How Innovation Processes Began at Shell and IBM
In today's article I will review the beginnings in innovation programs implemented by companies Shell and IBM, using the A-to-F Model described in the book Winning at Innovation .
View ArticleWhat Dancing Can Teach Us about Innovation
Inspired by fantastic examples of innovation, I decided to contribute my fair share to the list. As a competing amateur ballroom dancer, I’d like to argue that dancing too can teach us about...
View ArticleEight Essentials of a Winning Innovation Team
Sooner or later, you’re going to be asked to lead an innovation team. This will be your time to shine, if you’re up to the challenge. The distinguishing aspect of leading a special purpose team is that...
View ArticleEmbracing Quick Wins and Quick Losses
When moving a new product or service through the development cycle, there are generally four outcomes a New Product Development (NPD) team can expect. Two of these outcomes are especially good –...
View ArticleHow and Why You Want to Strip Great Ideas of their Identity
Drew Boyd shares examples and strategies for boosting creative output and idea generation in the workplace.
View ArticleAgile at Orange France
Koen Vermeulen is CIO at Orange France, and awarded CIO of the year in 2015. He kindly accepted to answer a few questions related to the implemnation of Agile methodology, and how it brings a brand new...
View ArticleLeading and Managing Product Innovation Teams [interview]
I enjoyed watching Pixar’s “A Bug’s Life” when it was released in 1998 and have more recently re-watched it with my kids. I was amazed at the character animation and quickly pulled into the story line...
View ArticleHow to Tell If Innovation Matters to Your CEO
Thank the good folks at PWC for their latest survey of executives about innovation. The new article, optimistically entitled Unleashing the power of Innovation was recently published and surveyed...
View ArticleWhy We Need T-Shaped Innovators
Big disruptive innovations don’t usually come from experts in the field. Max Planck, the famous physicist famously quipped that “science advances one funeral at a time”, and in some ways, you can argue...
View ArticleInnovation is Social
If your organization is struggling to sustain its innovation efforts, then I hope you will do the following things. Find the purpose and passion that everyone can rally around. Create the flexibility...
View ArticleInnovation in Corporate Financial Services
Societal and technological trends are developing at an exponential pace. We see it, sense it, and read about it every day. While corporate innovation is often labelled as a viable strategy for...
View ArticleWhen Should You Pull the Plug on an Innovation Project?
The Apollo 11 moon landing and conquering the moon was, as many American textbooks imply, our 20th-century Manifest Destiny. To those working on Apollo 11 in 1969, the moon landing was much different.
View ArticleAge Diversity and Innovation Teams
There are lot’s of ways to increase diversity, but should this include age? Are we better of with younger, passionate teams that challenge the status quo, or more mature teams that leverage broader...
View ArticleEmbracing Quick Wins and Quick Losses
When moving a new product or service through the development cycle, there are generally four outcomes a New Product Development (NPD) team can expect. Two of these outcomes are especially good –...
View ArticleHow and Why You Want to Strip Great Ideas of their Identity
Drew Boyd shares examples and strategies for boosting creative output and idea generation in the workplace.
View ArticleAgile at Orange France
Koen Vermeulen is CIO at Orange France, and awarded CIO of the year in 2015. He kindly accepted to answer a few questions related to the implemnation of Agile methodology, and how it brings a brand new...
View ArticleLeading and Managing Product Innovation Teams [interview]
I enjoyed watching Pixar’s “A Bug’s Life” when it was released in 1998 and have more recently re-watched it with my kids. I was amazed at the character animation and quickly pulled into the story line...
View ArticleHow to Tell If Innovation Matters to Your CEO
Thank the good folks at PWC for their latest survey of executives about innovation. The new article, optimistically entitled Unleashing the power of Innovation was recently published and surveyed...
View ArticleWhy We Need T-Shaped Innovators
Big disruptive innovations don’t usually come from experts in the field. Max Planck, the famous physicist famously quipped that “science advances one funeral at a time”, and in some ways, you can argue...
View ArticleInnovation is Social
If your organization is struggling to sustain its innovation efforts, then I hope you will do the following things. Find the purpose and passion that everyone can rally around. Create the flexibility...
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