Leaders need to engage and drive innovation
It continues to amaze me; actually it is depressing that although our business leaders constantly confirm that innovation is in their top three priorities yet they stay stubbornly disengaged in...
View ArticleAlignment is needed everywhere
Alignment of Innovation to Organization’s Strategic Goals Working in most organizations you spend a disproportional amount of time on looking to achieve alignment. This can range from aligning your...
View ArticleInnovation requires the nesting of all capital
Innovation cannot exist without all the capitals that contribute to its make-up. Yet we simply fail to appreciate all the capitals that innovation requires. It is a real pity as they are truly nested....
View ArticleDeveloping talent to drive innovation
I recently participated in a survey for APQC that was looking to identify the hot topics within product development and innovation. One or two hot spots surprised me, others less so. In the round-up...
View ArticleMeasuring and motivating the innovation elephant
I often think of the parable of “The Elephant and the Blind Men” when I get into discussions about measuring innovation. What are truths, what are the fallacies? The parable implies that one’s often...
View ArticleAre we moving towards integrated software for innovation management?
What is striking me recently is the upsurge in the software being specifically designed for managing innovation. The competition seems to be warming up in the more ‘standalone’ out-of-the box segment...
View ArticleBuilding an innovation framework that has real capabilities at its heart.
I’ve strongly believed when you begin to think through a framework for innovation, see my last article as an example, you also should equally need to recognize the capability framework that you will...
View ArticleConstructing Innovation as Value Management
Innovation needs to create value, both short-term and progressively over time. It fuels the growth and fires the imagination. Yet our innovation activities are constantly coming up short for the...
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