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Absorptive Capacity

The ability of a business to recognize, assimilate, and apply new knowledge.
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Accelerated Innovation

The process of speeding up innovation cycles to bring new products, services, or processes to market more quickly.
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Adaptive Innovation

Innovation that involves making ongoing, incremental adjustments and improvements in response to changing circumstances or feedback.
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Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence is the use of digital and data-driven capabilities to improve how organizations discover opportunities, design solutions, and...
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Artificial Intelligence Ethics

The field of study, policy, and practice dealing with the moral issues arising from the use and impact of artificial intelligence.
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Augmented Intelligence

A design pattern for a human-centered partnership model of people and artificial intelligence working together to enhance cognitive performance.
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Automated Innovation

The application of automation and AI technologies to the innovation process, potentially accelerating the ideation, development, and implementation of new produ
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Behavioral Innovation

The application of behavioral science theories to product development and marketing, with the aim of making products that encourage specific user behaviors.
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Benchmarking

Benchmarking is the systematic comparison of performance, practices, or capabilities against peers or best-in-class organizations to identify innovation...
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Breakthrough Innovation

Breakthrough Innovation is the deliberate application of new ideas, methods, or technologies to deliver measurable improvements in products, services,...
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Business Agility

The ability of a business to adapt rapidly and efficiently in response to changes in the business environment.
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Business Case

A business case is a structured justification for an innovation initiative, covering expected value, costs, risks, and strategic fit.
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Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence is the practice of transforming data into actionable insights that support strategic and operational innovation decisions.
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Business Transformation

A process of profound change that orients an organization in a new direction and takes it to an entirely different level of effectiveness.
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Closed Innovation

The traditional model of innovation where a company develops new products and ideas in-house without external collaboration.
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Computational Creativity

The study of modeling, simulating or replicating creativity using a computer. It involves the use of artificial intelligence technologies to simulate human crea
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Concurrent Working

Concurrent Working is an approach where multiple innovation activities run in parallel instead of sequentially to shorten cycle time and increase learning...
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Convergent Innovation

Convergent Innovation is the deliberate application of new ideas, methods, or technologies to deliver measurable improvements in products, services,...
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Corporate Innovation

Corporate Innovation is the deliberate application of new ideas, methods, or technologies to deliver measurable improvements in products, services,...
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Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate Social Responsibility is a management framework that integrates social and environmental accountability into business decisions, including...
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Creative Problem-Solving

Creative Problem-Solving is a core innovation concept used to improve how organizations identify opportunities, develop solutions, and deliver value.
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Cross-Pollination

The exchange of ideas or methods between different industries or disciplines to create innovative solutions.
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Crowdsourcing

Crowdsourcing is the practice of sourcing ideas, solutions, or contributions from a large distributed community rather than only internal teams.
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Cultural Intelligence

The ability to function effectively in various cultural contexts (national, ethnic, organizational, generational, etc.)
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Dark Innovation

Innovations that have potential negative impacts, either ethically, socially, or environmentally, and often go unregulated or undetected.
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Decision Intelligence

The discipline of making informed and effective decisions based on data, tools, and techniques like artificial intelligence and machine learning.
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Design-to-Value

An approach where product development focuses on creating maximum value for the customer by balancing functionality and cost.
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Digital Disruption

The change that occurs when new digital technologies and business models affect the value proposition of existing goods and services.
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Digital Transformation

The process of using digital technologies to create new β€” or modify existing β€” business processes, culture, and customer experiences to meet changing business a
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Digitalization

Digitalization is the use of digital and data-driven capabilities to improve how organizations discover opportunities, design solutions, and scale...
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Disruption

Disruption describes innovation that significantly changes market expectations, value chains, or competitive dynamics.
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Disruptive Strategy

An approach that seeks to disrupt the status quo of the industry or market with a strategy that is revolutionary or innovative. It aims to gain a competitive ad
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Disruptive Technologies

Disruptive Technologies describes innovation that significantly changes market expectations, value chains, or competitive dynamics.
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Divergent Innovation

Divergent Innovation is the deliberate application of new ideas, methods, or technologies to deliver measurable improvements in products, services,...
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Ephemeralization

The ability of technological advancement to do "more and more with less and less" until eventually you can do everything with nothing. Coined by R. Buckminste
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Evolutionary Innovation

A type of innovation that makes gradual improvements and adaptations to existing products, processes, or ideas.
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Experiential Innovation

Innovation that focuses on creating novel and engaging customer experiences.
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Experimental Design

A systematic method used to determine cause-and-effect relationships by manipulating one or more factors thought to influence the behavior being studied.
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Exploitation

Exploitation is the innovation capability of improving and scaling existing products, processes, or business models to capture near-term value efficiently.
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Exponential Technologies

