Precedent Driven Innovation framework at work
Precedent Driven Innovation framework at work
Innovation has been one of the most sought-after but elusive notions in history. We studied the most prominent innovators and saw a pattern. First, they looked at a problem in a new way. Then they found inspiration in unusual places and recombined ideas to create new solutions
Hedy Lamarr
Albert Einstein
Innovation has been one of the most sought-after but elusive notions in history. We studied the most prominent innovators and saw a pattern. First, they looked at a problem in a new way. Then they found inspiration in unusual places and recombined ideas to create new solutions
Hedy Lamarr
Albert Einstein
In FRAME, we discover your primary challenges and unlock a path to creative thinking
PDI Step #1 Outcome:
Strategic Innovation Challenge
The framing of a problem is often far more essential than its solution”
Albert
Einstein
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Customers
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Staff
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Executives
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Partners
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Opinion Leaders
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PERSPECTIVES
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Market(S)
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Business
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Technology
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Regulation
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Etc.
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FACTS
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Timeframe
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Investment
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Partners
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Etc.
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PARAMETERS
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Degree Of Difficulty
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Innovation Required
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Size Of Challenge
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PRIORITIZATION
First Fundamental Reality of Innovation:
Innovation begins with framing your critical challenge in new ways
First Fundamental Reality of Innovation:
Innovation begins with framing your critical challenge in new ways
In FRAME, we discover your primary challenges and unlock a path to creative thinking
PDI Step #1 Outcome:
Strategic Innovation Challenge
The framing of a problem is often far more essential than its solution”
Albert
Einstein
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Customers
-
Staff
-
Executives
-
Partners
-
Opinion Leaders
01
PERSPECTIVES
-
Market(S)
-
Business
-
Technology
-
Regulation
-
Etc.
02
FACTS
-
Degree Of Difficulty
-
Innovation Required
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Size Of Challenge
04
PRIORITIZATION
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Timeframe
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Investment
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Partners
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Etc.
03
PARAMETERS
The Recombinators approach is the
Regional Head of Strategy and Innovation,
Leading consumer beverage organization
most structured, proven, and effective
approach to solving tough challenges
innovation."
way I think about strategy and
that we have ever seen. It changed the
The Recombinators approach is
the most structured, proven, and
effective approach to solving tough
strategy and innovation."
changed the way I think about
challenges that we have ever seen. It
Regional Head of Strategy and Innovation,
Leading consumer beverage organization
Second Fundamental Reality of Innovation:
Innovation is the result of “creative re-combination,” fueled by inspirations from unexpected places
In CREATE, we find strategic analogs to critical challenges to stimulate unconstrained inspiration for innovative solutions
PDI Step #2 Outcome:
Breakthrough Ideas
Creativity is just connecting things.”
Steve Jobs
What elements must be solved in order to crack the innovation?
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DECONSTRUCT
How do we generalize each element of the challenge to enable unconstrained thinking?
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DISASSOCIATE
Has anyone, anywhere, anytime, ever solved the piece of the puzzle?
03
SEARCH & FILTER
Which combination of specific precedents would crack the challenge?
04
RECOMBINE
Second Fundamental Reality of Innovation: Innovation is the result of “creative re-combination,” fueled by inspirations from unexpected places
In CREATE, we find strategic analogs to critical challenges to stimulate unconstrained inspiration for innovative solutions
PDI Step #2 Outcome:
Breakthrough Ideas
Creativity is just connecting things.”
Steve Jobs
How do we generalize each element of the challenge to enable unconstrained thinking?
02
DISASSOCIATE
Has anyone, anywhere, anytime, ever solved the piece of the puzzle?
03
SEARCH & FILTER
Which combination of specific precedents would crack the challenge?
04
RECOMBINE
What elements must be solved in order to crack the innovation?
01
DECONSTRUCT
This team brings a unique ability to find
VP Of Marketing,
Global consumer healthcare organization
question... and the process was
innovative solutions to our business
beyond the obvious and get to
uncover... Their research helped us get
meaningful answers that aren't easy to
actually fun!"
