Software supporting the FFE and innovation effectiveness
Through this series of articles we have built a case that large organizations should invest energy in actively designing their early phase of the innovation process – the so-called “Fuzzy Front-End” (FFE) - in a way that delivers more meaningful and promising...
Industry-sector priorities in designing the Fuzzy Front-End
In our last posts we have built a case that large organizations should invest energy in actively designing their early phase of the innovation process - the so-called "Fuzzy Front-End" (FFE) in a way that it delivers meaningful and promising innovation ideas and...
Excellence in the Fuzzy Front-End – Part 3
In the first parts of this article series we argued that that the scope and nature of innovation is changing. Big Data, Social Innovation, Additive Manufacturing (3D-Printing etc.) Design Thinking, Lean Start-up, etc. are becoming Good Practice in innovation...
Excellence in the Fuzzy Front-End – Part 2
In the first part of this article series we argued that that the scope and nature of innovation is changing. Big Data, Social Innovation, Additive Manufacturing (3D-Printing etc.) Design Thinking, Lean Start-up, etc. are becoming Good Practice in innovation...
Excellence in the Fuzzy Front-End – Part 1
Study after study shows that “innovation” has a premier spot on the Top Management Agenda. True, the word “innovation” may be overused. So for example, upon learning that the “Peanut Butter Pop Tart” was one of the most important innovations of a USD 15B food company,...
T-shaped people and their areas of expertise
A great deal of success in Open / Collaborative Innovation depends on winning the „right people“ for driving the change. Studies have shown that T-shaped experts are pivotal in this approach. We came across an interesting question in our recent project work: How does...
Software for the fuzzy front-end: Focus areas and how to make it fly
Judging by Our project pipeline, leading firms are intensifying their efforts in developing the fuzzy front-end of the innovation funnel. We are currently conducting a study to better understand where things are going. First, preliminary results suggest that...
How to turn breakthrough innovation ideas into innovation success
Just recently, innovation-3 had an internal workshop on “How to turn breakthrough ideas into an innovation success.” From our perspective, the search for breakthrough innovations in products, services and processes and Business Model Innovation (which surely is a...
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