The Five Sources of Innovation Consultants

The Five Sources of Innovation Consultants

Innovation consulting firms have different perspectives, staffing, and capabilities that cater to clients' innovation needs. These firms can come from five domains, namely strategy, design, marketing, creativity, and innovation as a process or capability. Understanding the origin of the firm and its current perspective in regards to the clients' innovation needs is crucial. Plus, assessing the amount and scope of change desired and the amount of resources committed will determine the success in innovation pursuits. Companies must also consider the amount of innovation work they want to do internally and outsource. Outsourcing innovation allows clients to depend on third parties for new innovations with little investment, while insourced innovation means developing internal teams' capability to perform significant innovation work.

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Top Human-Centered Design Training Resources

Learn about human-centered design (HCD) and its three phases: inspiration, ideation, and implementation. Check out these top HCD resources for books, articles, tools, and training.

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9 ways leaders can accelerate innovation

9 ways leaders can accelerate innovation

Adapting to consumers and market needs is key to innovation success. Here are 9 tips for leaders to accelerate innovation, including setting metrics and using a second process for smaller projects.

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Overcoming the looming threat to change management

Change management projects are essential, but the compulsion to change often leads to change fatigue, an aversion to change that can have serious consequences. Here are 5 tips to help prevent change fatigue.

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