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Idea Time Innovation with Dr. Jo North
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There are SO many things that you could be doing to grow your business, but only 24 hours in a day. So how do you decide which ideas will make the most difference to your bottom line? And how do you get results – fast? Tune in to Idea Time for tools, tips and interviews to find out how.
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6 Steps to Transform Your Innovation Process
Intro: Innovation is the lifeblood of business growth – yet research shows 70% to 90% of innovation initiatives fail hbr.org. How can your organization beat these odds? In this episode, I unveil the Big Bang Innovation Framework, a proven 6-step innovation process designed to take you from a…
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Build a Thriving Innovation Ecosystem
Do you want to build a thriving innovation ecosystem for your company or organization? If you’re looking to create an environment where ideas, people, and opportunities come together to drive real results, this episode is for you. Here’s what we’ll cover: What an innovation ecosystem is. Why a...
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TRLs: Accelerating Sustainable Innovation
Sometimes a promising idea or discovery is so exciting that it's tempting to rush ahead, risking missing key steps along the way. Other times, it's challenging to figure out how to progress the innovation at speed and scale, causing it to get stuck. In this episode, I explain how Technology...
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How to Bring Your Company Values to Life
Company values are more than words on a wall or a website. They're the heartbeat of an organization, guiding decisions and behaviors. Yet, bringing them to life is where many companies struggle. In this show, I share practical ways to help your team infuse your company’s values into your everyday...
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Creative Thinking Techniques for Strategy and Innovation
Join me in this dynamic session on creative thinking techniques to elevate your strategy and innovation sprints, workshops and meetings. Whether you're looking to tackle complex problems or pave the way for fresh, more ambitious ideas, this session will equip you with practical techniques to…
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How to Facilitate a Scenario Planning Workshop
This podcast, "How to Facilitate a Scenario Planning Workshop", will guide you through using scenario planning to help you to develop and strengthen your sustainable innovation strategy. Key takeaways: Understanding sustainable innovation: Balance environmental, societal, and economic impacts for...
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Build a Successful Innovation Team
🚀 Build a Successful Innovation Team 🚀 🎥 🎙️ In this week’s Idea Time show, I explore how to build an innovation-driven team. Highlights are: Innovation as a Core Value: Essential for product development, adding technical, process, and functional value. Innovation Time Off (ITO): Learn from...
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How to Facilitate a Stakeholder Mapping Workshop
Stakeholder mapping is a strategic process used in innovation, project management and business planning. It involves identifying and analyzing individuals, groups, or organizations that can impact or be impacted by a project or business activity. The goal is to understand these stakeholders'...
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Horizon Scanning & Foresight for Innovators
In this content-packed live show, I dive into Horizon Scanning & Foresight for Innovators. No crystal balls, prophecies or predicting the future, though! Horizon scanning is about detecting weak signals of potential change before they make it big. It keeps you prepared, and gives you and your...
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Lead A Sustainability Workshop for Your Business
This episode is a really good one if you're interested in leading sustainable innovation in your business. I go in-depth on how to facilitate a successful Business Sustainability Workshop for your team. I give you a start-to-finish guide on how and what to prepare, a workshop agenda with specific...
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Sustainable Business Model Innovation
In this episode, I dive into the world of sustainable business model innovation and discuss why it’s essential in the contemporary business environment. Key topics I cover are: The rising demand for sustainability from customers and the global trend towards sustainable value propositions.…
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How Open Innovation Can Transform Your Business
Open innovation is all about expanding your business horizons. Instead of keeping all your ideas and projects in-house, you collaborate with external partners, startups, or customers. This approach speeds up innovation, cuts costs, and could give your business the competitive edge it needs. Tune...
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Appreciative Inquiry for Innovators and Facilitators
In this episode of the Idea Time show, I cover what Appreciative Inquiry is and show you how you could use the process of Appreciative Inquiry to create and facilitate highly effective, strengths-focused innovation. Appreciative Inquiry means recognising, exploring and building on the positive,...
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How to Prioritize Ideas Using Top Innovation Frameworks
Having a lot of ideas after a brainstorming session? Unsure which to pick? I've got you covered. In this show, I'll introduce you to 8 proven innovation frameworks that can help. These tools can be used individually or in group settings. Pick what's best for your scenario. Innovation Frameworks…
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Entrepreneurship in Action
In this podcast episode I’m joined by my very special guest, TV producer and presenter, entrepreneur, 2x award-winning author, and elite carp angler, Ali Hamidi. Ali is the founder and CEO of One More Cast Ltd, a big dream that has become reality. Ali’s focus has been to create a brand with…
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Design Thinking 101
Harness the power of Design Thinking! A dynamic approach to problem-solving that promotes human-centricity, encourages creativity, and celebrates practicality. Join me as we explore: 🎯 The art of understanding user's needs ❓ The science of defining precise problems 🧠 The fun in brainstorming...
