How To Overhaul Your Digital Innovation Strategy
Every organization needs a digital innovation strategy. No matter the industry, every company can innovate and disrupt using digital technology. Most organizations today are unaware of the massive amount of opportunities that exist to do so. Developing strategic initiatives can feel like a cumbersome undertaking, but start with these next five items and you’ll be […]
How to Innovate with Digital Prototyping
At the heart of every innovation, there’s a consumer insight that is followed by an idea, or a solution. Design Thinking is one of the best ways to make sure the innovation would be meaningful by brainstorming improvements based on consumer feedback before investing heavily in project development. So, how can digital prototyping help? Prototyping […]
Innovative Leadership Characteristics: A Builder
In this episode, we’ll discuss more innovative leadership characteristics. Today we’ll focus on that of a Builder. As a leader, I like to think of myself as an organizational builder. And within that role, there are 3 Different Types of Builders. 1. People Builder Being a People Builder refers to a leader’s job to coach […]
5 Ways to Understand Customer Behavior
When you understand customer behavior, you can gain a huge advantage in recruiting and sales. The basis behind all good recruiting and marketing strategies are a combination of knowing your consumer and grasping what avenues to use to get to them. When you comprehend how your customer thinks, you can then use data and smarter […]
4 Reasons to Build a Digital Prototype
At City Innovation Labs, we’re often asked, “Why Should We Build a Prototype?” Here are the top four reasons why any organization should build a digital prototype. 1. Shared Understanding & Excitement: One of the most important functions that a prototype serves is as a strategic communication tool for casting a vision and inspiring ideas. […]
What is a Servant Leader?
Hi, I’m Josh Barker, CEO of City Innovation Labs. And this is another video in our series called Cultivating Innovation where we talk about the roles that an innovative leader plays in order to create an innovative team. In this video, I’m going to talk about the role of Servant leader. We have already touched […]
The Second Role of an Innovative Leader
Read the video transcript below for the second role in innovative leadership: Hi, I’m Josh Barker, CEO of City Innovation Labs. And this is the third video in our series called Cultivating Innovation where we talk about the roles that an innovative leader plays in order to Create an Innovative Team. In this video I’m […]
The First Role of an Innovative Leader
Hi, I’m Josh Barker, CEO of City Innovation Labs. This is the second video in a series we call Cultivating Innovation where we talk about the roles that an innovative leader plays in order to Create an Innovative Team. This video I’m going to talk about the first role an innovative leader, which is that […]
How to Create an Innovative Team
Hi, I’m Josh Barker, CEO of City Innovation Labs – a digital product innovation company. I am here in beautiful Pennsylvania on a road trip doing a lot of innovation workshops. We just finished one in Benton Harbor, MI with a large home appliance manufacturer, and it was a lot of fun. Very smart people […]
Why Failure was the Catalyst for Creation: the CIL Origin Story
City Innovation Labs was born as an answer to all the mistakes I’d made as an entrepreneur, it was my mission to help others avoid making the same ones. CIL is a digital product innovation firm set on helping innovation teams take their vision to life while ensuring together we build the right product. We focus […]