Adam Richardson

Innovation X

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A fresh approach to succeeding with innovation, grounded in insights about rapidly changing customers, competitors and technologies
Written by a director at the award-winning global innovation firm frog design, this vital book shows business leaders and managers how to accomplish truly effective innovation in today's disruptive climate. Richardson shows how business is filled with “X-problems”– tough new challenges that present massive innovation opportunities, but also risks. Thriving in a world of X-problems requires harnessing four specific approaches: Immersion, Convergence, Divergence, and Adaption. Combining frog design's approaches with insightful analysis of companies such as Apple, BMW, Clif Bar, Google, Maxtor, and Salesforce.com, Richardson illustrates how to envision and realize successful new business ventures, products, and services.
Provides a process for translating customer insights into relevant innovations, accompanied by case studies (many of them richly described from frog's own experiences) For the first time, gives real guidance on connecting products, software and services into ecosystems that are actually compelling to customers Shows how to facilitate bringing multiple perspectives to understanding a problem domain, as well as how to manage an innovation portfolio over time Innovation X is an essential guide for companies seeking to create growth and differentiation in increasingly competitive markets.
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  • mail22801has quoted6 years ago
    He says, “For me, stories are useful for a couple of reasons. First is, I’m not very technical when it comes to business. I can talk a bit of techno-language and theory, but it’s boring. Second, people relate to and remember stories. Their eyes roll back in their heads when you start talking theory. People are engaged and inspired by stories and parables
  • mail22801has quoted6 years ago
    Stories are sticky, as they put it, in a way that dry accounts of facts, or statistics, or research reports are not
  • mail22801has quoted6 years ago
    Chess grand masters are people who have accumulated pattern experience. They have honed their abilities to sense where patterns of pieces on a board are going to lead

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