|
The IT audit that boosts innovation |
|
|
Innovators tend to think that information technology systems are too orderly and controlling to cope with the messy process of innovation, much less enable it. But as some leading companies show, smart managers bring the whole IT menu to the challenge. |
| |
(9/1/2010) |
|
|
|
Is mind mapping software part of your innovation toolkit? |
|
|
The ability to create effective mind maps, visual representations of complex business information, is quickly becoming an essential executive skill. Here's why. |
| |
(8/27/2010) |
|
|
|
Improvement is NOT innovation |
|
|
Improvement is not the same thing as innovation. Unfortunately, the media and even many business leaders tend to use the terms almost interchangeably. Patrick Lefler explains the significant differences between the two concepts. |
| |
(8/24/2010) |
|
|
|
Open innovation and the BP oil spill: What went wrong? |
|
|
The U.S. Federal government and BP, as part of their strategies to stop the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, utilized open innovation to gather possible solutions to the problem. However, this effort didn't produce the hoped-for results. Ehsan Ehsani from Accenture explores some of the reasons behind the failure of this open innovation initiative. |
| |
(8/17/2010) |
|
|
|
What to do against disruptive business models |
|
|
Fighting against a disruptive business model by rolling out a second business model is one option for companies to consider. But to make that work, you need to avoid the trap of getting stuck in the middle. |
| |
(8/17/2010) |
|
|
|
Why too much trust is death to innovation |
|
|
When companies collaborate, low trust is detrimental to innovation. But so is very high trust. The optimal level, yielding maximum impact, lies in between. How do you find it? |
| |
(8/3/2010) |
|
|
|
Innovation strategy: Hurdles are for leaping over |
|
|
The biggest hurdle to innovation is probably allowing hurdles to become insurmountable. The thing to remember, however, is that hurdles are for jumping over. The best method of jumping over innovation hurdles is through creativity and innovation. |
| |
(7/28/2010) |
|
|
|
Technology scouting: Rethinking the innovation toolbox |
|
|
Companies should reconsider their technology scouting strategies to proactively seek, identify and access external knowledge, skills, capabilities and intellectual assets. These may or may not be applicable to their current needs. However, these resources could quickly be activated to help address new challenges as they arise. Sort of an innovation toolbox, according to Michael Fruhling. |
| |
(7/20/2010) |
|
|
|
The innovation hype cycle |
|
|
According to the Gartner Hype Cycle model, media coverage of a new technology goes through five distinct phases. Graham Horton has discovered that the way media treats innovation follows a similar pattern. |
| |
(7/13/2010) |
|
|
|
To innovate, forget about what the 'experts' say |
|
|
Experts tend to be notoriously wrong in their assumptions, especially regarding the impact of new technologies. So don't focus your strategy or innovation efforts on their perception of what the future will or won't look like. |
| |
(7/6/2010) |
|
|
|
The effects of simultaneous innovation strategies |
|
|
New research shows that simultaneous pursuit of multiple innovation strategies may pay off, but more often than not can be a waste of resources. |
| |
(6/1/2010) |
|
|
|
How top-notch teams manage conformity and risk to innovate successfully |
|
|
Innovative thinking, generating new ideas on the forefront, involves risk: risk of failure; risk that people will laugh, make fun, humiliate, and even denounce as ridiculous. So the extent that people will conform to mainstream thinking determines how much they willingly risk. These traits, high or low risk taking and high or low conforming, determines the kinds of innovative outcomes your work group creates, according to Edward Glassman. |
| |
(5/5/2010) |
|
|
| |
| The four ways IT is revolutionizing innovation 5/4/2010 |
|
| Getting suppliers to help innovate 4/7/2010 |
|
| Making innovation a systemic capability 4/6/2010 |
|
| Innovation strategy: Praise the behaviors you want to see 4/6/2010 |
|
| The pitfalls of promoting entrepreneurship 3/2/2010 |
|
| How to increase supplier innovation 2/2/2010 |
|
| Innovators share the lessons they've learned during 2009 1/26/2010 |
|
| The critical role of trust in the innovation process 1/19/2010 |
|
| The innovative leader needs passion 1/5/2010 |
|
| Allocate time for innovation 12/14/2009 |
|
| Does your company have a process for nurturing ideas? 12/1/2009 |
