Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2025

Rather than investing heavily in long-term development based on assumptions, this iterative approach encourages teams to test hypotheses early and often. It promotes agility, customer focus, and data-driven decision-making by minimizing time and resource waste on ideas that may not deliver value. Lead Successful Innovation Projects!

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 21, 2025

AI in innovation management is not just about automating processes; it’s about augmenting your decision-making capabilities with data-driven insights. Whether you are involved in ai for idea generation , ai in design thinking , or ai for rapid prototyping , AI can provide valuable inputs at every stage of the innovation process.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Building Innovation Ecosystems can tackle unique challenges How do we differentiate (traditional) approaches of Innovation to (evolving) Innovation Ecosystems? Is your innovation process closed only to you? Or have you gone to being more open in innovation with outside selected partners?

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Ensuring a timely and cost-effective product development life cycle. Coping with the rapid pace of technological change and its impact on product relevance. Managing limited resources while attempting to innovate and stay ahead of competitors. Balancing creativity with practical implementation and scalability.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

It is widely used in agile innovation, design thinking, lean startup, and product development methodologies. By aligning team efforts around what matters mostthe riskiest and most uncertain parts of an ideathe Experiment Canvas prevents wasted resources and accelerates the path to product-market fit.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Introduction to New Product Development In an era marked by rapid technological advancements and shifting consumer preferences, the ability to innovate and execute new product development (NPD) effectively is a cornerstone of business success.

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Leapfrogging

JULY 18, 2021

This is a process I’ve taught businesses to implement for more than 25 years, helping some of the world’s biggest businesses develop their innovation processes. The Innovation Funnel Management Process helps narrow down ideas from an innovation process or project into a realistic plan of action and next steps. .

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2025

In innovation projects, the MVP approach helps businesses explore ideas, experiment with solutions, and learn through real-world interactions. Its a central concept in lean startup methodology and a powerful tool for product development teams looking to accelerate progress while conserving resources.

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Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

It gives the big shots at the top a game plan, making sure resources aren’t thrown around like confetti at a parade. Check out our article on mixing business strategy with the innovation process. The Perks of Innovation in Your Game Plan Let’s face it: innovation is the secret sauce in any killer business strategy.

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Idea to Value

JANUARY 7, 2022

Where should innovation resources actually exist in an organisation? It might seem like a straightforward question, but it is fundamental to whether a company will end up succeeding at innovation or failing. After all, if innovation is so important, should it not get its own department? Positives: Simple.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 24, 2024

As an consultancy and solution provider, one of the primary objectives at CBTW is ensuring that they offer the most innovative and effective solutions possible to the diverse challenges faced by their clients. The third challenge was resource allocation.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 1, 2025

Linus Pauling (Acclaimed American Chemical Engineer) Innovation isnt just about generating ideasits about identifying which ones are truly worth pursuing. Organizations often face an overwhelming number of ideas, but without a structured way to assess them, valuable opportunities can be overlooked, and resources can be wasted.

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Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Here’s where a sprinkle of innovation can turbocharge your growth: Product Development : Cook up new goods or give current ones a spiffy upgrade to match what folks want. Divvy Up Resources : Make sure you’ve got the essentials covered—time, cash, and crew—to back your fiery projects.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 20, 2019

Suppose you’ve been successful innovating. What new product development strategy might an Idea Magnet employ to pursue a fresh path to new ideas? That’s a question guitar innovator Rick Turner faced. This is Turner’s personal perspective on his new product development strategy.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2024

Traditional Phases and Gates Processes Traditionally, the phases and gates model has been a cornerstone in structuring innovation management. This model segments the innovation process into distinct phases, each culminating in a gate. The typical stages might include concept development, design, testing, and launch.

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Qmarkets

JANUARY 31, 2025

Some of the most impactful innovations dont come from high-tech labs in advanced economiesthey emerge from the ingenuity of resource-constrained markets. Now, these solutions are disrupting industries in wealthier economies, proving that innovation thrives under constraints.

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Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

In fact, research shows that companies practicing open innovation achieve faster time-to-market and often realize higher revenue from new products. But what exactly does open innovation entail, and how can companies leverage it strategically?