Technologies that are rapidly accelerating and shaping major industries and all aspects of our lives, e.g., artificial intelligence, robotics, and digital biolo
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Feature Creep

The excessive addition of new features into a product which can result in over-complication rather than improved functionality.
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Frugal Innovation

The process of reducing the complexity and cost of a good and its production, enabling more people to access it.
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Futuring

Futuring is a forward-looking practice that explores plausible future scenarios to guide long-term innovation strategy and capability building.
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Gamification

Gamification is the use of game mechanics in non-game contexts to increase participation, motivation, and behavior change in innovation activities.
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Growth Hacking

Growth Hacking is an experiment-driven approach to rapid growth that combines product, marketing, and analytics to identify scalable traction loops.
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Hackathon

A hackathon is a time-limited event where diverse participants collaborate intensively to develop prototypes or solve defined problems.
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High Velocity Decision Making

The ability to make high-quality, high-speed decisions, often seen as a key factor for innovation in a fast-paced environment.
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Horizon Scanning

The systematic examination of potential threats, opportunities and likely future developments, often beyond the traditional range of a business or individual's
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Hybrid Thinking

Hybrid Thinking combines analytical and creative reasoning to evaluate evidence while generating novel options for innovation decisions.
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Hyper-Adoption of Innovation

Hyper-Adoption of Innovation is the deliberate application of new ideas, methods, or technologies to deliver measurable improvements in products,...
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Idea Management

The structured process of collecting, evaluating, and prioritizing ideas to drive innovation across an organization.
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Idea Validation

Idea Validation is the process of testing whether a concept solves a real problem and can succeed technically, commercially, and operationally.
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Ideation

Ideation is the deliberate generation and shaping of potential solutions to defined opportunities or problems.
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Ideation Management

The process of generating, developing, and communicating new ideas to drive innovation.
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Ideation Software

Ideation Software is digital tooling that helps teams capture, organize, evaluate, and develop ideas across the innovation lifecycle.
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Incremental Innovation

The process of introducing minor improvements or upgrades to existing products, services, processes or ideas.
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Industry 4.0

The current trend of automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies, including cyber-physical systems, IoT, and cloud computing.
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Industry Disruption

A significant change in an industry that displaces established systems, products, or businesses.
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Information Architecture

The structure and organization of information within a digital environment, often pertaining to websites or applications.
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Informational Advantage

A competitive advantage a company has due to superior knowledge or use of information.
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Innovation Accounting

A framework to understand the progress of innovation efforts, measure their success and understand their impact on the company’s overall financial performance.
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Innovation Adoption Model

Innovation Adoption Model is the deliberate application of new ideas, methods, or technologies to deliver measurable improvements in products, services,...
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Innovation Agility

Innovation Agility is the deliberate application of new ideas, methods, or technologies to deliver measurable improvements in products, services,...
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Innovation Ambition

Innovation Ambition is the deliberate application of new ideas, methods, or technologies to deliver measurable improvements in products, services,...
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Innovation Audit

Innovation Audit is the deliberate application of new ideas, methods, or technologies to deliver measurable improvements in products, services, processes,...
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Innovation Barriers

Obstacles that prevent or hinder the process of innovation within an organization
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Innovation Capabilities

Innovation Capabilities is the deliberate application of new ideas, methods, or technologies to deliver measurable improvements in products, services,...
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Innovation Capital

The accumulated resources that an organization can leverage to foster and promote innovation, including human capital, financial capital, reputation, and intell
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Innovation Champions

Innovation Champions is the deliberate application of new ideas, methods, or technologies to deliver measurable improvements in products, services,...
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Innovation Cycles

Series of stages in the life of an innovation, from idea generation to market introduction and beyond
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Innovation Diffusion

The process by which an innovation is communicated and spread over time among the participants in a social system.
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Innovation Diffusion Curve

A graphical representation of how a new product or idea is adopted or accepted over time within a specific population.
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Innovation Equity

The accumulated wealth or value a company generates through its innovation efforts and intellectual property.
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Innovation Frameworks

Structures that outline a company's approach to promoting, organizing, and managing innovation
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Innovation Impact

Measure of the effectiveness and influence of an innovation on its intended audience, market, or sector
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Innovation Labs

Dedicated spaces where new ideas are explored and developed, fostering creativity and innovation.
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Innovation Life Cycle

The series of stages that an innovation goes through from inception to diffusion and adoption. Stages may include ideation, development, maturity, and decline.
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Innovation Management

The systematic process of managing all aspects of innovation activities, from idea generation to implementation.
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Innovation Maturity Model

A tool used to assess the level of maturity of an organization's innovation processes and capabilities. Helps determine readiness and areas for improvement.
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Innovation Methodologies

Approaches and techniques used to guide the innovation process, such as Design Thinking, Agile, Lean, etc.
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Innovation Paradox

