Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

By using this model, teams can: Prioritize projects based on impact and alignment with strategy. Justify innovation investments to leadership and stakeholders. Encourage a culture of innovation without overwhelming resources. What capabilities do we need to develop to remain competitive?

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2025

These models typically use spreadsheets or software tools to estimate future outcomes based on assumptions like pricing, market growth, customer acquisition, cost structure, and capital expenditures. Financial models in innovation projects help to: Forecast market penetration and customer growth.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2025

Six Thinking Hats, also known as Listening Hats, is a structured problem-solving and decision-making framework developed by Edward de Bono. It encourages individuals and teams to look at problems or opportunities from six distinct perspectives, each symbolized by a colored hat. Blue Hat Process-oriented and managerial.

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Underperforming Technical Team Brainstorming Analysis Project 130

IdeaScale

APRIL 7, 2021

It would seem that the innovation process is simple: Get an idea, refine that idea, implement it, and repeat the process. Here are five common problems with the innovation process and how to resolve them. If a company developed a way of doing things in 2015, then it was likely the ideal one at the time.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

With technology advancing at an unprecedented pace, consumer behaviors shifting, and new market entrants disrupting traditional industries, your ability to innovate determines your potential for growth and sustainability. Incorporating innovative practices is essential for adapting to market changes and ensuring long-term success.

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Idea to Value

MAY 18, 2020

The challenge s of centralized innovation. As part of their initiative, one person had been given ownership for an initiative to update the organization-wide tools and processes for idea management work. Different kinds of innovations simply need different kinds of processes, resources and expertise.

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Leapfrogging

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Over the last two decades, I have had the pleasure of working with some of the world’s most innovative business leaders to help develop innovative solutions and services for companies big and small. What is White Space Innovation, and what are best practices, tools and online templates for teams and organizations? .

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The best way for people to understand new ideas is through a visual medium, and because of this it only makes sense for businesses and innovators to begin adopting visualization tools. Why Innovation requires Visualization. Not to say that this is a bad thing necessarily, but it does make innovation much more difficult.

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Jeffrey Phillips

AUGUST 26, 2021

Today, I'm not going to write about "innovation theater" - that is, the concept of talking about innovation and moving some pieces around but failing to achieve any meaningful benefits. Innovation theater is very similar to what ecologists call "greenwashing" and both are bad for their respective movements.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 1, 2025

The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideasand then discard the bad ones. Linus Pauling (Acclaimed American Chemical Engineer) Innovation isnt just about generating ideasits about identifying which ones are truly worth pursuing. The strength of an idea matrix lies in its flexibility.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

In this article, well explore what implementing ideas truly means and how it fits into the broader innovation process. Heres how implementation drives results in the innovation management process: Securing Resources : Implementation requires adequate resources, including funding, tools, skilled personnel, and time.

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Mentors see themselves as people developers. They take a long-term view of their staff and see innovation projects as an opportunity to stretch their employees’ capabilities and to help them achieve their aspirations. Depending on the scope of their ideas, innovators’ careers can be significantly shaped by this journey.

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Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Handbook Project 189

Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 12, 2018

I want to offer some thoughts that need us all involved in innovation to think about as we finish out 2018. If you are frustrated with your current innovation process then read on. Much of the current innovation process you are currently working with is a Dinosaur, it should have disappeared long ago. I think not.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 12, 2023

In my view any new approach to innovation needs to aim to achieve interdependent and interlocking innovation, solving problems that have not been addressed before and offering sustainable value, impact, and returns to all involved or significantly improving on the existing solutions.

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Innov8rs

MARCH 10, 2025

How can innovation be effectively connected with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a structured and measurable way? By setting clear criteria at the outset, organizations can avoid misalignment and ensure sustainability is deeply embedded in their innovation processes. “Without it, youre flying blind.

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Idea to Value

JULY 21, 2017

What it is: TRIZ is a problem-solving, analysis and forecasting tool derived from the study of patterns of invention in the global patent literature. At its core, the framework is a collection of strategies and tools for finding inventive solutions to difficult problems. If this doesn’t work, it is going to make me look bad.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

By fostering an atmosphere where innovation thrives, you’re not only investing in your company’s future but also in the professional growth of your team. Understanding and nurturing this culture within your organization requires a deliberate approach, and this is where innovation culture assessment comes into play.

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Jeffrey Phillips

AUGUST 13, 2021

This meant that they had few capabilities, few people dedicated to innovation and few good ideas. When is it appropriate to "go fast" Today, ten years on, there is more and more talk about rapid innovation, innovation sprints and so on. The problem with that speeding up concept was that most companies were starting from zero.

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IdeaScale

JUNE 16, 2021

Innovation drives economic growth. The most innovative companies understand the importance of developing solutions that solve critical problems. In 2021, approximately $600 billion will go toward research and development in the U.S. ranking third on the Global Innovation Index. Measure Your Innovation Health.

