Ryan Ottinger

Ryan is an Innovation Consultant with an interdisciplinary career background. Graduating from Stanford University with a degree in Symbolic Systems, his coursework included computer science, UX design, and research and statistics.

Before joining Fresh, Ryan worked as a full-stack developer. While at Microsoft, he contributed to the Microsoft Whiteboard product.

Ryan loves talking to people about new technologies, philosophical debates, and gaming. He’s a PC enthusiast and also enjoys discussing hardware, software, or design.

The Fresh Innovation Engine: Tools, People, and Processes
Innovation as a Service, Innovation Sprints

The Fresh Innovation Engine: Tools, People, and Processes

Fresh’s innovation engine methodology focuses on three core areas: Tools and Systems People and Culture Process and Implementation Our framework is organized in sequential order, and each section builds upon the other to strengthen innovation capabilities. While all three themes are necessary to have an effective innovation engine, we’ve found that it is easier to
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Implementing Different Innovation Approaches
Innovation as a Service, Innovation Sprints, Uncategorized

Implementing Different Innovation Approaches

Understanding different specifics before structuring an innovation program helps us understand their respective strengths and weaknesses. To do so, we will break down critical characteristics around innovation strategies. Approaching Innovation Problem-by-Problem Applying the problem-based approach to innovation tends to be the far more widespread model; after all, an ad hoc approach requires no specific organizational
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Interdisciplinary Strategy: Integrating Diverse Perspectives
Innovation as a Service, Innovation Sprints, Strategy

Interdisciplinary Strategy: Integrating Diverse Perspectives

Who is responsible for strategy? This question has many answers. If you mean product strategy, then product managers rule the roost. Business strategy? Then, the answer might be the leadership team or C-suite. Each branch of an organization might specialize in its own form of strategy, with the marketing team owning brand strategy or human
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