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Why Innovation Prototypes Are Important for New Products

Why are innovation prototypes important for new projects? How should you test your products before putting them on the shelves? Innovation projects often fail when they focus on solving problems that customers don’t care about, and they implement solutions that work well on paper, but not in practice. This is why you need prototypes to test out what works and what doesn’t for customers. Find out why innovation prototypes are important and how to use them, according to Ten Types of Innovation.

Innovation Time: Encouraging Innovation in the Workplace

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When you’re at work, do you have time to develop ideas? How effective is “innovation time”? In Where Good Ideas Come From, best-selling author Steven Johnson explains how good ideas grow from minor inklings to groundbreaking inventions. He shows how you can use this knowledge to come up with the best ideas possible, and he discusses how to encourage innovation in the workplace. Read more to learn about workplace innovation time.

How to Be a Pro at Innovation Project Management

Have you incorporated innovation project management at your company? What is a disciplined approach to innovation? The authors of Ten Types of Innovation assert that many companies don’t know how to practice innovation as a formal discipline. They treat it as something almost magical that can’t be predicted, and it undermines their ability to execute innovation projects successfully. However, anyone can turn a mediocre project into an innovative masterpiece. Continue reading to learn how to manage innovation projects that will turn heads.

User Friendly: Book Overview & Takeaways

What is the book User Friendly about? What are the main takeaways of the book? In User Friendly, Cliff Kuang and Robert Fabricant argue that we must shift how companies apply user-friendly design principles to ensure that technology reflects the values of consumers. It’s also important so people don’t stay glued to their screens. Read below for a brief User Friendly book overview.

A Birthplace of Invention: What We Learn From Our Mistakes

What famous inventions resulted from mistakes? How do errors impact your thinking? Best-selling author and theorist Steven Johnson explores where good ideas come from. One source might surprise you: errors. Johnson explains that, when we learn from our mistakes, we often find ourselves in exciting new territory. Continue reading to learn how mistakes can lead to new ideas.

The 4 Types of Customer-Centric Innovation Explained

What is customer-centric innovation? How can you make your customers satisfied with your product? The customer is the most important person to make happy when it comes to creating and distributing products. In Ten Types of Innovation, Larry Keeley and his co-authors identify four types of innovations that relate to how your customers perceive and interact with your company. Find out how to enforce customer-centric innovation in your company.

Will the 2023 Salary Increase for Low-Wage Jobs Continue?

What’s behind the 2023 salary increase in low-wage jobs in the US? Will wages of America’s lowest-paid workers continue to rise? For four decades, the gap between America’s lowest- and highest-paid workers grew. Then came the Covid-19 pandemic, which hit the “reset” button for low-wage workers and reversed one-quarter of that gap. Let’s take a look at what caused the 2023 wage increase and if it’s expected to continue.

Doblin’s 10 Types of Innovation—Explained in Detail

Why do the overwhelming majority of innovation projects fail? And more importantly, what can you do to innovate successfully? In Ten Types of Innovation, Doblin Innovation firm co-founder Larry Keeley and his co-authors argue that the key to success often lies in knowing which types of innovation would most help a given project succeed. Understanding the ten types of innovation and the importance of combining them correctly can help you understand why most innovation projects fail and how to make your projects succeed. Here’s an overview of Larry Keeley’s types of innovation.

How to Become More Creative: Practical Steps You Can Take Today

How broad is your knowledge? Do you deliberately repurpose works that you’ve already created? In Someday Is Today: 22 Simple Actionable Ways to Propel Your Creative Life, Matthew Dicks discusses ways to free up time to maximize your creative potential. He specifically recommends boosting your creativity by consuming varied content and reusing your old work. Continue reading to learn how to become more creative in these two ways.

Ten Types of Innovation by Larry Keeley: Overview

Why do most innovation projects fail? More importantly, what can you do to keep your own innovations from succumbing to the same fate? In Ten Types of Innovation, Larry Keeley, cofounder of the Doblin Innovation Firm, and his Doblin colleagues Ryan Pikkel, Brian Quinn, and Helen Walters answer these questions. Based on their experience coaching companies through innovation projects, they argue that the answer lies at least partly in knowing how to classify innovations. They observe that there are ten fundamental types of innovation. Read below for a brief overview of Ten Types of Innovation.