By: Anne Orban, M.Ed., NPDP
“Anyone can learn to be creative, it just takes a lot of practice and a little confidence.” Robert Sutton, Professor of Management Science & Engineering, Stanford Engineering School.
At the very beginning of Innovation Focus’s Building a Culture for Innovation: The Creative U training, we ask the key question ‘do...
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Design Thinking Vs. Strategic Thinking
Why Design Thinking Has Difficulty Delivering Breakthrough Value
By: Anne Orban, M.Ed., NPDP Design thinking occupies a useful space, and that space has its limitations. I mention limitations because when design thinking is employed to solve a new product development problem, the result is incremental – the ‘next thing’, not a highly differentiated new thing. This happens...No tags
5 Tips for Effective Team Management at the Front End of Innovation
By: Anne Orban, M.Ed., NPDP
What does it take to set teams up for success at the front end of innovation? The answer is lots of things – some that are easier to control than others. Here are 5 things that innovation leaders have well within their control that can really make a difference...
Effective Teams for the Front End of Innovation
Three fundamental questions need to be asked when putting teams together for the work of finding really good ideas to populate the Innovation Hopper at the fuzzy front end of innovation.
- What is the strategic business context for the work?
- What outcomes must the team deliver?
- What collateral benefits must the team accomplish?
The answers to...
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