Four Exercises to try in your next Virtual Whiteboarding Session
Whiteboarding is a critical part of the brainstorming process that helps you realize the full potential of your ideas. With remote and hybrid work becoming standard across the country, virtual whiteboarding session have become inherent parts of the online workspace. [...]
How Digital Whiteboards Help Innovation Managers
Being an innovation manager means you’re constantly having to evaluate not only how you can improve the projects you’re working on, but also how you can improve your personal and shared workflows. Innovating your workflow is not just about changing [...]
The Mead & Hunt Innovation Story
Mead & Hunt provides clients with expert planning, architecture design, engineering, environmental and construction administration services. At Mead & Hunt, they approach each project as an opportunity for innovation – and they believe that innovation in any field begins with [...]
7 Ways Mind Maps Fuel Innovation
There are many different exercises that people use for innovation. But very few of them are as effective as mind mapping. Mind maps create an intuitive structure of thought that enables your team to map out their scenarios in [...]
Top Strategies to Prioritize Features for Innovation Teams
Innovation management is a tough job. Innovation team members have to deal with the needs of users, finances, and marketing all at once. And now they have to figure out which features should be prioritized for their innovation roadmap, too? [...]
Brainstorming on a White Board: Prompts and Techniques
Brainstorming is the foundation of any innovation exercise and the foundation for most ideation sessions. While it is such a universal exercise, there are many different ways to go about brainstorming. We have found that whiteboard sessions are some of [...]
How Good Feature Request Management Contributes to Innovation
Deciding on novel product features is often a daunting task. Seasoned innovation managers know that one of the best strategies is looking to feature requests obtained from customers for direction. Customers know best what improvements they would benefit from the [...]
Why Innovation Teams Need Prioritization Frameworks
Innovation is the driver of societal progress. Without it, stakeholders and organizations alike aren't able to improve their conditions. However, "innovation" in itself is a hard concept to grasp. What counts as "innovative," and why? Who should be the subject [...]
Innovating During and Post-Crisis: How to Keep the Momentum
Although the pandemic results have been catastrophic in many ways, it’s important to remember that massive periods of transformation also pave the way for innovation. Around 90% of executives say they expect the pandemic to change the way they do [...]
Why Visualization Tools are a Logical Next Step for Innovators
Innovation is everywhere, and for many businesses being able to innovate fast is a non-negotiable requirement. Why is it then that so much innovation continues to stall with using outdated technology? The best way for people to understand new ideas [...]