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Creative Strategy with Brian Tam
Welcome to another exciting episode of the Idea Time podcast. In this episode, we have the pleasure of hosting Brian Tam, a renowned creative strategist based in Lisbon. Brian is dedicated to helping small to medium-sized businesses and entrepreneurs globally innovate and grow. Here’s a rundown…
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Boardroom, with Patrick Dunne
I’m joined by my special guest, Patrick Dunne, for an in-depth exploration of innovation and entrepreneurship in the boardroom. Patrick Dunne is an experienced Chair with extensive experience of working with boards in Europe, Asia and North America. Currently Chair of board consultancy Boardelta,...
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Mastering Growth Mindset and Lean Innovation
In this week’s show, I'll explore the powerful synergy between growth mindset and lean innovation. I’ll share how to create a culture that fosters creativity, resilience, and efficiency, empowering your business to innovate effectively and stay ahead of the curve. Here’s what I’ll cover: Growth...
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Measuring Innovation – Analytics for Growth, New Products and Services
In this episode, guest Amanda Webb of Spiderworking guides us on using Google Analytics and social media data for innovation and growth. She discusses the transition from Universal Analytics to Google Analytics 4, emphasizing its role in providing crucial insights into website visitors and their...
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Confident Live! - video and presentations with special guest, Ian Anderson Gray
I’m excited to introduce special guest, Ian Anderson Gray, to my show this week. Ian helps us to gain confidence in front of the camera, improve communication skills and feel even better about live video and presenting in online meetings. Ian is the founder of the Confident Live Marketing Academy...
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Entrepreneurial Mindset for Innovation and Growth, with Dr. Joanna Berry, Durham University
In this fascinating episode, I have the absolute pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Joanna Berry, an esteemed professor at Durham University and a luminary in the field of entrepreneurship. Dr. Berry is not just an academic, but a seasoned entrepreneur who successfully transitioned from running…
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Data Pioneers: A Digital Innovation Case Study, with Simon Jefferson, Catsurveys
Welcome to Data Pioneers: A Digital Innovation Case Study, featuring Simon Jefferson from Catsurveys! In this episode, we're shifting the spotlight from big brands to small and medium-sized B2B companies that are trailblazing their way to innovation success. Joining us today is Simon Jefferson…
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How to Facilitate a Customer Journey Mapping Workshop
Are you looking to enhance your organization's understanding of the customer perspective and provide a better customer experience? If yes, then a customer journey mapping workshop is just what you need. Int his podcast, I will guide you through the fundamentals of customer journey mapping, share...
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Lead Productive, Effective, and Fun Retrospective Meetings
Lead Productive, Effective, and Fun Retrospective Meetings How are your retrospective, or ‘lessons learned’, meetings going? 🤔 Are they full of energy, actionable insights for your future projects, or have they become a bit stale and same-y? Are you even doing them at all? Or have they never…
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Lateral Thinking, Creativity and Leading Innovation with Paul Sloane
20 times published author, international speaker and facilitator Paul Sloane is my guest on this episode of the Idea Time Innovation Podcast. Paul Sloane is an author and speaker on lateral thinking, creativity, and the leadership of innovation. He has written over 20 books on these subjects. The...
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How to Build an Innovative Culture with Paul Slater
Paul Slater from the change shed is today's podcast guest. Paul's an expert on change culture and transformation. In this episode we focus on how to build an innovative culture in your organisation. We talk about what an innovative culture is, what it means in practice, what it means for leaders,...
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Harnessing AI, Technology and Innovation for Online Learning with Taryn Haynes-Smart
This episode focuses on harnessing AI, technology, and innovation in online learning. I'm joined by Taryn Haynes-Smart, Head of Product Development at the Digital Campus in Johannesburg, South Africa. Taryn is a creative innovator who loves to use AI, technology, and innovation to create…
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Knowledge Exchange and Innovation, with Amanda Selvaratnam, University of York
In this podcast episode about knowledge exchange and innovation, I'm joined by my guest Amanda Selvaratnam, Associate Director of Research and Enterprise at the University of York in the UK. Key topics we cover are: What is Knowledge Exchange and why does it matter? Collaborative Learning:...
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How to Facilitate a Problem Solving Workshop
Problems are simply the gaps between where you want your business to be and where it currently is. And of course, helping customers with their problems is what we are all in business to do. In innovation terms, some business problems are “messy”, that is, they are connected to other problems. Or...
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Facilitation Ideas for Your Goal Achievement Workshop
Are you excited by your business goals for 2023? Have you got clear plans in place to achieve them, with contingencies mapped out in case other things get in the way? In this live episode I’ll be sharing evidence-based insights, tools, and approaches on how to facilitate a goal achievement…
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Facilitation Ideas forYour High Performing Team Workshop
Are you thinking about working with your team to regroup, reset and refocus for a healthy, enjoyable, and high performing year ahead? In this episode, I share evidence-based insights, tools, and approaches for facilitating a High Performing Team Reset and Refocus Workshop. The definition of ‘High...
