The Innovation Expedition
Author: Gijs van Wulfen
Publisher: BIS Publishers
Published: 2013-10-01
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9789063693138
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst book that presents a visual toolkit for the front end of innovation.
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Creating Innovative Products and Services
Author: Gijs van Wulfen
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-05-13
Total Pages: 291
ISBN-13: 1317158504
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReally new products and services are scarce, yet the need for them is huge. That's why Innovation is an important managerial instrument - but many of us struggle with how to approach it. Gijs van Wulfen's Creating Innovative Products and Services is an essential read for anyone involved in new product or service design, brand development, new business development or organizational development because it 'unfuzzies' the front end of innovation with practical tools, effective checklists and an inspiring innovation route map. Gijs van Wulfen explains how to: ¢ Build a committed ideation team, compile a concrete innovation assignment and identify opportunities; ¢ Explore trends, technology and potential customers, then choose the most positive opportunities and customer insights to transfer to the next step - raise ideas; ¢ Develop twelve new promising innovative product or service concepts; ¢ Check the concepts in qualitative research among potential clients and improve them; ¢ Work the best into a tangible mini business case per product idea, and present them for decision making and adoption in the regular stage gate development process. The effective 5-step FORTH method presented in this book, will jump start your product and service innovations. The success of this practical approach is highlighted in a case study of one of the largest insurance companies in The Netherlands: Univé VGZ IZA Trias and is suitable for both business-to-consumer and business-to-business markets. Creating Innovative Products and Services has been written for directors, managers, advisors and innovation specialists in organisations who are responsible for, or involved in, product innovation. In it you will find practical guidance through every stage.
Inspiration for Innovation
Author: BIS Publishers
Publisher: BIS Publishers
Published: 2019-02-19
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9789063694968
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInspires you how to develop an innovative mindset, start innovation in practice, ideate new ideas, create a culture for innovation and how to implement innovation projects.
The Innovation Expedition: A Visual Toolkit to Start Innovation
Author: Gijs van Wulfen
Publisher:
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9789060000007
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Innovation Maze
Author: Gijs van Wulfen
Publisher: BIS Publishers
Published: 2016-07-12
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9789063694104
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Innovation Maze makes innovation simple, delivering a coherent approach to the creation of new business cases.
Online Innovation
Author: Gijs van Wulfen
Publisher: Bis Publishers
Published: 2022-02-15
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9789063696214
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA guidebook for businesses that are predominantly operating and working online, providing the reader with invaluable online collaboration tools, methods, techniques, ideas, and guidelines that can be used to shape and improve online work. Furthermore, the author proposes a hybrid working environment, whereby workers perform various activities that combine offline and online work, as well as the combination of remote and in-office work formats in order to produce the best innovation possible.
Leading at the Edge
Author: Dennis N.T. Perkins
Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM
Published: 2012-03-28
Total Pages: 277
ISBN-13: 0814431615
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDrawing on the amazing story of Shackleton and his polar exploration team’s survival against all odds, author Dennis N. T. Perkins demonstrates the importance of a strong leader in times of adversity, uncertainty, and change. Part adventure tale and part leadership guide, Leading at the Edge uncovers what the legendary Antarctic adventure of Sir Ernest Shackleton, his ship Endurance, and his team of twenty-seven polar explorers can teach us about bringing order to chaos through true leadership. Among other skills, you’ll learn how to: instill optimism while staying grounded in reality, step up to risks worth taking, consistently reinforce your team message, set a personal example, find things to celebrate, laugh small things off, and--even in the face of extreme temperatures, hazardous ice, scarce food, and complete isolation--never give up. This second edition of Leading at the Edge features additional lessons, new case studies of the strategies in action, tools to uncover and resolve conflicts, and expanded resources. An updated epilogue compares the leadership styles of the famous polar explorers Shackleton, Amundsen, and Scott, which transcend the one-hundred-plus years since their historic race to the South Pole to help today’s leaders learn valuable lessons about the meaning of true success.
The Service Innovation Handbook
Author: Lucy Kimbell
Publisher: BIS Publishers
Published: 2015-01-27
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9789063693534
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is an essential read for managers in forms that used to have a product focus and that are trying to shift towards designing services and experiences. By covering the early stages of the innovation process, it guides readers throught developing new knowledge, creating service concepts and prototyping experiences. It's valuable not only for service innovation and design practicioners but also visionary business leaders who understand that creating destinct customer experiences is the future of innovation.
Creative Courage
Author: Welby Altidor
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2017-09-18
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 111934722X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAchieve more, do more, create more with the power of creative courage Creative Courage challenges you to step outside of your comfort zone and truly make an impact. Set aside the same old routine and break the status quo—because you can only rise to new heights if you first smash the ceiling. Written by the former Executive Creative Director of Creations at Cirque du Soleil, this book shows you how to step up your game, flex your creativity, and make big things happen. Whether you work independently or as part of a team, whether you're self-employed or part of an organization, and even if you think creativity isn't a part of the work that you do—this book gives you the perspective, courage, and kick start you need to think differently about the things you do every day. Creative courage is more than a strategy, it's a way of life. It opens your mind—and the minds of those around you—to new approaches, new ideas, and new schools of thought that can revolutionize the way you work. This book invites you to experience the freedom and power at the intersection of courage and creativity so you can finally: Foster a more collaborative culture Bring depth and meaning to every project Turn challenge into opportunity Create work that matters The value of creative thinking extends far beyond the arts, but the work it allows you to produce has the power to touch like great art can. You gain the ability to make a more profound impact, and you inspire and motivate others to do the same; you become a catalyst for bigger, better things, driven by the enormous potential of the free-thinking mind. Creative Courage helps you break out of the box and start making things happen today.
Sir Humphrey Gilbert and the Elizabethan Expedition
Author: Nathan J. Probasco
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2020-11-20
Total Pages: 285
ISBN-13: 3030572587
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines the 1583 voyage of Sir Humphrey Gilbert to North America. This was England's first attempt at colonization beyond the British Isles, yet it has not been subject to thorough scholarly analysis for more than 70 years. An exhaustive examination of the voyage reveals the complexity and preparedness of this and similar early modern colonizing expeditions. Prominent Elizabethans assisted Gilbert by researching and investing in his expedition: the Printing Revolution was critical to their plans, as Gilbert’s supporters traveled throughout England with promotional literature proving England’s claim to North America. Gilbert’s experts used maps and charts to publicize and navigate, while his pilots experimented with new navigating tools and practices. Though he failed to establish a settlement, Gilbert created a blueprint for later Stuart colonizers who achieved his vision of a British Empire in the Western Hemisphere. This book clarifies the role of cartography, natural science, and promotional literature in Elizabethan colonization and elucidates the preparation stages of early modern colonizing voyages.
