To successfully innovate, teams need to become more intentionally observant of their surroundings, and more empathetic to the needs of those they seek to serve. Now, master a new set of discovery tools for doing all this – and integrate them into a complete innovation framework that works. Navigating Spaces - Tools for Discovery is part of Philadelphia University's breakthrough approach to innovation: one that links business, design and engineering, and delivers extraordinary results in both new and existing ventures. First, Dr. Stephen Spinelli and Heather McGowan introduce this "Disrupt Together" approach, explain its deep roots in design thinking, and show how it generates far more high-value ideas for innovation. Next, Dr. Natalie Nixon drills down to focus specifically on the discovery process. Reflecting new research and interviews with 12 diverse innovation practitioners, Nixon introduces a deep inventory of tools and tactics you can use to probe for discovery, iteratively assess interactions, and create a complete "map of understanding." By creating this map, you can observe whether your innovations will achieve the outcomes you intend, shape better solutions, and unearth powerful new opportunities – both in incremental improvements and in entirely new systems. Navigating Spaces - Tools for Discovery is one of 15 e-chapters addressing all facets of innovation, from design processes and team development to business models and value delivery. Each is crafted by a pioneering business innovator – and they all integrate into today's most coherent, realistic blueprint for innovation. For all entrepreneurs, executives, managers, strategists, and students who want to drive more value from innovation. Natalie Nixon, Ph.D., is a hybrid thinker, synthesizing creative and analytical approaches to arrive at innovative opportunities. A design-thinking researcher, she has 15+ years of experience as an educator, and has worked in the fashion industry as an entrepreneurial hat designer and in sourcing for The Limited Brands in Sri Lanka and Portugal. Her consulting interests are in business design and in extending fashion strategies to other industries. She earned her BA (cum laude) from Vassar College, Anthropology and Africana Studies; M.S. from Philadelphia University, Global Textile Marketing; and Ph.D. from the University of Westminster, London, Design Management.

Spinelli and McGowan integrate a broad network of international leaders on innovation to demonstrate the tight linkages between innovation and opportunity recognition. Building on the award winning Philadelphia University curriculum redesign that is reshaping how innovation is taught worldwide, these experts highlight how to identify relevant opportunities more effectively than ever before. The team covers every facet of innovation, including design processes, team development, ethnography, audits and charrettes, opportunity shaping and assessment, business models, value delivery, systems thinking, and more. Master the art of innovation in teams! Disrupt Together introduces a breakthrough transdisciplinary, team-based approach to innovation that integrates business, design and engineering, and can deliver powerful results for both new ventures and existing companies with case study examples from education, healthcare, branding, and consumer product and service design. The book will serve as the definitive companion text for a growing number of innovation and entrepreneurship programs that either follow the Philadelphia University model or have been influenced by it. This guide will also be an indispensable resource for every business practitioner seeking to build innovative new organizations or reinvigorate innovation in existing firms. Contributors and Interviews from Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, Continuum Innovation, Jump Associates, University of Pennsylvania, Becton Dickinson, Sapient Nitro, Ontario College of Art and Design, Massachusetts General Hospital, MIT Media Lab, Smart Design, and more. Foreword by Steve Blank.

When business models collide with the real world, it's often necessary to make rapid and decisive changes. Entrepreneurs call this pivoting – and it is not easy. Now, learn how to leverage design and learning skills to prepare for pivots, manage them effectively, and integrate them into a complete innovation framework that works! Business Model Execution - Navigating with the Pivot is part of Philadelphia University's breakthrough approach to innovation: one that links business, design and engineering, and delivers extraordinary results in both new and existing ventures. First, Dr. Stephen Spinelli and Heather McGowan introduce this "Disrupt Together" approach, explain its deep roots in design thinking, and show how it generates far more high-value ideas for innovation. Next, David Charron drills down to focus specifically on the pivot. Charron covers pivoting at both key phases of the innovation process: the early search phase (before you've already made massive investments in your innovation or business model) and the execution phase (while these investments are already underway). You'll systematically review why pivots often fail – and how to overcome the obstacles that cause them to fail. Business Model Execution - Navigating with the Pivot is one of 15 e-chapters addressing all facets of innovation, from design processes and team development to business models and value delivery. Each is crafted by a pioneering business innovator – and they all integrate into today's most coherent, realistic blueprint for innovation. For all entrepreneurs, executives, managers, strategists, and students who want to drive more value from innovation. David Charron, Senior Fellow and Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at the Haas School of Business, teaches in its MBA, EWMBA, and executive programs. Berkeley's NSF ICorps faculty lead, he has served as Executive Director of the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and of the Berkeley Innovative Leader Development initiative. An entrepreneur, investor, mentor, and consultant in Silicon Valley, he has spent 25 years focusing on technology commercialization and entrepreneurship with Stanford, MIT, Xerox PARC, and others. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford and an MBA from Berkeley.

Framing a powerful vision for engagement is critical to achieving sustainable, profitable business innovation. Now, discover how to do this, and how to integrate your vision into a complete innovation framework that works. Framing the Vision for Engagement is part of Philadelphia University's breakthrough team-based approach to innovation: one that links business, design and engineering, and delivers extraordinary results in both new and existing ventures. First, Dr. Stephen Spinelli and Heather McGowan introduce this "Disrupt Together" approach, explain its deep roots in design thinking, and show how it generates far more high-value ideas for innovation. Next, McGowan introduces a powerful start-to-finish process for taking a strategic directive and making it actionable for the enterprise. Using this Discover, Formulate, Develop, Optimize methodology, you can engage all your talent to collectively position any organization for innovation. Through a powerful case study – the launch of Philadelphia University's Maurice Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce (DEC) – you'll learn how to systematically apply these techniques to create actionable visions you can then transform into value. Framing the Vision for Engagement is one of 15 e-chapters addressing all facets of innovation, from design processes and team development to business models and value delivery. Each is crafted by a pioneering business innovator – and they all integrate into today's most coherent, realistic blueprint for innovation. For all entrepreneurs, executives, managers, strategists, and students who want to drive more value from innovation.

