Grand Challenges

Grand Challenges are large-scale problems demanding innovative solutions to transform society or industries on a global scale.

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Hybrid thinking

Hybrid thinking

Hybrid thinking means to be able to combine different ways of thinking and quickly switch between one and the other. Milan Guenther defines the term Hybrid Thinking as "the ability to integrate different ways of thinking, jump between them, and align them to work towards a universal goal".

Redesign

The process of changing the design of an application or product so that it looks better and is easier to use.

Value Stream Mapping

A lean-improvement method for identifying opportunities to streamline work processes.

Top Grand Challenges Resources

First Steps Towards a Successful Innovation and Portfolio Management Office with edison365

Successful innovation requires the right ideas, but often traditional processes and rules don't support innovative activities. An Innovation and Portfolio Management Office (IPMO) can help align business change with overall strategy, prioritize the entire portfolio, and encourage widespread involvement.

Project to Product: Mining the Ground Truth of Enterprise Toolchains

To better understand DevOps practices, we need system data from large-scale and enterprise software delivery, which is difficult to obtain. Value stream integration diagrams can provide a view into such data.

Urban innovation labs, hubs, coworking spaces… Which one to choose to boost your innovation?

Finding the right innovation intermediary can be challenging. Urban innovation labs, hubs, and co-working spaces are a few examples. This article provides recommendations for corporates to select the right intermediary depending on the stage of the innovation process.

Santa’s Workshop – A Planview AdaptiveWork Success Story

Santa's elves were struggling to organize millions of requests, until they found Planview AdaptiveWork. They now have customizable dashboards and child happiness and joy have improved.

Understanding Flow Distribution – Getting Your Priorities Straight

Flow Distribution is a metric that helps development teams to have an important conversation with the business about how trade-offs impact the business, and how to prioritize business initiatives. It provides a common language between business and IT so you can make collaborative decisions around software delivery to achieve innovation velocity.

Innovation is the Means, Not an End in Itself

Successful innovators outperform other companies by a wide margin, but many innovation attempts fail because organizations focus too much on individual ideas instead of refining them for maximum value. Innovation is a tool for solving problems and driving business results, but there isn't a single approach to success.

Use-It-or-Lose-It Budgets: A Guide to Maximizing UIOLI

Use-It-or-Lose-It (UIOLI) budget system promotes launching projects that would cost money in the coming year with this year’s budget. Here's a guide to maximizing the benefits of UIOLI budget funds.

The Orange Socks Story I've Never Written Before

Mike Brown, vice president of Yellow Transportation, has been wearing orange socks to work every day since presenting the company's first strategic market plan in 1997.

Understanding product portfolio management framework

Learn about product portfolio management frameworks - strategies for selecting and managing product tasks while maximizing company resources.

Connecting Strategic, Financial, and Operational Planning

Planview Enterprise offers a solution to connect strategic, financial and operational planning by natively speaking each of these languages.

Five Forces of Complexity and Change

The Innovation Formula examines five forces of innovation: technology, science, culture, the human population, and climate change.

Flow Efficiency – Where is the Waste in Your Software Delivery Process?

Flow Efficiency is a vital metric to track in Innovation Management. It measures the percentage of time Flow Items are actively being worked on compared to the total time spent in the value stream helping to identify bottlenecks and waste in the process.

Innovating the Department of Defense

The US Department of Defense is seeking to enhance its innovation and modernization capabilities to prepare for warfare in an ever-changing landscape that includes non-state actors, social media, and technology.

RIGHT NOW or AS SOON AS?

Steady state is outdated. With the onrush of technology and social media, the world is changing so rapidly that any company that is not innovating constantly is bound to fail. The time to innovate is now.

Risk, Great Ideas, and Your Business Model

To find innovative ideas for your business, Langdon Morris recommends researching your own business model, talking to customers and non-customers, and observing behaviors. He encourages thinking like an outsider and studying successful business model innovators.

Responsible innovation

Responsible innovation has become a central point of good business design to create a better future. Frameworks that encompass responsible research and innovation can sustain businesses and products.

Innovation Teams: How To Establish Yourself As A Key Function In Your Company

Innovation teams often struggle to survive within companies. Here are some strategies that can help them establish their importance.

How An End-to-End Innovation Framework Promotes Competitive Advantage

How An End-to-End Innovation Framework Promotes Competitive Advantage

Innovation management is crucial for remaining competitive, but it can be a challenging task. ITONICS Control Objectives for Innovation Management (COFIM) framework provides a systematic approach to innovation.

The Human View: 5 Tips For Building A Better Digital Workplace

The Human View: 5 Tips For Building A Better Digital Workplace

Creating a successful digital workplace means putting human needs first, embracing change and utilizing on-demand services, according to a Nordic-based digital transformation specialist.

The Impact of End-to-End Innovation Management Software on an Organization

The Impact of End-to-End Innovation Management Software on an Organization

Innovation management software is a powerful tool for connecting departments, aligning strategy, and increasing ROI. It enables data-centric and collaborative innovation processes.

The importance of transformative business models for innovation: How to create one and why

The importance of transformative business models for innovation: How to create one and why

Transformative business models are crucial for innovation, and creating one can benefit an organization in terms of competitive advantage, higher returns, brand recognition, increased growth, and better productivity.

Practical Innovation in Government

Practical Innovation in Government

This book is a guide to improving government efficiency through front-line-driven change led by supervisors and low-level managers.

Everybody Wants to Rule the World: Surviving and Thriving in a World of Digital Giants

Everybody Wants to Rule the World: Surviving and Thriving in a World of Digital Giants

Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Ultimately, you will understand how the business world is changing and how to adapt now to stay relevant and in demand.

Innovation Project Management: Methods, Case Studies, and Tools for Managing Innovation Projects

Innovation Project Management: Methods, Case Studies, and Tools for Managing Innovation Projects

Actionable tools, processes and metrics for successfully managing innovation projects

Innovation Strategies in the Food Industry: Tools for Implementation

Innovation Strategies in the Food Industry: Tools for Implementation

An indispensable resource for the food industry to introduce innovations in the market, stand out from the competition and satisfy consumer demands

The entrepreneurial state: debunking public vs. private sector myths

The entrepreneurial state: debunking public vs. private sector myths

The Entrepreneurial State: debunking public vs. private sector myths stirred up much-needed debate about the role of the state in fostering long-run innovation led economic growth.

The Innovation Stack: Building an Unbeatable Business One Crazy Idea at a Time

The Innovation Stack: Building an Unbeatable Business One Crazy Idea at a Time

The Innovation Stack Review: From the cofounder of Square, an inspiring and entertaining account of what it means to be a true entrepreneur.

Business Problem Definition The Innovation Toolkit

Business Problem Definition The Innovation Toolkit

Articulating business problems with clarity and consistency is essential: it empowers people and teams to decouple problems from solution ideas and set the right focus

Digital Innovation Playbook: Templates

Digital Innovation Playbook: Templates

Here you can find all the templates from the Digital Innovation Playbook.

Product Portfolio Management Framework

Product Portfolio Management Framework

The Product Portfolio Management Map enables an intentional allocation of RD and Marketing investments that realizes a riskreward mix as determined by overall corporate strategy.

Preparing for the space innovations of today and tomorrow

Preparing for the space innovations of today and tomorrow

An overview and brief guide on how to maximize your advantage in space innovation.

Remote Design Sprint template

Remote Design Sprint template

Accelerate innovation by running a Design Sprint with a distributed team.