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futurethink offers the world's largest catalog of innovation research and tools. Rely on our research to stay on top of innovation, and our unique "how-to" tools to immediately spark action. Our comprehensive suite of resources helps you not just better understand innovation, but to start getting it done.

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Advanced Guide: How to Balance Your Innovation Portfolio Using Matrices
1/1/2008 | published by: Futurethink
... a bigger picture of your innovation efforts and ensure that you're funding a mixture of breakthroughs and quick-wins. This 36-page tool + Excel Worksheet + PowerPoint template will show you a variety of evaluation matrices ...  |  more...
$399.00
Advanced Guide: How to Be an Effective Innovation Leader
12/1/2009 | published by: Futurethink
... make innovation effective in their organizations? Discover how you can be a more effective innovation leader to spur action and generate results with this 23-page Tool. What You Can Do with this Tool: Read about ...  |  more...
$399.00
Advanced Guide: How to Define a Vision for Innovation
12/1/2009 | published by: Futurethink
... basis for your innovation efforts, and becomes a rallying cry to inspire employees. In this 17-page Tool, you will see how the most effective innovative organizations define vision statements for innovation. Develop your own and ...  |  more...
$399.00
Advanced Guide: How to Develop a Customer-Driven Model for Innovation
1/1/2008 | published by: Futurethink
... years ago. In fact, the word "customer" is a misnomer. Today, they've become "collaborators." If you're looking for new customer insights, faster rollouts and more successful launches, discover how you can develop a model for ...  |  more...
$399.00
Advanced Guide: How to Develop External Partnerships for Innovation
6/1/2008 | published by: Futurethink
... you'll discover the ways in which you can build better external partnerships when it comes to innovation. What You Can Do with this Tool: Discover four different models of external partnerships. Learn from 20 robust ...  |  more...
$399.00
Advanced Guide: How to Evaluate Ideas
1/1/2008 | published by: Futurethink
... You'll be able to stop work on unnecessary projects, focus on your best ideas, and get everyone in your organization aligned on the most important question of all - "What makes a good idea?" What ...  |  more...
$399.00
Advanced Guide: How to Reward and Recognize Employees for Innovation
1/1/2008 | published by: Futurethink
... role in energizing them. But, what's the right incentive program for them? Do you offer monetary rewards or focus more on recognition? Do you focus on individual or team rewards? Or do you not reward ...  |  more...
$399.00
Advanced Guide: How to Set Innovation Metrics
1/1/2008 | published by: Futurethink
... clear path for remedy. You'll know what's working in your efforts, what's not working, and how to modify or tweak your program. This 19-page Tool will help you identify the right set of metrics to ...  |  more...
$399.00
Advanced Guide: How to Take Better Risks During Innovation
1/1/2008 | published by: Futurethink
... key is clearly setting boundaries for risk-taking and learning how to best function within those boundaries. This 26-page Tool will help you learn how the leading innovators define smart risks, craft a strategy for smart ...  |  more...
$399.00
Advanced Guide: Innovation vs. Investment (Scorecard + Matrix)
12/1/2009 | published by: Futurethink
... for an organization’s innovation efforts. It combines a quantitative scorecard with a 2x2 that will help you focus on the ideas that are best for your business, and achieve a balanced innovation portfolio. What You ...  |  more...
$399.00
Bundle of 6 Skill-Building Tools
12/1/2009 | published by: Futurethink
... how sharing works-in-progress can help quickly and efficiently build more robust ideas. 3. Interview with a Customer:- If you were to have a 15-minute interview with a customer, what would you ask them? 4. Food ...  |  more...
$475.00
Essentials Guide: How to Build an Innovation Process
4/1/2008 | published by: Futurethink
... Workbook will help you learn how other leading innovators move ideas ahead faster, the tools they use to make idea selection objective, and the methods they use to minimize development risk. What You Can Do ...  |  more...
$799.00
Essentials Guide: How to Develop an Innovation Strategy
4/1/2008 | published by: Futurethink
... discover real-life lessons from the leading innovators, craft a custom strategy for your business and arm yourself with information and tools to align teams and get support for your efforts. What You Can Do with ...  |  more...
