You Have to Plan to Innovate

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Innovation doesn’t happen by accident. Find the structure, processes, and tools you need for your innovation strategy at The Innovator’s Advantage. Video Transcript: We always tell people and we remind people that innovation doesn’t happen by accident. As a matter of fact, you may have heard about these “accidental inventions,” but I can almost guarantee…

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The Relationship Between Strategy and Innovation

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Which comes first, innovation or strategy? And how exactly should they work together? Dr. Evans Baiya explains. Video Transcript: Innovation. Strategy. What comes before what? Chicken/egg discussion that you always hear within an organization. We always say strategy is about the how. Innovation is the what. Strategy doesn’t—you don’t sell strategy. You sell innovation. But how you…

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Should Your Strategy Include Innovation?

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You cannot have an effective strategy without innovation and you cannot have useful innovation without creating the structure that comes with strategy. You need both! Video Transcript: Should your strategy include innovation? Yes, yes, and as many yeses as possible. Because, again, you are not developing or executing strategy without a goal. The goal is…

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12 Enemies of Successful Innovation

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In helping businesses and leaders build their innovation abilities, I see certain traits that stifle innovation again and again. Whether they surface in an individual leader or employee, or afflict the organization as a whole, these repeating issues become a hindrance to future success. Here are 12 enemies of successful innovation to avoid on your…

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Is Data Hindering Your Innovation Efforts? Five Data Missteps That Paralyze Innovation

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Data can be a powerful enabler for innovation, but when used incorrectly, it can be a paralyzing force. It’s a critical component in measuring and understanding the need for innovation—if you cannot measure something, you cannot improve it. Whether you collect data based on historical perspectives or through experiments, it can bring the insights needed…

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Why Do Innovations Fail?

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 90 Seconds of Innovation Podcast · Why Do Innovations Fail? Why do up to 93% of all innovations fail? Innovation expert Ron Price discusses what gets in the way of successful innovation, and how we can combat those roadblocks. Episode Transcript: Why do up to 93% of all innovation initiatives fail? That’s right, up…

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Why Your Employees Are the Key to Recovery

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In this article, we will look at how to identify and understand employee contributions, and learn how to work with idea generators, evaluators, and activators. The key to recovering from a business crisis is creating new value—whether it be new products or services, improving processes to be more efficient and save money, or identifying and…

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What is Your Problem?

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Do you know what problem you are trying to solve? Learn how falling in love with your problem is essential to successful innovation. Episode Transcript The question today is a good one: what is your problem? Not you—the problem you’re trying to solve with your innovation. Most start-ups, individual innovators, or even large companies, corporate…

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Dr. Evans Baiya and Ron Price, authors of The Innovator's Advantage

Decoding Innovation

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Decoding Innovation and The Innovator’s Advantage with Ron Price. Ron Price has co-written a new book with Dr. Evans Baiya called The Innovator’s Advantage: Revealing the Hidden Connection Between People and Process, due for release on April 11, 2017. We sat down with Ron to talk about what inspired the book and his collaboration with Evans….

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