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How to Use Wireframing to Create a Better Website Experience
5 Tips for Wireframing Success If you are interested in recreating your existing website, or are just starting out with building one, you should consider using wireframing to help you get started. Wireframing is an innovative tool that allows you to create a basic sketch of what the website will look like, what content or…
A Beginner’s Guide to Customer Journey Maps
Customer journey maps can be an incredibly useful tool to help businesses gain insights into their customers, and ultimately, design better products and services with their customers in mind. Read on to learn more about what journey maps are, how you can create them, and how they can be used to drive innovation at your…
Five Tips to Guide Your Company Through Innovation from PwC’s Innovation Benchmark Report
PwC’s Innovation Benchmark Report showcases five findings that can help guide any company through it’s innovation strategy. With over 54% of executives in the study reporting that they struggle to align their innovation strategy with their business strategy, it’s more important than ever for businesses to connect the dots and create an innovation guidebook that…
10 Top Innovation Podcasts of 2018
Staying updated on the current state of business and innovation has never been more important than now in this highly digital age. Some of the leading experts and savvy innovators have turned to podcasts to share their insights and knowledge about innovation, business, ideation, and more. Read on for a list of 10 top innovation…
How Entrepreneurs can Profit from Having an Innovative Mindset
In the competitive world of business, entrepreneurs need innovation to stand out. Being innovative could mean implementing new business processes, making changes to your existing services, or introducing new and improved product ideas. No matter what approach you take, creative problem solving and innovative thinking should always be part of your overall business strategy. An…
4 Lessons for Companies from CapGemini’s Innovation Report
CapGemini’s Innovation Report 2017 set out to answer an important question: do innovation centers actually help organizations become more innovative? With 87 percent of the companies CapGemini surveyed having a dedicated lab or space for innovation, it’s important to understand how these spaces are used and if they are a relevant tool to help move…
Deloitte’s New Study Highlights Millennials Views on Business
A large-scale study published by Deloitte highlights the attitudes of millennials regarding industry and business, as well as their fears of not having the skills needed for the future of work. Read on for the top four findings from the report. Millennials don’t believe businesses are ethical The percent of millennials who believe corporations behave…
Top Takeaways from Ideo’s Survey on Innovation
Global design firm Ideo recently released their research into how companies should measure innovation. After studying their archive of projects as well as external innovation sources, Ideo identified six factors that are important in designing an innovative, adaptive company. These include purpose, experimentation, empowerment, looking out, collaboration, and refinement. With these principals in mind, Ideo…
6 Insights from the “State of Innovation” CB Insights Report
Most companies agree that innovation is the key to the future, but few are making progress to innovate, according to the latest CB Insights report which surveyed 677 corporate strategy executives on the State of Innovation. Here are six other key insights from the report. It’s more of the status quo Companies remain focused on small-scale,…
Design Thinking Impact, Outcomes, & Results
Since design thinking has become more widely adopted, there are now more research studies and reports that share study results about the impact of design thinking for organizations. The two best that I have come across recently have been academic research from Jeanne Liedtka at the University of Virginia Darden Business School on Exploring the Impact of…
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