The challenge that companies face when they must innovate to grow, but focus on core operations and short-term objectives hinders the risk-taking and experiment
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Innovation Projects

Specific tasks or activities undertaken with the aim to introduce novel ideas or improvements in a system or product.
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Innovation Readiness

The measure of an organization's capability to implement and adopt innovative solutions. It takes into account factors like culture, resources, skills, and infr
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Innovation Roadmap

A strategic plan that outlines the steps necessary to achieve innovation goals over a specified timeframe.
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Innovation Sandbox

A safe, controlled environment in which ideas can be tested and experimented with without impacting the regular operations of an organization.
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Innovation Scouting

The process of searching for and identifying new technologies, products, or practices that can be incorporated into a company's innovation strategy. It often in
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Innovation Stages

The different phases that an idea or concept passes through in the innovation process. Common stages include ideation, development, prototyping, testing, and co
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Innovation Strategy

A plan designed to help a company achieve its innovation goals by defining what should be done, why it's important, and how it will be executed.
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Innovation Systems

A network of organizations, individuals, and policies that interact in the innovation process, promoting the development and diffusion of new technologies and i
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Innovation Theater

A term for innovation efforts that are more about show than substance, typically offering little real business value.
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Innovation Types

The different forms of innovation, such as product, process, marketing, and organizational innovation.
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Innovation Velocity

The speed at which an organization can transform innovative ideas into tangible outcomes.
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Innovation-Led Growth

A strategy of fueling growth in a business or economy through the development and application of innovative technologies, products, or processes. This type of g
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Intellectual Capital

The intangible value of an organization, including the knowledge, experience, and intellectual property it possesses.
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Maker Movement

A cultural trend that celebrates creating, crafting, and inventing using digital fabrication technologies like 3D printing, robotics, and coding.
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Meta Innovation

The innovation of the innovation process itself, often involving new strategies, frameworks, or tools for promoting and managing innovation.
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Minimum Viable Product (MVP)

A version of a new product with sufficient features to satisfy early adopters, providing a basis for feedback for future development.
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Modular Innovation

A type of innovation that involves making changes to individual components of a product, rather than changing the overall product design.
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Network Effects

The phenomenon where the value or utility a user derives from a good or service depends on the number of users that use it.
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Pivot

A strategic shift by a startup or other business, often when a particular product, service, or strategy isn't working.
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Quantitative Research

Research method involving the collection and statistical analysis of numerical data, often used to gauge market size, consumer preferences, and other measurable
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R&D Innovation

The process of innovating via research and development activities to create new materials, products, or procedures.
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Radical Innovation

A form of innovation that introduces a transformative change, creating new industries or reshaping existing ones.
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Reengineering

The radical redesign of business processes for dramatic improvement.
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Resources for Innovation

The various assets (such as funds, time, personnel, equipment, and intellectual property) necessary to develop and implement innovative ideas.
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Reverse Innovation

An innovation seen or used first in the developing world, before spreading to the industrialized world.
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Risk Assessment

A systematic process of evaluating the potential risks that may be involved in a projected activity or undertaking. This can involve identifying potential risks
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Risk Management

The practice of identifying, assessing, and controlling threats to an organization's capital and earnings. These threats, or risks, could stem from a variety of
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Sensing Capabilities

The ability of an organization to perceive and understand changes in its environment, such as customer needs, technological advancements, and market trends, to
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Service Innovation

The introduction of a new or significantly improved service concept, client interaction channel, or business model.
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Simulation of a Service Experience

An imitation of a service process, often using technology, to test and refine the service before it is implemented.
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Stakeholder Management

The process of managing the expectations and requirements of those who have an interest in a project or organization. Stakeholders can include employees, custom
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Strategic Foresight

The discipline of exploring, understanding, and interpreting the future to aid decision-making in the present.
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Strategic Innovation

The process of making changes in a company's business model, methodology, or products to effectively deal with competitive threats or to seize new opportunities
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Technological Convergence

The process where separate technologies evolve towards performing similar tasks. This can lead to the integration of different systems and industries, creating
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Technological Forecasting

The prediction of future characteristics of useful machines, procedures, or techniques.
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Technological Innovation

The development and application of new technologies to improve products, services, or processes. Technological innovation can be product-based (resulting in new
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The House of Quality

A diagram, resembling a house, used in quality function deployment that translates customer requirements into appropriate technical requirements for each stage
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Tolerance for Ambiguity

The ability to function effectively in situations of uncertainty or lack of information, a critical skill for innovation.
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User Centric Innovation

An approach to innovation that places the needs and desires of the end user at the forefront of product or service design and development. The goal is to create
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User Innovation

Innovation generated by users or consumers, typically to meet their own needs, which can subsequently be adopted by manufacturers or service providers.
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Zero-Based Innovation

An approach to innovation that involves starting from scratch, with no assumptions or restrictions based on previous work.
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