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Planview

JULY 15, 2022

In this post, you will find questions and answers from an incredibly timely and informative webinar that provided crucial new product development best practices based on lessons learned from the pandemic. Addressing Agile-Stage-Gate PPM Implementation Challenges Resource Allocation, Capacity, Planning Best Practices.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 3, 2025

This guide explains product innovation, how it differs from other forms of innovation, and what it takes to develop a winning strategy. Youll also learn how the product innovation process works and how idea management helps turn raw concepts into products customers actually want.

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Jeffrey Phillips

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

I've written previously about having a bias for innovation in your culture , seeking and finding important and unmet needs or opportunities , and introducing discovery and exploration in your innovation process. Agile, lean and rapid methodologies meant to accelerate the innovation cycle?

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Innovation 360 Group

MAY 18, 2020

A new product development process that works at lightning speed requires new ways of working plus new ways of innovating. In this post we will cover how to: Cut your development cycle time and free up working capital. The fastest growing companies interpret innovation through multiple lenses. In Conclusion.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JULY 21, 2021

What do companies that fail to invest in innovation miss? What the companies that make the decision to maintain cost containment will miss is the opportunity to put new products and services into the product development funnel. What work can be done to improve innovation and shorten time to market?

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Idea to Value

OCTOBER 20, 2016

This process is critical to innovation in business success as mastery of the art of implementation is necessary to ensure that your innovation process and program clicks on all cylinders, all the time. number of ideas and the next steps to be taken), opportunities, milestones, and celebrations.

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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. Everyone in the innovation process can contribute, regardless of their position or role.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 3, 2023

Organizations need balance, and innovation tends to constantly push to upset this need; that’s its nature as it seeks to change. The providers of these solutions have them reasonably refined and offered in all shapes and sizes, but is that REALLY the sum of our innovation programs needed? How feasible is this?

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 7, 2024

Gemini’s reply: “Innovation has undergone significant shifts in its management, design, and thinking since 1999, driven by technological advancements, evolving business landscapes, and a growing emphasis on human-centred approaches. Here’s a breakdown of the key aspects that have shaped innovation in recent decades: 1.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 10, 2019

Adapting a product to the need of one person’s preference has been pushing the final adaptation to that persons need up the chain in production. “This for me will center around developing the complete suite of transparency between product development and manufacturing and communicating this “connected” story.

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Jeffrey Phillips

AUGUST 29, 2016

They simply don't work that way, and funds and resources don't flow to exercises that reflect those attributes. Which sounds something like your product development process, and that's a problem. Now, this diatribe may sound interesting from a person and team that has argued for years about defining an innovation process.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 11, 2021

It's actually not possible to write a short post about innovation, much less the conditions necessary for innovation to succeed, but I've tried to simplify this into nine critical factors for success. With those basics in mind, you can do a lot of good innovation. And, the work isn't free and requires air cover.

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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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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 27, 2018

To achieve this innovation has gone digital, pure and simple. There are significant shifts underway towards digital innovation in R&D and new-product development. The importance of big data, the speed of technology adoption, mobile products, digital design, and technology platforms are at the heart of innovation.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The progression of AI technology has led to its adoption in several key areas of business strategy, including market analysis, customer service, operational efficiency, and product development. Human Resources: Leverage AI tools for talent acquisition and employee engagement analysis.

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Idea to Value

JULY 21, 2017

Even if they have agreed on the importance of innovation and have set up teams or departments to develop new value-adding, innovative products and services, these products may end up never being launched because nobody in the existing business units will take responsibility and take the risk of launching them.

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Corporate Innovation

JULY 26, 2016

During this transition, the new businesses should receive additional resources from the corporation and their staff be augmented with individuals, particularly executives, who know how to start scaling businesses. They are on their way to eventually become the corporation’s next-generation business units in Horizon 1.

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Jeffrey Phillips

DECEMBER 1, 2015

This crowds the product development process and eliminates room for new concepts to enter. Third, as the product development and commercialization teams get burned by inadequate or poor concepts from the innovation activities, these teams downplay and "back burner" new concepts and focus on existing products.

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

This high failure rate is often due to a combination of factors that stifle creativity, slow down processes, and limit the impact of innovative efforts. While enterprises have the resources to drive significant change, they also face unique challenges that can make innovation a daunting task. How Does Software Help?

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2024

However, with the advent of artificial intelligence in innovation management , these stages and gates are being reimagined. AI technologies offer unprecedented capabilities in data analysis, pattern recognition, and predictive modeling, which can significantly enhance the efficacy of the Stages and Gates process.

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