When is the best time to innovate? Innovation is 24×7 .. not something that you wait “until your in the mood” Some of the drivers that cause people/organizations to all of sudden change their view of innovation Competitors … they are constantly beating you to market Economic Trends … our old products aren’t selling – […]
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How do you improve the success rate of your innovation programs? Everyone wants to focus on the “new/new” (new product/service with a new “go to market”). These kinds of project are high risk and hard to convince management that the project will be successful. One way to de-risk the project is the take a “new/new” […]
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Segment 1: Lessons Learned From Creating Innovation Teams Changing the organizations culture People will resist Be prepared for corporate anti-bodies Secure deep management support Win by example Find/train/support innovation evangelists Define the metrics Management needs proof of impact and success Secure broad agreement on the right metrics (management, finance, operations, etc) Metrics that have worked […]
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Segment 1: How to change your perspective and look beyond the obvious We all have filters We don’t even realize we have filters (what is half of thirteen?) We need our own internal flags to remind us to change our perspective Segment 2: Why is the killer innovation approach better? Full 360 degree view of […]
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Segment 1: Using observation to find the unspoken needs and wants of customers Simple approach – Use feedback from customers (complaints, emails, etc) Go deeper Active Observation – get our of the chair/office and go to where the customers are Active Reflection – after the observation, go back and dig deeper in the information you […]
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As I’ve said a thousand time, ideas without execution are a hobby and true innovators are not in the hobby business. True competitive advantage comes from those that can take an idea and turn it into a real innovation that has impact. Innovation execution is a core ability that organization must build and support if […]
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Ranking Your Big Ideas The purpose of ranking is to ensure you are working on the best ideas that will have the most impact Step 1: Rank the best ideas (most impact) Rank each of the following ideas (0 = lowest, 5 = highest) Will this idea change/improve the customer experience/expectation? How does it improve […]
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