Holistic Innovation – Moving Toward a More Modern Innovation Model

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Holistic Innovation – Moving Toward a More Modern Innovation Model

It’s difficult to find a common definition of the word innovation. Depending upon our background, experiences, corporate culture and industry, each of us has a different understanding of what it is and what it’s about. The most common association that we tend to make is that it is..

Customer Engagement in the 21st century

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Customer Engagement in the 21st century

Engagement is neither a marketing gimmick, nor a product design process. It is..

Design-led Innovation at Hyphen

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Design-led Innovation at Hyphen

  In the last two issues of Innovation Quarterly we discussed the..

Innovating to Raise Income for Charities

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Innovating to Raise Income for Charities

In an economic climate where people and organisations have less disposable..

Laying the Foundations for Success in the Connected Home

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Laying the Foundations for Success in the Connected Home

The ‘Connected’ or Smart Home’ has been talked about for decades, and many predictions of its emergence have proven premature from the early ‘House of the Future’ built at Disneyland to home automation in the 1990s. However, many commentators believe it is now on the..

Entrepreneur Spotlights - Innovation in Financial Services

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Entrepreneur Spotlights - Innovation in Financial Services

With economies around the world still struggling, financial services companies..

Megatrend of the Quarter: Austerity

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Megatrend of the Quarter: Austerity

Austerity may seem an odd trend to feature approximately four and half years..

Edengene Recommends

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Edengene Recommends

Clients often ask us what books we recommend reading to learn about innovation..

East Meets West: Learning from Japan’s Approach to Innovation

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East Meets West: Learning from Japan’s Approach to Innovation

In a previous role as Strategy Director at ICT giant Fujitsu, I used to subscribe to the Nikkei Weekly. A compilation, in English, of the best articles of..

Innovation in Financial Services? Be Careful What You Wish For!

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Innovation in Financial Services? Be Careful What You Wish For!

  When invited to contribute to this issue of Innovation Quarterly, I agreed immediately. The title of my contribution sprang to mind in an instant:..

A Quarter of Innovation

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A Quarter of Innovation

We’re always on the lookout for innovations that create real value for consumers by addressing unmet needs. In this issue of IQ we share some interesting..

An Innovation Infrastructure that Delivers - The Changing Face of Innovation Processes

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An Innovation Infrastructure that Delivers - The Changing Face of Innovation Processes

For years anyone casually browsing ‘how to’ guides on innovation might be forgiven for thinking all that an organisation needed to do to be..

How-to-Guide to Innovation: What Happens after Ideation?

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How-to-Guide to Innovation: What Happens after Ideation?

This article is the third in a three-part series looking at ways to improve the success rate of idea generation sessions. In Part 1, we defined the term..