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More About This Title You Can Kill An Idea, But You Can't Kill An Opportunity: How to Discover New Sources of Growth for Your Organization
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Ideas alone are failing us! They promise growth, but too often lead to products and services that don't deliver. In many companies it can take up to 3,000 ideas to lead to 100 projects, resulting in only 2 launches, producing on average one product that breaks even and of these products only 20% turn a profit. Defining the opportunity first, leads to big ideas that win and increases the odds for success.
Pam Henderson, former faculty at Carnegie Mellon University and author of You Can Kill an Idea, but You Can’t Kill An Opportunity! shows how to apply Opportunity Thinking™ in your own organization to increase speed to market for products, eliminate idea bottlenecks, get crisp on demand space, value open innovation and increase creativity ROI.
Opportunity Thinking™, a new approach to innovation developed by author Pam Henderson, has transformed the way companies and organizations, from Fortune 500 to non-profits, find big ideas that win and create sustainable growth.
Opportunity Thinking™ is a creative journey that taps six sources - market forces, business models, technology, organizations, environments, and design to discover big places to play. Not your average business book, Henderson’s clever narrative, bold visuals and countless stories of companies and brands will inspire you to think in new ways and stretch your mind to consider the possibilities.
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Pam Henderson, PhD is an author, former faculty at Carnegie Mellon University, entrepreneur and recognized speaker. She invented Opportunity Thinking™, a creative approach to innovation that has transformed the way companies and organizations, from Fortune 500 to non-profits, find big ideas that win and create sustainable growth.
She speaks internationally and publishes widely on market insight, business and innovation strategy, and design and has been recognized in the Harvard Business Review, Wall Street Journal, and on NPR.
Pam is co-founder and CEO of NewEdge, a growth, strategy and design firm that uses the Opportunity Thinking™ methodology to create sustainable growth for companies across industries such as John Deere, Pepsico, Dupont and The North Face.
Prior to New Edge, Pam worked with the national laboratory system and Washington State University to commercialize early-stage technologies. She lives with her husband, three children, and dogs in Washington State.
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Chapter 1 Big THINKING 17
Chapter 2 Big GROWTH 31
Chapter 3 Big OPPORTUNITY 45
Big SOURCES 53
Big RELATIONSHIPS 69
Chapter 4 Big EXPLORATION 87
Big TRENDS 91
Big DIMENSIONS 107
Big INSIGHTS 117
Big PICTURE 127
Chapter 5 Big LANDSCAPE 135
Big SPACES 139
Big STARTERS 149
Big SHAPERS 161
Big STORIES 173
Chapter 6 Big IDEAS 183
Big FARMING 189
Killer IDEAS 197
Big MINING 217
Chapter 7 Big FUTURE 229
Little EPILOGUE 247
Index 251
OPORTUNITY WORKSHEETS
IDEAS Vs OPORTUNITIES 257
OPORTUNITY FORMULA 258
Six SOURCES 260
