Jeffrey Phillips
JULY 24, 2015
It's interesting to me how little we appreciate the depth of knowledge and discipline that has been developed over the years where innovation is concerned. Recently a client asked me where we (OVO) based our methodologies. I told her that like most innovation consulting firms our foundations are based on work done in the 1930s and thereabouts by Alex Osborn.
Paul Hobcraft
JULY 29, 2015
Often we forget to frame what we want to really achieve in our innovation activity, instead we simply dive in and start innovating. I believe until we know what solutions we feel we need or the market wants, we will more often than not, end up disappointed in our innovation solutions. Simply generating ideas, for ideas sake, just does not cut it at all.
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Matthew May
JULY 7, 2015
A few days ago, as I was waiting for an item I purchased in my local Apple store to be brought out to me from the back of the store, I had the opportunity to observe Apple’s frontline strategy be played out in front of me. It revolved around another floor associate assisting a gentleman considering the purchase of an Apple watch. Now, you might be thinking, what possible strategy would or could an Apple associate on the floor really need?
Destination Innovation
JULY 22, 2015
Johannes Gutenberg. Which invention or innovation has had the most positive impact on the development of civilisation and the greatest benefit for mankind? A strong contender is the printing press. Johannes Gutenberg (1398 – 1468) was a German blacksmith, goldsmith and printer who invented the printing press and movable type. Before Gutenberg all books had been hand written or stamped out with fixed wood blocks.
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Braden Kelley
JULY 31, 2015
August 1st is the last day to nominate someone for a 2015 Thinkers50 Distinguished Achievement Award.
Exago
JULY 15, 2015
Companies with the most engaged employees tend to have a larger profit margin. Gallup, a global management performance consulting company, also noted that the higher the engagement of all workforce, the greater the earning per share in companies in the. Read More. The post The future of work: leveraging the power of your collective intelligence appeared first on www.exago.com.
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Paul Hobcraft
JULY 23, 2015
Where do you set about to intervene and begin to change the organizations ability to innovate? There are seemingly so many intervention points it can get bewildering. The innovation environment can be made-up of how well you collaborate and network, the level of group and individual interactions, the presence and commitment of leadership towards innovation, as well as the organizational set-up and structures.
Matthew May
JULY 24, 2015
Not until this year’s Thinkers50 nominations would I have ever given the possibility of being nominated a glancing thought. I consider myself to be more of a solid practitioner of others’ ideas than a high-concept thinker. My three areas of focus — strategy, innovation, and lean — are all founded on the ground-level, everyday application of Roger Martin’s Play-to-Win framework (strategy), IDEO/Stanford d school-originated design thinking (innovation), and Toyota-bor
Destination Innovation
JULY 7, 2015
Sometimes the by-product, the surplus or the unwanted extra can become the unexpected success. All it takes is a little imagination. Brandy was originally a by-product used to help transport wine. In the middle ages in France duties were levied on the volume of wine being transported. Merchants boiled off water to concentrate the wine so as to reduce the taxes they paid.
Braden Kelley
JULY 6, 2015
Recently I had the opportunity to attend the 13th Annual Change Management Conference in New York, NY, hosted by The Conference Board. The event represented a convening of 200+ change management professionals from around the United States.
Speaker: Kevin Burke, Founder & Managing Director at Digital One and AI & Automation Consultant
AI and automation are currently transforming the way sales and marketing teams operate. Generative AI crafts personalized outreach at scale, while conversational AI bots are engaging prospects in real time. Robotic process automation streamlines manual workflows by triggering tasks the moment a prospect takes a key action, and advanced AI analytics surface hidden patterns in the pipeline, improve forecasting, and help teams make data-driven decisions with confidence.
Leapfrogging
JULY 29, 2015
In the style of summer action movie blockbusters – a summer battle went down between Amazon and Walmart. Both retail giants offered discounts and promotions to rival those only seen during traditional Black Friday sales. These sales created the kind of hype associated with summer blockbusters and put the marketing punch for the new Terminator to shame.
Jeffrey Phillips
JULY 13, 2015
I've seen a number of surveys from many of the leading suspects, all of which tell us a lot about what executives think about innovation. Mostly, they are for it, and think there is much more work to be done. My experience with most large organizations is that executives are so busy with so many different priorities that they often think that more is happening, on all of their priorities, than is actually happening.
Exago
JULY 29, 2015
First, technological revolutions changed operating models. Next day, reorganised business models. The third wave is now forcing management models to evolve. Tomorrow’s success stories will be those of companies whose DNA and best practices enable them to transform their different. Read More. The post The new threshold of corporate revolution appeared first on www.exago.com.
Matthew May
JULY 17, 2015
I am happy to see more and more companies providing product information in a form that is actually meaningful to people. I’m not sure why so many companies delight in listing the technical specs of their products, as if they relate to anything remotely useful to human beings trying to make a decision in the real world. Take, for example, Apple. Nearly all of the information they provide requires at least one step to translate into something meaningful.
Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar
Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.