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Plan Your Product and Service Portfolio
How well are your products and services performing? When was the last time that you sat down and did a strategic review of your portfolio? For some businesses, it’s a regular, ongoing activity. They’re always on top of what’s working and spotting early signs that something needs to be tweaked or...
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How to Facilitate a Mission, Vision and Values Workshop
One of the members of my Idea Time for Workshop Facilitators Facebook Group asked me for some ideas for creative facilitation activities to use when working with groups to establish their Mission, Vision and Values. So, in this show I’ll share a toolkit that will help you to facilitate a...
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Growth Hacking Sprints
Have you considered a growth hacking sprint for your business? It could help you and your team achieve a flying start to the year ahead, in just a couple of hours. Growth hacking is an approach that helps businesses to scale by combining powerful data, technical expertise and marketing flair to...
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What is eco innovation?
"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” - Einstein It’s brilliant that so many businesses want to be part of the solution when it comes to combating climate change and protecting natural resources through improving day-to-day processes. And, as Einstein...
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Influencing Skills for Innovation
You don’t have to be a person of influence to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my life are probably not even aware of the things they’ve taught me. – Scott Adams In my day-to-day, I encounter so many great innovators who have what they think are brilliant ideas. However…
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Deep Dive into Intrapreneurship
I’ve always been fascinated by what makes some people innovative and enterprising – or intrapreneurial – at work, and why some people prefer to be more risk averse and focus on managing the day-to-day, rather than actively seeking to shape the future. Businesses need both, of course, to be...
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How to Facilitate a Goal Setting Workshop
"Rowing harder doesn’t help if the boat is headed in the wrong direction." — Kenichi Ohmae Setting meaningful, stretching but realistic goals is one of the keys to success in business innovation and growth. When individuals and teams collaborate to set goals, they create an environment where team...
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2022 Trends – a Round Up for Innovators and Entrepreneurs
Are you looking ahead yet to 2022? Now’s a good a time to start as any, and I’ve done a bit of the hard work for you. I’ve reviewed a range of the leading trends reports for 2022 and will be sharing my overview for innovators, entrepreneurs and business leaders in this episode. Join me for a...
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How to Power Up Your Innovation Mindset
Do you want to put a ding in the universe? Steve Jobs did. And I think many of us want to, as well, in our own way. It doesn’t have to be a huge ding. Lots of smaller dings add up. As ding-making team members, innovators and leaders, we can all develop our innovation mindset to massively multiply...
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Collaborative Innovation
Collaborative innovation happens when different organisations, or teams from the same organization, work in partnership to create new products, services or solutions. It can be a brilliant approach to solving big, important challenges that need diverse inputs, pooled resources, and shared…
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Innovation Strategy for Your Business
I believe innovation is all about coming up with great, new ideas and using them to make a positive difference in the world. Of course, innovation has always been with us. Everything we use or enjoy today is the result of an innovation from someone, somewhere. But it feels like we have never…
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How do Innovation Sprints Work?
How do innovation sprints, also known as design sprints, actually work? If you’ve not experienced one before, an innovation or design sprint is a short, focused, purposeful event designed to achieve solutions to a specific challenge or opportunity. Together your delegates from inside and often...
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Thought-leadership and Innovation. Creativity and Critical Thinking
Wouldn’t it be fantastic if … …everyone in business felt inspired, confident and unapologetic enough to think independently, create more and regurgitate less? …people trusted in themselves and listened to their own intuition? …they consulted others, took on board different perspectives, and then...
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How to Facilitate Group Dynamics in Workshops & Sprints
People behave differently in groups than when they are on their own or one-to-one. This episode is a deep-dive into group dynamics for workshop facilitators. I’ll share some fascinating and useful insights into group dynamics that are invaluable for remote and in-person facilitation. Themes...
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Strengths-focused Innovation, with Andy Jenkins
Join me and my special guest, Andy Jenkins of MyLeadership Strengths, for this episode on strengths-focused innovation. Leading innovation in organisations brings great responsibility as well as opportunity. In Andy’s decades of work developing leaders, he’s seen a common response to that...
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Guide to Psychological Safety and Teamwork for Innovators, Facilitators and Change Makers.
Psychological safety is the key ingredient of high performing teams. It is defined as "a belief that one will not be punished or humiliated for speaking up with ideas, questions, concerns, or mistakes” (Professor Amy Edmondson, Harvard Business School). This episode is a great guide to...
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Facilitating a Business Strategy Workshop
In this episode, I share all the essential information you need to know to do a brilliant job of facilitating a business strategy workshop, either for the company you work for or for your clients. The tools, tips and techniques I share can be flexed for virtual / online, in-person and hybrid or...
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A Guide to Hybrid Working
Hybrid working, which is sometimes called “blended working”, is a form of flexible working that allows employees to split their time between attending the workplace and working remotely (usually from home). In the current climate, more and more teams are considering or doing hybrid working. This...
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There are SO many things that you could be doing to grow your business, but only 24 hours in a day. So how do you decide which ideas will make the most difference to your bottom line? And how do you get results – fast? Tune in to Idea Time for tools, tips and interviews to find out how.
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