Before you can achieve sustainable, profitable business innovation, you need to understand where you stand now: your strengths, weaknesses, and best opportunities for improvement. Now, discover how to do this, and how to integrate assessment into a complete innovation framework that works. Assessing Your Innovation Capability is part of Philadelphia University's breakthrough team-based approach to innovation: one that links business, design and engineering, and delivers extraordinary results in both new and existing ventures. First, Dr. Stephen Spinelli and Heather McGowan introduce this "Disrupt Together" approach, explain its deep roots in design thinking, and show how it generates far more high-value ideas for innovation. Next, Ellen di Resta drills down to offer comprehensive, expert guidance for all facets of innovation assessment, including: Deciding where to start when you know you need to innovate Assessing your organization's current innovation skills, and identifying gaps Identifying the types of innovation your people naturally gravitate to – and the types they resist or never think about Recognizing the types of thinking your organization currently encourages Determining whether your team knows how to translate design into your finished product, service, or experience Assessing Your Innovation Capability is one of 15 e-chapters addressing all facets of innovation, from design processes and team development to business models and value delivery. Each is crafted by a pioneering business innovator – and they all integrate into today's most coherent, realistic blueprint for innovation. For all entrepreneurs, executives, managers, strategists, and students who want to drive more value from innovation. Ellen di Resta specializes in creating new sources of revenue for companies seeking to reinvent themselves, and aligning market insight to create successful new products and services. She has worked in corporate and consulting capacities, currently with Becton Dickinson, and with clients such as P and G, Tetra Pak, and the Center for Creative Leadership. She founded Synaptics Group to apply broad educational and industry experience to academic, speaking, and writing venues. A frequent lecturer and advisor to university and corporate innovation programs, she holds degrees in design, engineering, and business.

Sustaining effective innovation is today's #1 business challenge. Success begins with strategy. Effective strategy begins with becoming a strategic organization. Now, discover how to do this, and how to integrate strategy into a complete innovation framework that works. Becoming a Strategic Organization is part of Philadelphia University's breakthrough team-based approach to innovation: one that links business, design and engineering, and delivers extraordinary results in both new and existing ventures. First, Dr. Stephen Spinelli and Heather McGowan introduce this "Disrupt Together" approach, explain its deep roots in design thinking, and show how it generates far more high-value ideas for innovation. Next, Dr. Geoffrey Cromarty drills down to focus specifically on organizational strategy. Drawing on Philadelphia University's own remarkable experience, Cromarty demonstrates how to create intentional, flexible strategic plans that promote innovation; and how to improve innovation preparation, execution, and adaptability throughout the organization. Becoming a Strategic Organization is one of 15 e-chapters addressing all facets of innovation, from design processes and team development to business models and value delivery. Each is crafted by a pioneering business innovator -- and they all integrate into today's most coherent, realistic blueprint for innovation. For all entrepreneurs, executives, managers, strategists, and students who want to drive more value from innovation. Dr. Geoffrey Cromarty, Ed.D., is Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Philadelphia University, where he has also served as Vice President of Planning and Institutional Research, Interim Dean of the School of Design and Engineering, and Executive Assistant to the President. He led the University's first strategic planning effort as well as its master plan, landscape plan, and capital plans.

To succeed, every innovation needs to be paired with the right business model. Now, discover how to create the best possible business model for every new opportunity – and integrate business modeling into a complete innovation framework that works! Developing Sustainable Business Models is part of Philadelphia University's breakthrough approach to innovation: one that links business, design and engineering, and delivers extraordinary results in both new and existing ventures. First, Dr. Stephen Spinelli and Heather McGowan introduce this "Disrupt Together" approach, explain its deep roots in design thinking, and show how it generates far more high-value ideas for innovation. Next, Nabil Harfoush drills down to focus specifically on business modeling for new innovations. Harfoush shows how to develop and evaluate several alternative business models, identify and pursue the most promising combinations, and then develop detailed business plans that widen your strategy options and offer higher ROI potential. Along the way, he introduces techniques that promote collaboration across various business lines, helping you overcome obstacles and inefficiencies that often slow down the process of taking innovations to market. Developing Sustainable Business Models is one of 15 e-chapters addressing all facets of innovation, from design processes and team development to business models and value delivery. Each is crafted by a pioneering business innovator – and they all integrate into today's most coherent, realistic blueprint for innovation. For all entrepreneurs, executives, managers, strategists, and students who want to drive more value from innovation. Nabil Harfoush is Director of Strategic Innovation Lab at OCAD University in Toronto, and Assistant Professor in its Strategic Foresight and Innovation Masters Program. He leads a research group on Strongly Sustainable Business Models. He is a Fellow at Philadelphia University, where he teaches Business Model Innovation. He has over 40 years of experience as engineer, executive, entrepreneur, and educator. He has consulted for enterprises, governments, the World Bank, WHO, UNESCO, and IDRC, and has served as CIO of several technology companies. He holds a master's degree in computer engineering and a Ph.D. summa cum laude in digital data communications.