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From Information to Innovation

Talkat SmashingConf Freiburg 2024 · 2024-09-09..09-11· [engineering-leadership]
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Research at Miro compares BCG-listed innovators and a global survey where 98% of leaders call innovation urgent while McKinsey finds only 10% satisfied; common drivers are purpose, agility, structured collaboration and customer centricity. Concrete examples: Shopify’s checkout features (remember me later renamed Shop Pay), paper prototypes and 3D‑printed phone mocks, an A/B that auto‑expanded order summary and caused a 2% drop in conversion, then a later one‑page checkout with a toggle. Practices include Miro boards, an internal AI chat linking people to experts, feedback rituals and rapid experiments.

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  1. 0:00Introduction and talk overview
  2. 1:50Why innovation matters now
  3. 3:15The S-curve and innovation strategy
  4. 5:22Mushrooms as innovation inspiration
  5. 8:13Researching innovation at Miro
  6. 10:20Shopify’s innovation culture case study
  7. 13:51Embracing failure and agility
  8. 15:37Collaboration and hack days
  9. 17:01Customer centricity at Shopify
  10. 19:49Realistic view of innovation challenges
  11. 20:31Global survey on innovation struggles
  12. 23:38Susie’s lemonade stand case study
  13. 27:33Building customer-centric culture
  14. 28:58Prototyping and feedback tools
  15. 30:40Effective research questioning techniques
  16. 32:24Research data and feedback loops
  17. 35:56Group knowledge and innovation
  18. 37:41Mushrooms and innovation roots
  19. 40:31Q&A on research and decision-making
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