|
| Is your company's IP strategy crippling its open innovation? 12/1/2009 |
|
| If Innovation is so important, then why isn't everyone doing it? 11/24/2009 |
|
| The basics of open innovation 11/17/2009 |
|
| 21 great ways to innovate 11/3/2009 |
|
| Innovation strategy: Matching what is possible with what is needed 10/28/2009 |
|
| How to align innovation with your corporate strategy 10/21/2009 |
|
| To nurture innovation, focus on what went right 10/21/2009 |
|
| Become a better manager (and innovator) by thinking like a designer 10/13/2009 |
|
| The legal side of open innovation 10/6/2009 |
|
| When no one wants to change: 6 questions that lower the defenses to improving innovation 10/6/2009 |
|
| The innovative leader vs. the command-and-control leader 9/30/2009 |
|
| Tips for generating innovative new product ideas from the electronics industry 9/21/2009 |
|
| Does your firm have an innovation czar? 9/15/2009 |
|
| To be more innovative, think like a venture capitalist 9/1/2009 |
|
| How to manage outside innovation 9/1/2009 |
|
| More innovation lessons from childhood: The 5 whys 8/18/2009 |
|
| How to develop a vision for innovation 8/10/2009 |
|
| How companies can transform the innovation process by embedding themselves in society 8/4/2009 |
|
| Collaborate to innovate: How leading firms use open innovation 7/21/2009 |
|
| Building a company’s innovation capital 7/14/2009 |
|
| Are you ready for open innovation? 7/14/2009 |
|
| Innovation lessons from past downturns 7/7/2009 |
|
| Motivated to innovate 7/7/2009 |
|
| To re-invent your company, reinvent yourself 6/23/2009 |
|
| Are too many ideas killing your innovation efforts? 6/16/2009 |
|
| Prospect theory, risk and innovation 6/10/2009 |
|
| An innovation lesson from childhood 6/2/2009 |
|
| Innovation strategy: How to make mass customization work 6/2/2009 |
|
| Innovation: Back to the basics 5/12/2009 |
|
| Necessity is the mother of sustainable innovation 5/5/2009 |
|
| How to make sense of weak signals 5/5/2009 |
|
| Innovation strategy: How to ask effective questions 4/21/2009 |
|
| Innovating on slender means 4/14/2009 |
|
| Rethinking the role of HR as the catalyst for sustainable innovation 3/31/2009 |
|
| Rapid prototyping technologies enhance innovation opportunities 3/17/2009 |
|
| Purpose-driven innovation: The key to soliciting high-quality employee ideas 3/10/2009 |
|
| Innovation strategy: Fight the fear of change 3/10/2009 |
|
| Innovation: Waiting for the world to catch up 3/3/2009 |
|
| 7 strategies for innovating your way out of the recession 2/23/2009 |
|
| 10 innovation lessons from The Economist magazine's Project Red Stripe 2/11/2009 |
|
| Innovation management: How to prioritize, filter and plan ideas 2/5/2009 |
|
| Be careful: Downsizing your workforce downsizes innovation, too 2/3/2009 |
|
| To survive a recession, focus on opportunity recognition 1/27/2009 |
|
| Innovators share the lessons they've learned during 2008 1/20/2009 |
|
| MySQL chief Marten Mickos talks about the dynamics of open-source innovation 1/6/2009 |
|
| Innovation strategy: What business are we in? 12/22/2008 |
|
| Innovation strategy: Thinking beyond positioning 12/2/2008 |
|
| The innovation 'war room' 11/25/2008 |
|
| Innovating in the 'perfect storm' 11/14/2008 |
|
| An inside view of IBM's Innovation Jam 11/4/2008 |
|
| To spur innovation, break down internal barriers 10/20/2008 |
|
| Utilizing consumer feedback for improvement and breakthrough innovation 10/14/2008 |
|
| Effective idea selection is critical to systematic innovation 9/29/2008 |
|
| To increase innovation, reduce fear 9/22/2008 |
|
| Innovation check-up: Is your company dying from root rot? 9/19/2008 |
|
| Bad attitudes can lead to good innovation - so hire some rebels 9/16/2008 |
|
| Building an effective framework for innovation 9/15/2008 |
|
| What's the small idea? 9/9/2008 |
|
| How to start a revolution by changing how we discuss ideas 9/4/2008 |
|
| The best strategies for dealing with disruptive innovation 8/29/2008 |
|
| Facing recession? Reductive innovation can help 7/29/2008 |
|
| Eight critical ingredients for successful corporate innovation 7/3/2008 |
|
| Predicting the future and focusing your innovation program 6/28/2008 |
|
| Why social networking is not innovation 6/26/2008 |
|
| To achieve radical innovation, break the unwritten ‘rules’ 6/25/2008 |
|
| How virtual customer environments help companies to innovate 5/23/2008 |
|
| How to evaluate ideas 5/18/2008 |
|
| Spur innovation by setting boundaries 4/18/2008 |
|
| Why statistics kill innovation 4/4/2008 |
|
| Where do successful innovations come from? 3/18/2008 |
