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The patterns behind innovation decisions. The signals to watch for, the questions that matter, and the thinking tools you can use immediately. New episodes every Wednesday. Audio wherever you get your podcasts. Video on YouTube. Twenty years and 20 million downloads. Now sharper than ever.
Lessons Learned From Creating Innovation Teams
Download KI_20080713.mp3 Segment 1: Lessons Learned From Creating Innovation Teams 1. 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 2. Define the metrics * Management needs proof of impact and success * Secure broad
Changing Your Perspective Skills
Download KI_20080629.mp3 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
Observation Skills – Find the unspoken needs and wants of customers
Download KI_20080601.mp3 Using observation skills 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
Creative Economy – Recorded LIVE!
Recorded live April 4, 2008 at the Business Alliance Bootcamp for Growing Companies and Entrepreneurs … Change is something we may try to stop but never will. From the agriculture economy to the manufacturing economy to the knowledge/information economy to that of the creative economy … where wealth creation is dependent
Innovation Execution – Translating Ideas Into Real Products
Download KI_20080413.mp3 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
Ranking Your Ideas – How to make sure you are working on the best ideas
Download KI_20080330.mp3 Success is not defined by the ability generate a large number of ideas from such processes as brainstorming. Success is to find the best ideas to focus your limited time and resources on. Through a process of ranking your ideas, you can find those ideas that
Can Better Questions Help You Discover Breakthrough Ideas?
Download KI_20080224.mp3 Can better questions be a catalyst that lead your and your teams to better ideas? Better ideas lead to breakthrough game-changing innovations. * The current method … simple questions get simple answers * Better questions get better ideas * Explore beyond the obvious – SCAMPER * Idea Quota * Characteristics of the best
Get Focused On Your Search For Breakthrough Innovations
Download KI_20080121.mp3 Segment 1: Having A Focus For Your Innovation Search Where to focus? * Moving into new competitive arenas * Expansion into new geographies * Improvement in industry structure * Innovation in value delivery system * Innovation in products and services * New or existing customers What customer segments that should be the
Current Methods Versus A Better Way To Innovate
Download KI_20071216.mp3 Segment 1: Why do current methods not work? * Most ideas are either incremental or unrealistic * Not confidence that there aren’t better ideas * Lack of follow-through form the list of ideas generated * Lack of executive and management support Segment 2: Is there a better way? Killer
Why is innovation important?
Download KI_20071112.mp3 Segment 1: Why is innovation important? This is part 1 of the re-created audio for the workshop slides. * Innovation acceleration * Technology Adoption * Innovation Reality * Innovation Gap * Innovation Delay * Innovation Impact * Executive View of Innovation * The Challenge of Innovation * The Value From Innovation Listen to this week