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InnovationTraining.org

AUGUST 26, 2021

Tips for building and sustaining innovation teams within your organizational culture. Successful organizations understand that innovation should be embedded directly into their culture and way of doing business. This is an individual innovative mindset that also is alive in innovative teams.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

This involves not only verbal encouragement but also the implementation of tangible policies and practices that empower your team to think differently and take risks. Effective leaders provide resources, create cross-functional teams, and ensure that innovation is aligned with business strategy.

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IdeaScale

MARCH 2, 2021

When building an innovation strategy, this takes the form of an innovation maturity assessment that examines your organization, your team, and your personal innovation approach. Here’s how an innovation maturity assessment works and how to use one. You’ll also need to develop goals from this feedback.

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Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Leadership Groups 130

IdeaScale

OCTOBER 18, 2017

It turns out there are seven other skills that drive innovation business results. Mistaking creativity for innovation has two consequences: When we overly glorify creativity, we minimize the importance of the other seven skills in the innovation process. These consequences put innovation at greater risk of failure.

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Underperforming Technical Team How To Innovation Creativity 100

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. What research or background has been developed? Everyone knows this.

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Brainstorming Underperforming Technical Team Idea Generation Groups 100

Jeffrey Phillips

DECEMBER 1, 2015

When I write that "innovation is easy" what I mean is that innovation as practiced in many corporations is rapid, inexpert and quickly converges on a simple solution. Innovation rarely has the preparation, commitment or effort applied to it to really succeed. Internal ideas and external intellectual property are evaluated.

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IdeaScale

MARCH 28, 2017

When playing the role of culture creator, the leader’s primary task is to ensure the spirit of the innovation process is understood, celebrated, and aligned with the strategy of the organization. The importance of fostering beliefs and behaviors that encourage innovation within your team and organization cannot be overstated.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

With AI’s predictive analytics, machine learning algorithms, and natural language processing, leaders and innovators are unlocking new potentials in understanding user needs and market trends. These enhancements assist teams in navigating complex problems with greater precision and speed. What is Design Thinking?

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Artificial Inteligence Design Thinking Design Ideation 113

Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Corporate Innovation: A Victim of Remote Work? Corporate innovation will not be spared the troubles of adjusting to the “new normal.” One danger corporate innovation teams may be already facing is quite trivial: reduced R&D/innovation budgets, a measure that myopic managers routinely resort to in times of economic hardship.

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Crowdsourcing Tools Underperforming Technical Team Innovation 52

Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Corporate Innovation: A Victim of Remote Work? Corporate innovation will not be spared the troubles of adjusting to the “new normal.” One danger corporate innovation teams may be already facing is quite trivial: reduced R&D/innovation budgets, a measure that myopic managers routinely resort to in times of economic hardship.

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Crowdsourcing Tools Underperforming Technical Team Innovation 52

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. I help organizations build a sustainable culture of innovation.

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Innovation Management Management Underperforming Technical Team Innovation 93

Qmarkets

AUGUST 1, 2024

Key to setting the pace is a well-defined innovation strategy. But what exactly is an innovation strategy, and how can it be developed and implemented effectively? What is an Innovation Strategy? Think of an innovation strategy as a gameplan for a sports team.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 6, 2018

We also know today that innovation management itself must become “fluid” in design, in adaptation so the right approach is to be constantly ‘adaptive’ and put together what is needed to tackle the challenge that needs resolution. Innovation today conflicts with much of our existing organizational designs.

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Design Innovation Agile Collaboration 138

Qmarkets

MAY 18, 2021

Diversity also leads to economic growth, and according to a study from Brown University “the interplay between cultural assimilation and cultural diffusion have played a significant role in giving rise to differential patterns of economic development across the globe.”

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PlanBox Innovation

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

It almost sounds like an oxymoron, but with the help of generative AI systems like ChatGPT—OpenAI’s advanced AI language model that’s all the rage these days—you can take a lot of weight off your shoulders by streamlining your innovation processes, so you can have a bit more structure and creativity without the headaches.

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whataventure

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

L et our Intrapreneurship 101 give you a better idea of what it takes to set up a successful innovation process within your company. The bad news is that an idea is the starting point. If your executives keep evaluating innovation projects in the same way as every other project, your intrapreneurs will not survive.

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Underperforming Technical Team Company How To Innovation 75

Boxes and Arrows

JANUARY 13, 2015

Web site optimization, commonly known as A/B testing, has become an expected competency among many web teams, yet there are few comprehensive and unbiased books, articles, or training opportunities aimed at individuals trying to create this capability within their organization. Let’s get started! A/B vs. multivariate.

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Underperforming Technical Team Design Video Examples 105

PlanBox Innovation

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Unifying the PMO and Innovation Team through ISO 56001 to Move the Business Forward. Indeed, in this age of relentless change, the last thing any enterprise wants is a free-falling portfolio of innovative projects. What’s more, 90% anticipate ramping up their innovation budgets, with nearly all increasing by more than 10%!

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