This team brings a unique ability to
VP Of Marketing,
Global consumer healthcare organization
to our business question...and
and get to innovative solutions
helped us get beyond the obvious
easy to uncover... Their research
find meaningful answers that aren't
the process was actually
fun!"
Third Fundamental Reality of Innovation:
Innovation is the result of “creative re-combination,” fueled by inspirations from unexpected places
In PRIME, we ground creative ideas to develop an action plan and drive immediate results in the market
PDI Step #3 Outcome:
Innovation Strategy & Conditions to Succeed
Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”
Guy Kawasaki
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Size the growth opportunity
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Identify market-based parameters & constraints
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MARKET
SENSING
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Align org capabilities with needs
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Portfolio match
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Gap analysis
02
CAPABILITY
FIT
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Detailed Big Idea profile
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Multi-year roadmap
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Critical success factors
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IDEA DEVELOPMENT
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Pilot Program build
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Go-to-market execution
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KPI creation & monitoring
04
PILOT, LAUNCH,
LEARN
Third Fundamental Reality of Innovation:
Innovation is the result of “creative re-combination,” fueled by inspirations
from unexpected places
In PRIME, we ground creative ideas to develop an action plan and drive immediate results in the market
PDI Step #3 Outcome:
Innovation Strategy & Conditions to Succeed
Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”
Guy Kawasaki
-
Size the growth opportunity
-
Identify market-based parameters & constraints
01
MARKET SENSING
-
Align org capabilities with needs
-
Portfolio match
-
Gap analysis
02
CAPABILITY FIT
03
IDEA DEVELOPMENT
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Detailed Big Idea profile
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Multi-year roadmap
-
Critical success factors
-
Pilot Program build
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Go-to-market execution
-
KPI creation & monitoring
04
PILOT, LAUNCH, LEARN
Excellent customer service, gets “the
Executive Director of Commercial Operations,
Leading healthcare organization
big picture”, a strategic partner and is a
team of great creative minds.”
Excellent customer service, gets
Executive Director of Commercial Operations,
Leading healthcare organization
"the big picture”, a strategic partner
and is a team of great
creative minds.”
Excellent customer service, gets “the big picture”, a strategic partner and is a team of great creative minds”
Executive Director of Commercial Operations,
Leading healthcare organization
The Recombinators approach is the most structured, proven, and effective approach to solving tough challenges that we have ever seen. It changed the way I think about strategy and innovation."
Regional Head of Strategy and Innovation,
Leading consumer beverage organization
The Recombinators approach is the most structured, proven, and effective approach to solving tough challenges that we have ever seen. It changed the way I think about strategy and innovation."
Regional Head of Strategy and Innovation,
Leading consumer beverage organization
Recombinators enhances its Ways to Win and Skills to Win practices by leveraging JustAskLUCY – the world's largest innovation precedent database
LUCY provides you with thousands of examples of companies, people, and entities that have solved pieces of a specific challenge. We use gen AI tools to enhance this process with more efficient search and more creative inspiration.
Innovation Precedent Database
LUCY provides you with thousands of examples of companies, people, and entities that have solved pieces of a specific challenge. We use gen AI tools to enhance this process with more efficient search and more creative inspiration.
Recombinators enhances its Ways to Win and Skills to Win practices by leveraging JustAskLUCY – the world's largest innovation precedent database
Our AI Intergration Framework
We have been at the forefront of using generative AI for our clients. SOTA tools speed up certain primary and secondary research activities. However, modern-day LLMs’ capabilities lag behind teams of innovators armed with PDI in terms of understanding challenge context and nuance, commonsense reasoning, using emotional intelligence, solution creativity and originality, dealing with ambiguity, ethical and moral judgment, learning from limited data, and several other areas.
Our AI Intergration Framework
Recombinators’ Managing Partner, Nadim Yacteen, delivers talks on How Innovation Happens to Senior Executives and their teams
Public Speaking Opportunities
Recombinators’ Managing Partner, Nadim Yacteen, delivers talks on How Innovation Happens to Senior Executives and their teams