$799.00
Essentials Guide: How to Enhance Idea Generation for your Organization
4/1/2008 | published by: Futurethink
... your idea generation efforts more proactive, purposeful and successful. What You Can Do with this Tool: * Prepare for the future of your industry and leverage larger trends * Stretch the life of your current ...  |  more...
$799.00
Essentials Guide: How to Foster an Innovative Climate
4/1/2008 | published by: Futurethink
... innovative behavior. This 36-page guide and accompanying 10-page workbook will help you create a tangible, measurable, and tactical action plan. You'll learn how the leading innovators lead by example, encourage smart risk taking, and support ...  |  more...
$799.00
Five Case Studies in Retail Innovation (IKEA, Whole Foods, Nike, Virgin, Harley Davidson)
5/1/2008 | published by: Futurethink
... (15 pages): IKEA’s success as an innovator is undeniable. The company was the first to make beautifully designed home furnishings widely available at low prices; and they created an iconic global brand in the process. ...  |  more...
$395.00
Five Case Studies in Service Innovation (Commerce Bank, IKEA, Starwood, Virgin, Whole Foods)
5/1/2008 | published by: Futurethink
... (14 pages): In retail banking, heavy regulation makes the risk-taking aspect of innovation somewhat unattractive. Commerce Bank, however, has become one of the most successful, high-growth banks in history based on its ability to embrace ...  |  more...
$395.00
Five Case Studies in Service Innovation (TD Bank, IKEA, Starwood, Virgin, Whole Foods)
5/1/2008 | published by: Futurethink
... (14 pages): In retail banking, heavy regulation makes the risk-taking aspect of innovation somewhat unattractive. Commerce Bank, however, has become one of the most successful, high-growth banks in history based on its ability to embrace ...  |  more...
$395.00
Four Case Studies in B2B Innovation (DuPont, John Deere, Novartis, Shell)
5/1/2008 | published by: Futurethink
... pages), learn how the company has re-emerged as one of the world’s most innovative companies. Apple has managed to sustain its innovation efforts with calculated, consistent increases in R&D spending and rapid-fire launches of new ...  |  more...
$297.00
The Future of Green Business Strategy
8/1/2008 | published by: Futurethink
... trends that will affect your organization over the next few years. This 37-page report will give you a handle on the rapidly-evolving world of Green Business Strategies, and uncover four fundamental trends that are shaping ...  |  more...
$399.00
Future of Social Networks
5/1/2008 | published by: Futurethink
... trends that will affect your organization over the next few years. This 43-page report will give you a handle on the rapidly-evolving world of Social Networking, uncover five fundamental trends that are shaping the space, ...  |  more...
$399.00
Idea Generation Tool: +3, -3
12/1/2009 | published by: Futurethink
... improvement. This exercise will help you find ways to enhance your current offerings by refining its component parts, or by removing those parts which aren’t working. This Tool Contains: A customizable worksheet (in PDF format) ...  |  more...
$79.00
Idea Generation Tool: 40 New Opportunities
12/1/2009 | published by: Futurethink
... Theory of Solving Inventive Problems (better known by its Russian acronym TRIZ) provides a systematic process for innovation. Rather than trying to unlock the principles of innovation from the brains of inventors, Altshuller looked at ...  |  more...
$99.00
Idea Generation Tool: Bundle of 7 Idea Generation Tools
12/1/2009 | published by: Futurethink
... and more. This bundle contains futurethink’s favorite tools: 1. What’s Now, What’s Next:- Generate ideas — both incremental and groundbreaking — to improve your current products. 2. Hunting Grounds:- Discover eight diverse, new, and fertile ...  |  more...
$475.00
Idea Generation Tool: Busting Paradigms
12/1/2009 | published by: Futurethink
... unquestioned paradigms in your industry, and uncover ways to break them. You’ll be able to generate truly innovative ideas that will move your business, product or service forward. What You Can Do with this Tool: ...  |  more...
$79.00
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