more likely they are to fail.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 1, 2018

Discover Ideas for Long Term and Tactical Innovation Projects. Chicago, IL, August 1, 2018 — The MoshPit Innovation Service is an innovation project discovery service marketed by GFi (Gregg Fraley Innovation). Ideas for innovation projects emerge from the intensive sessions. GFi guarantees its work.

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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. Develop a plan and schedule for your innovation project – and manage it as a project. Develop a plan and schedule for your innovation project – and manage it as a project.

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Idea Champions

AUGUST 21, 2020

"Several of the ideas we came up with in the Idea Champions session are being developed into concrete projects that are looking like very profitable opportunities." - Rudy Villa, VP, GE/RCA Licensing. "As Idea Champions brings a creative, energetic and fun approach to idea generation. Idea Champions.

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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 your innovation program doesn’t have a Project orientation there will be no culture change, or innovation.

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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. Creativity, and creative ideas, are essential ingredients, and, without other fundamentals , like projects and implementation — great ideas are a waste of time.

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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. Speakers may discuss project management tools and techniques that can help streamline the implementation process and ensure that the innovative solutions achieve their intended impact.

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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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Qmarkets

JULY 29, 2024

An innovation pipeline is a systematic approach to managing the flow of ideas and projects from conception to market launch. It acts as a structured pathway that guides new concepts through various stages of development, ensuring that only the most viable and valuable ideas make it to the market.

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Econic

MAY 23, 2019

Unrealistic expectations of first projects. Out of the gate, most organizations put too few resources on too few ideas and expect too much out of them. What makes this even more dangerous is that the further away the first projects are from the core business, the more likely they are to fail. Just tossing money at it.

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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

JANUARY 18, 2015

Projects are what change culture. In fact, Nothing changes innovation culture except real world innovation projects. I don’t know how to do innovation — start a project and learn as you go! But at the heart of it, it’s about ongoing projects. It’s the Only Kryptonite.

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Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 30, 2019

Comprehensive Immersion Course for: Innovation Project Managers, Teams, Executives, Facilitators. Send new project leaders, managers, facilitators, and essential innovation team members. Two key areas of instruction are essential project management steps and the “how-to” of innovation facilitation. Why innovation?

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Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

The content is about how the best organizations do it; mindset, frameworks, project selections, and how to create the elusive culture of innovation. Getting innovation teams and projects started and accelerated. Developing ideas for products, services, and improvements (idea generation).

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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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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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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

Often the two are caught in the classic “who does what”, “how much each can and should manage” and the ability to handover or what happens when the consultant finishes the project and leaves, taking a level of knowledge with them that was never given time to reside inside the clients. Consultants are far too cautious for their own good.

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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. Project development and construction.

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Integrative Innovation

AUGUST 1, 2014

For the specific case of business model innovation, our improved and advanced version of the Lean Canvas has proven its value since it allows an easy entry into more general business model canvas frameworks. Evonik uses this integration mechanism frequently by setting up “Project Houses” with external partners.

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Gregg Fraley

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Sunni Brown , Dave Gray , Dan Roam, and yours truly all use experiential learning tools in innovation projects. Design Thinking, Agile, CPS/Osborn-Parnes, Lean, TRIZ and other innovation frameworks all have some scaffolding built-in. What’s new is the hard proof, and, using tools more deliberately. The reason?

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Legacy Innovation Group

APRIL 1, 2019

He later evolved it into a broader model involving opportunity identification, opportunity analysis, idea generation, idea selection, and concept definition — much of what has today come to be known as Innovation Management. In both cases, the work being described was work that preceded the formal product development process.

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Gregg Fraley

MAY 22, 2019

Companies are investing in innovation training, mostly learning frameworks like Lean, Agile, or Design Thinking. Then there is usually not enough communication about what is done with the few ideas that do have merit. Forbes says innovation training is one of the 12 factors a company needs, to establish a more inventive culture.

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Idea Champions

JUNE 26, 2019

"As a result of Idea Champions' efforts we have implemented more than 250 value-added Big Idea projects." -- Joe Belinsky, Professional Development Manager, Goodyear Rubber and Tire. The Idea Champions team brings a creative, energetic and fun approach to idea generation. Thank you!" -- Candida G.

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Idea Champions

OCTOBER 13, 2015

And besides, even a casual scan of the literature will reveal an extraordinary number of innovation-leaning people who joined forces with others to conceive something brilliant that none of them could have conjured on their own. How can brainstorm sessions build on the good ideas generated by participants before the session begins?

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