Accelerating Corporate Innovation
Corporate discussions around innovation often come in two parts. “We need to develop innovative products to beat competition,” followed by “true innovation is so costly and difficult to achieve.’ Is...
View ArticleThe ten commandments of germinating innovation
Increasing innovation is now the mantra of many executives as they seek to address key developments like sustainability and regulatory change or boost performance in areas like cost reduction or...
View ArticleMaking Open Innovation work: the case of 3M
Open Innovation is a proven paradigm for generating higher levels of innovation in products, processes and capabilities. As opposed to the “closed” nature of many company’s R&D efforts, OI looks...
View ArticleDrive innovation by unlocking middle management
For many companies across a variety of industries, the rate of product innovation is a major driver of competitiveness and shareholder value. When high levels of R&D spending and new innovation...
View ArticleFix your culture to drive innovation
My most frequently asked client question in 2011 was around innovation. Senior managers wanted to know: “What is the best way to foster innovation in my organization.” This came as no surprise....
View ArticleThe best innovation strategy
It’s one thing for a company to prioritize innovation. It’s quite another to reap the rewards over the long run. The hard reality is that most product innovations will fail the market test. Our...
View ArticleFour secrets of innovation success
Before Silicon Valley, there was Bell Labs the R&D organization of the former telephone monopoly, AT&T. For much of the 20th century, New York/New Jersey-based Bell Labs led the world in...
View ArticleOpening up innovation
Hundreds of companies are pursuing open innovation strategies (OI) to kick start creativity and crack difficult R&D problems. OI is a relatively new approach to fostering innovation. Instead of...
View ArticleInnovation from left field
Most companies are on the hunt for breakthrough ideas and technologies that will enable them to leapfrog competition. Increasingly, the big innovations are found outside of their existing products’ or...
View ArticleBeing a frugal innovator
Apple and Google recently created a buzz as they launched their latest phones with all sorts of new features. Improved cameras, fingerprint sensors and gizmos to save battery life were among the...
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