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Why and How to Create a Culture of Innovation

May 21, 2013    

In a recent article for Wired Magazine, John Carter (co-inventor of Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones, and a CEO and founder) argues that the key to growth in today’s struggling economy is innovation. Successful innovation, he says, requires a culture of innovation. As he asserts, “Without the right culture, no set of tools, methods, or people will be successful.” Why the emphasis on culture? There has actually been academic research on the topic, which summarizes it nicely: “Culture affects innovation because it shapes the patterns dealing with novelty, individual initiatives and …

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Innovative Insights with Rafael Harutyunyan, Co-founder of TourBud

May 14, 2013    

In March, Dubai hosted the regional SeedStars World startup competition, which was organized by Innovation 360 as a local partner. At the competition, 15 teams competed for cash prizes and a grand prize invitation to compete in the global SeedStars World competition next year in Switzerland. The top prize winner from Dubai was local startup TourBud, an online platform that allows residents to register as guides and assist tourists during their stay by being a call away. TourBud was co-founded by Rafael Harutyunyan, a software developer and currently a student at Masdar Institute of …

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Innovation Strategy
5-Step Innovation Strategy
Five simple steps to innovation program success
Cultivate a Culture of Innovation
Define innovation strategy and set the stage


Anticipate Innovation Opportunities
Discover innovation white spaces and align strategy
Generate and Manage Ideas
Uncover innovative ideas and prioritize the best ones


Innovate and Prototype
Design and test new products, services and business models
Commercialize and Sustain Innovation
Go to market and optimize innovation processes
Innovation 360 helps you develop a customized strategy for innovation, growth and transformation. With our 5-Step Innovation Framework, you will develop a creative, insight-driven, market-centric, innovation strategy that is centered on finding new ways of value creation. The result is a significant strategic advantage, real innovation ROI and a culture that supports sustained innovation.
Innovation Execution
Idea to Market for Enterprise
Validate ideas and improve launch success
Idea Acceleration for Startups
Refine your idea and earn seed funding
Innovation 360 provides a variety of innovation execution methods and tools you can use to generate innovative ideas and solutions, validate and improve your ideas, and commercialize the best ones. We’ll help you turn your ideas into cash using our expertise to smooth new product and service development and improve the outcome.
Innovation Leadership
Basic Training
Innovation workshops for everyone
Intermediate Training
Innovation workshops for mid-level managers


Executive Training
Innovation workshops for organizational leaders
Special Events
Innovation seminars and special events
Innovation 360 helps you build your organization’s human capital and innovation leadership capabilities. Our training workshops, seminars and special events are designed to help people at all levels of the organization, whether you are leading strategic innovation, managing innovation projects or contributing to a culture of innovation.
Innovation Enablers
Technology
FEI, NPD and Idea Management systems
Innovation Centers
Designated workspaces for innovation teams
Innovation 360 partners with technology providers around the world to bring you the best systems for managing innovation and ideas, the front end of innovation and new product/service development. As a value-added reseller, we help you configure your innovation management technology systems to fit your needs and optimize your innovation program performance.