First up, what's an innovation agency and what do they do?

Generally, people use one of five terms for external experts who innovate for companies. They are:

And well, they all pretty much mean the same thing.

While there might be some differences in their approach to innovation, the goal is the same. To help you create a product, process or service innovation that improves the results of an organisation. 

Innovation Expert Nils Vesk discusses why and when people will use an innovation agency and his top 21 tips to evaluating one, so you don’t waste a fortune.

What makes an innovation agency so good at solving your problems is that they have a diverse group of professionals who look at your situation from a different perspective.

Whether you want to innovate on your own like an innovation agency or want to go and hire one, there are four critical areas you want to consider.

If you're an innovation manager struggling to understand innovation but don't have the budget for an innovation consultancy. Consider our innovation membership group TheReinventionClub.com

Nils Vesk is a Four-Time Author and International Keynote Speaker. Nils has worked globally with over 200 bluechip companies including 3M, American Express, Canon, Caltex, Microsoft, Nestle´, IBM, Fuji Xerox, PWC, HP and Pfizer.

It sucks if your business results have hit the ceiling, and you can't see a way to increase them.

Running a rapid business innovation event is one proven way to achieve a breakthrough.

But…

If you get it wrong, you can waste a lot of time, energy, and money.

I can help you eliminate nearly all the risks with the following hackathon and innovation sprint tips.

Innovation Expert Nils Vesk discusses how to  eliminate nearly all the risks with the following hackathon and innovation sprint tips.

You’ll also learn about what the difference between these growth hacking activities and which one will work best for you?

You can find out more about To find out ways to build prototypes or validation experiments, check out Nils Vesk’s latest book The Reinvention Sprint Book.

Nils Vesk is a Four-Time Author and International Keynote Speaker. Nils has worked globally with over 200 bluechip companies including 3M, American Express, Canon, Caltex, Microsoft, Nestle´, IBM, Fuji Xerox, PWC, HP and Pfizer.

Synonyms, what the heck?

Yes, being able to find other words to describe innovation can help your business.

When I started my innovation journey 20 or so years ago, most people didn’t know what business innovation meant.

The only solution was to take people through it step by step.

Today people immediately associate innovation with risk.

But there are other words that can make your life easier if you've got people…

· Pushing back against innovating

· Who don't understand how innovation can apply to their work/ role

· Are scared of losing their job by making mistakes

· That can't afford to make mistakes/ be seen to be risky

· Who don't know what innovation means

I share the top innovation synonyms you need to try out.

PS: You can see the whole list of innovation synonyms here. 

Cheers,

Nils

I often get asked this question "How do I innovate when I have no time?"

TO answer this question I share the story of a client of mine who had this exact problem. And the one technique I shared with him, saved his career.

I hope you enjoy it, but more importantly, I hope you apply the technique. It works!

You can read about it here too: https://ideaswithlegs.com/blog/innovation-prompt-that-makes-money

Tnx for listening.

Cheers,

Nils

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