Destination Innovation
JULY 23, 2015
What can save Africa from its many problems; grinding poverty, corrupt bureaucrats, incompetent governments and dire infrastructure? The best hope might lie with the innovations of its home grown entrepreneurs. Many solutions that work in the developed world do not translate well to Africa so indigenous innovations are often a better answer. In some cases they leap-frog current Western offerings.
Braden Kelley
JULY 30, 2015
In many ways organizations are like humans, and others have described organizations and organizational change in biological terms before. But this biological context applies to innovation as well, and I’d like to put it forward quickly in simple terms.
Leapfrogging
JULY 29, 2015
In the style of summer action movie blockbusters – a summer battle went down between Amazon and Walmart. Both retail giants offered discounts and promotions to rival those only seen during traditional Black Friday sales. These sales created the kind of hype associated with summer blockbusters and put the marketing punch for the new Terminator to shame.
Jeffrey Phillips
JULY 27, 2015
I'm back on my definitional soapbox again, so if you've had enough of my diatribes on the importance of defining innovation, I'm sure there's an interesting international market melting down or a distracting political movement somewhere. There. Now that all the folks who aren't interested in defining innovation have skipped away to other destinations, we can get down to serious business.
Speaker: Yohan Lobo and Dennis Street
In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.
Exago
JULY 22, 2015
We’ve seen how collaboration and collective intelligence are key to shaping your company’s future. Since you’ve not been given an army of trained consultants, you need to find creative ways to build your own. Ongoing training programmes that ‘produce’ innovation. Read More. The post How to build and train your internal army of innovators appeared first on www.exago.com.
Board of Innovation
JULY 29, 2015
Last week, we launched our Business Model Kit to the Product Hunt community. It was the first time Nick and I launched a product on PH, so this blogpost is a great opportunity to look back on this (great) experience. Our Project Unlike many other projects on Product Hunt, our business model kit is not a new product. We had. Read More. The post This is how launching on Product Hunt for the first time, hammered our expectations. appeared first on Board of Innovation.
Integrative Innovation
JULY 19, 2015
For quite some time, I’ve been advocating the idea that successful and sustainable corporate innovation management systems should be based on the following cornerstones : Organizational ambidexterity : Sustainable innovation management is required to account for organizational ambidexterity , i.e. optimizing existing businesses and developing new businesses have to be driven in parallel.
Daniel Burrus
JULY 1, 2015
Few subjects these days are more contentious than education, and rightly so. If our children are our future, it’s essential we do everything we can do educate them properly, to prepare them for what’s to come. But are we schooling our kids for a future that might not even exist by the time they’re ready to transition to the working world? Today, more than ever before, the ground beneath our feet is continuously shifting — growing and expanding in ways few have been able to anticipate.
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Stephen Shapiro
JULY 17, 2015
Too often people are looking for a freebie. They know that if they complain about a company they will likely get a handout. I know I’ve done it before. It’s a good lesson that we should all be more vocal; especially when a company does a good job. Little words of affirmation go a long way. Especially to the business owner who is working hard to provide a service.
Jeffrey Phillips
JULY 7, 2015
I'm a huge fan of Douglas Adams and his four part trilogy including the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe. I was such a huge fan that I convinced my son to read the books, and now he and I both know that 42 is the answer and we never go anywhere without a towel. If the previous sentence doesn't mean much to you, go read the books. They are worth it, believe me, for their humor, their typical British stiff upper lip response to the word and the paradoxes like the Improbability Drive.
Innovation in Practice
JULY 27, 2015
Innovation is all about creating products and services that make your company more competitive in the marketplace. Those actions typically include generating ideas , creating prototypes, building the business case, and getting alignment to launch. Marketers must develop a strategy to know where to focus their resources. They must segment, target, and position the offering.
Board of Innovation
JULY 2, 2015
Summer is coming, which means most of you take time for a vacation. While some people spend their holiday on a sunny beach, others prefer a ‘staycation’ to relax at home. No matter where you are, summer is absolutely a great time to catch up your reading. That’s why we decided to share some quality reading material with our fellow. Read More. The post Curated for you by our team: Mustread innovation longreads appeared first on Board of Innovation.
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Xplaner
JULY 4, 2015
If you know me, you know I hate traveling internationally. I mean, I like being in wonderful places but generally, I hate the process of getting there. That’s why I was excited to learn that business-class airfare doesn’t have to be expensive.
Hutch Carpenter
JULY 30, 2015
In a previous post, the benefits of crowdsourcing were described as follows: When trying to solve a challenge, what is the probability that any one person will have the best solution for it? It’s a simple mathematical reality: the odds of any single person providing the top answer are low. How do we get around this? Partly by more participants; increased shots on goal.
Stephen Shapiro
JULY 1, 2015
Great lesson to practice until it becomes a natural way of life!
Norbert Bol
JULY 21, 2015
Reporting on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainability has grown exponentially. The quality of the reporting has also improved, including historical information and forward-looking statements. A recent study by Aiezza (2015 in press) shows that there is still a strong bias towards optimistic trends when it comes to reporting on sustainability issues.
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