Just like innovation itself, an innovation program is constantly being shaped by the environment around it over time. A good innovation program absorbs new information and ideas constantly. So how do you refine it? Look For Feedback Your innovation process will likely touch an enormous range of stakeholders, from internal departments to your biggest clients. … Continued
Innovation is about diplomacy as well as creativity. Central to any innovation process is stakeholder management. Any idea that you have will have ripples up and down both your company and your vendors, customers, government agencies you work with, and even the general public, in some cases. All should be involved in the process to … Continued
The United States Department of Labor is a cabinet-level department of the U.S. federal government responsible for occupational safety, wage and hour standards, unemployment insurance benefits, re- employment services, and more. One of the policy agencies within DOL is the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), which aims to develop and influence policies and practices … Continued
Design thinking is key to innovation strategy. For a long time, design was what happened after somebody else had the ideas. Designers just created the wrapping paper around the actual concept. But as innovation strategy has shifted, a new idea has come to the fore, where designers are intimately involved in the process of creation, … Continued
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