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Successfully Scale Your Innovation Program

Gretchen Hoffman

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis may be news to some, but innovation is not a “one and done” endeavor. The purpose of building a solid innovation program for your company is to eventually scale innovation efforts – as you scale everything else. But how do you... Read more

Innovation Success is Born of Powerful Innovation Challenges

Gretchen Hoffman

Reading Time: 2 minutesSuccessful innovation challenges foster creativity and breed more innovation within a company – but you can’t “go through the motions.” Innovation is powerful – and you need to inject that power into your challenges. Laurent Benichou, Director... Read more

Design Thinking & Innovation Program Management – Not So Strange Bedfellows

Ieasha Taitano

Reading Time: 3 minutesOver the last few years I have seen design thinking tools used in all types of situations – as a management philosophy, an operational plan and a way to implement a “sexier” version of continuous improvement. Now design thinking is... Read more

Idea Crowdsourcing – If You’re Not Doing it Right, You Shouldn’t Do It At All

Gretchen Hoffman

Reading Time: 4 minutesIdea Crowdsourcing – If You’re Not Doing it Right, You Shouldn’t Do It At All You don’t hear the word “innovation” much lately without the word “collaborative” in front of it. That’s because as companies dive into innovation as a culture,... Read more

Overcoming Innovation Program Anxiety: Program Sponsors’ Creed – Role & Responsibilities

Gretchen Hoffman

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhether your company has been innovating all along, or is just getting started with making innovation an intentional focus, there’s one fact that holds true: you can’t accomplish anything without dedicated support for both your overarching... Read more

Overcoming Innovation Program Anxiety: Which Came First – The Sponsor or the Challenge?

Gretchen Hoffman

Reading Time: 3 minutesEvery person involved in your company’s innovation program and process is valuable, of course, but one of the most vital roles that must be strategically filled for an innovation challenge to meet with success is that of Innovation Challenge... Read more