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Seven Innovation Fundamentals for Leaders

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Invest in Frameworks, But First, Establish a Culture Where Innovation Thrives. More structure is needed as fundamentals take hold, and that means an innovation process framework. More structure is needed as fundamentals take hold, and that means an innovation process framework. Innovation Fundamentals for Leaders.

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Top 40 Innovation Blogger? (Top 10!)

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

In 2012 on my blog – I’ve written 88 posts to date, all related to innovation and the related fields of creativity, trends, self-expression and leadership. I’ve done many blogs on specific tools, techniques and innovation frameworks. Guerilla Innovation is essentially a free online blogged book.

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Innovation Training Under Utilized

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Hiring a professional facilitator can be a big help, but facilitative leadership is something that needs to be around 100% of the time. Poor knowledge of innovation process, approaches and frameworks. Yes, you can train people in creative thinking, Front-End-of-Innovation (FEI) frameworks, problem solving, and meeting facilitation.

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Purpose Driven Innovation

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Do Purpose First, Select a Framework, Then Do Projects. In the innovation space there is endless discussion about frameworks. Can I blend frameworks? Using a structured innovation framework is a project success factor. Purpose informs every step of the innovation process, whichever framework you use. Which is best?

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Tune-In To Taster Tools On Thursday

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Gregg knows several innovation frameworks, including Design Thinking and Osborn-Parnes Creative Problem Solving (aka “CPS). Gregg is recognized as a Distinguished Leader at the Creative Problem Solving Institute (CPSI) and is a Visiting Innovation Scholar at Notre Dame.

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Eleven Innovation Bullets to Dodge

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Design Thinking alone will not guarantee success (or any other framework, Agile, Lean, etc.). Framework training is useful, but you can get into the weeds and get killed if you don’t have other fundamentals sorted out. Lack of Managment support will effectively kill any innovation program no matter how well conceived.

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The Billion Dollar Breakthrough You Missed

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Deliberate concept blends, combinations, are not a defined part of existing innovation frameworks. Design Thinking, Agile, Lean, and older frameworks like CPS (aka Osborn-Parnes) are all attempts to find the system, the process steps, that will assist in repeating innovation. It’s a big missing, and, an opportunity to improve.