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5 Reasons Sustainability Drives Innovation

Sustainability is one of the key emerging trends in recent years. But much like innovation, it is a maturing discipline with few established business practices and lots of evolving methodologies. Sustainability champions at organizations often face the same challenges that innovation champions do: lack of senior level buy-in, lack of process, lack of resources. The benefits of successful sustainability and successful innovation are similar, as well: a competitive advantage, improved profit margins, and better brand sentiment from employees and customers.

Rob Hoehn2021-12-14T06:38:24-08:00February 20th, 2017|Categories: Strategies, Trend Alert|Tags: business development, Business Model Innovation, constraint, Creativity, future, green innovation, green innovations, innovation value, question, regulations, sustainability, trend, value chain, value chain innovation, value creation, value stream|

Collaborative Innovation – Hamburger Style

Often I read articles or books about top-down vs. bottom-up innovation and why one approach would be better than the other. After spending more than five years in the collaborative innovation space, I would advise going hamburger style!

Ideascale2021-12-14T06:34:14-08:00February 7th, 2017|Categories: Collaborative Innovation, Idea Management, Open Innovation|Tags: bottom-up, bottom-up innovation, campaign team, collaborative innovation, Communication, Creativity, crowdvoting, executive sponsor, Ideation, ideation contests, innovation champions, Innovation Strategy, question, suggestion box, synergy, top-down, top-down innovation, workshop|

The Most Powerful Question In The World of Business

Michael Bungay Stanier, Founder of Box of Crayons, teaches the principles of how to do less hard work and more good work to managers around the world. In this interview he explains why coaching can transform not only the person receiving the coaching, but also the coach; he reveals what he believes is the best coaching question in the world, and why it is so powerful and AWEsome. And finally, he unpacks habits, how to develop new ones, and their importance in the world of work.

Ideascale2019-11-28T09:24:11-08:00November 11th, 2016|Categories: Innovation Ecosystem, Leadership, Podcast|Tags: coaching, Communication, ecosystem, mindset, podcast, productivity, question|

Key Abilities of Effective Innovation Leaders

In the last chapter excerpt of The Innovation Formula we looked at the role of the business leader, including key strategies to communicate the purpose of innovation as well as taking on the responsibility for the learning of the entire organization as it pertains to innovation. Today, we'll look at the specific abilities required to organize and inspire innovation practices in your company.

Ideascale2019-10-15T15:21:07-07:00May 28th, 2015|Categories: Leadership, The Innovation Formula|Tags: Communication, innovation networks, question, root cause analysis, serialized book, skills management, soft skills, the innovation formula book|

Reducing Confusion, Promoting Diffusion

In this series of three articles Paul Hobcraft explores the value of knowledge and education for innovation. Concluding the discussion, in part three the author reviews faulty innovation practice and argues in favor of recognizing innovation as a value enhancing and organizational life-changing event we need to move towards increasingly.

Ideascale2021-12-05T09:33:18-08:00January 31st, 2013|Categories: Life Cycle Processes|Tags: Business Model Innovation, complex systems, confusion, education, Innovation Culture, Innovation Management, innovation training, knowledge sharing, leadership, motivation, openness, question, skills management|

Innovation strategy: How to Ask Effective Questions

As someone with an interest in innovation, you know the importance of asking questions and listening to answers. However, when it comes to innovation, some kinds of questions are better than others. Jeffrey Baumgartner looks at various types of questions and why they are good - or why they stink.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-11-16T12:57:35-08:00April 21st, 2009|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: challenge driven innovation, Communication, No categories asking questions, question, soft skills|

How to Generate Powerful Ideas by Thinking Laterally

What is lateral thinking and how can you utilize it to generate great ideas? Paul Sloane provides us with an informative overview.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-11-29T14:18:31-08:00January 20th, 2009|Categories: Idea Management|Tags: brainstorm, Creativity, idea generation, Ideation, innovation tool, lateral thinking, question|

Ask Questions: The Single Most Important Habit for Innovative Thinkers

Questions are the best way to gain deeper insights and develop more innovative solutions. So why do so few people utilize them, asks Paul Sloane?

Sarah Vandenberg2021-12-20T16:24:12-08:00December 9th, 2008|Categories: Training & Education|Tags: Communication, innovative people, learning, Problem Solving, question, questions|

To be an Innovator, Confront your Assumptions

Every time that we approach a problem, in any walk of life, we bring to bear assumptions that limit our ability to conceive fresh solutions, warns Paul Sloane. Brilliant thinkers are always aware of assumptions and are always happy to confront them.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-11-29T13:47:48-08:00July 17th, 2008|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: assumptions, innovative people, question, rules, strategic thinking|

Questioning: An Underutilized Innovation Strategy

One of the most powerful innovation tools available to every member of a group - be it a team, a company division or an organization - is a tool that those individuals are often reluctant to use. The tool I am talking about, of course, is: questioning.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-11-29T09:59:32-08:00October 11th, 2006|Categories: Organization & Culture, Strategies|Tags: asking questions, company culture, Innovation Culture, Innovation Strategy, innovation tools, question, questions, soft skills|