|
| 10 rules for creative teams 3/13/2008 |
|
| Ten top tips for the innovative leader 3/7/2008 |
|
| A process for continuous innovation and controlled chaos 2/22/2008 |
|
| Opening up innovation at P&G 1/18/2008 |
|
| Overcoming customer resistance to innovation 1/10/2008 |
|
| Finding the right job for your product reveals innovation opportunities 12/14/2007 |
|
| Set drastic expectations for growth, innovation 11/27/2007 |
|
| Five mistakes companies make when measuring innovation 11/15/2007 |
|
| When to kill an idea 10/18/2007 |
|
| Innovation strategy: Battlefield lessons for business leaders 9/27/2007 |
|
| Back to the garden: An 8-step process for creating a culture of innovation 9/12/2007 |
|
| New insights into measuring the culture of innovation 9/6/2007 |
|
| Creating a culture of innovation 9/5/2007 |
|
| Being innovative in a big company 8/8/2007 |
|
| Framework innovation and detail innovation 6/27/2007 |
|
| The innovative leader: Be an arsonist and a fire fighter 5/25/2007 |
|
| Harnessing the energy of change champions 5/16/2007 |
|
| How to avoid 'boomerang innovation' 2/21/2007 |
|
| Leverage disruptive innovation by following TRIZ principles 1/18/2007 |
|
| To identify opportunities for innovation, focus on the 'customer chain' 12/8/2006 |
|
| Put your best people on innovation 12/7/2006 |
|
| A process for continuous innovation is built on a service ethic 11/28/2006 |
|
| Don’t be a 'one-innovation wonder' 11/28/2006 |
|
| Embracing innovation 10/24/2006 |
|
| Open innovation sounds good, but how can scientists apply it in the lab? 10/12/2006 |
|
| Questioning: An underutilized innovation strategy 10/11/2006 |
|
| Cultivating idea stakeholders 8/23/2006 |
|
| How to foster innovation using corporate imagination exercises 7/19/2006 |
|
| Innovation and learning through successful failures 7/12/2006 |
|
| The greening of innovation... and profit 6/21/2006 |
|
| Innovation by subtraction 5/24/2006 |
|
| Innovation strategy: Are your ideas audacious enough? 5/16/2006 |
|
| Thinking the unthinkable 4/12/2006 |
|
| Innovating to benefit your company - and your employees 3/24/2006 |
|
| How strong is your idea capital? 2/22/2006 |
|
| The manager as idea coach 12/28/2005 |
|
| The great innovation lie 12/7/2005 |
|
| Need breakthrough innovation? Resist the temptation to 'build a better mousetrap' 11/16/2005 |
|
| Who is crushing creativity? 10/18/2005 |
|
| How to connect corporate objectives and investment in innovation 10/5/2005 |
|
| Strategies for evaluating radical innovations 9/22/2005 |
|
| Quality and creativity: Enemies or allies? 8/29/2005 |
|
| Lights, cameras, action: Innovation 'reality TV' style at Quill Corporation 8/22/2005 |
|
| A process for innovation planning 8/10/2005 |
|
| Putting the customer first in innovation 7/21/2005 |
|
| Brainstorming techniques for new product development 7/15/2005 |
|
| Innovation: A leadership issue 6/13/2005 |
|
| 7 strategies for sustained innovation 6/9/2005 |
|
| Why a systems approach to innovation is critical 4/20/2005 |
|
| The power of principles in innovation 4/12/2005 |
|
| Permission to innovate 4/6/2005 |
|
| Innovation movement reaches critical mass 2/11/2005 |
|
| Empowering innovation 1/5/2005 |
|
| How to use TRIZ to bring clarity to the 'fuzzy front end' of innovation 12/9/2004 |
|
| The ten personas of a brainstorm facilitator 11/23/2004 |
|
| Imagination: The number one tool for innovation and creativity 11/23/2004 |
|
| Failure is the mother of innovation 10/13/2004 |
|
| Six great ways to ruin a brainstorming session 8/23/2004 |
|
| Innovation strategy: Does your new product idea really solve a customer problem? 7/16/2004 |
|
| Innovation strategy: Who killed your business? 6/23/2004 |
|
| Show me the numbers: A look at innovation metrics 6/23/2004 |
|
| 'Golden nuggets' and 'fool’s gold' from the Front End of Innovation Conference 6/1/2004 |
|
| Innovation strategy: Is ROI the wrong question? 4/30/2004 |
|
| Innovation strategy: The care and feeding of idea practitioners 3/25/2004 |
|
| Innovation strategy: To uncover great ideas, generate a large quantity of them 3/9/2004 |
|
| Spark your creativity to boost your company's bottom line 2/26/2004 |
|
| American manufacturers: It's time to innovate or evaporate 2/5/2004 |
|
| Innovation spectrum: The trouble with tribbles 1/8/2004 |
|
| Ten great ways to crush creativity 1/6/2004 |
|
| How to survive and make an impact as an innovation champion 11/17/2003 |
|
| What is TRIZ and how can it be used in problem solving or brainstorming? 10/20/2003 |
|
| World Creative Forum explores key questions about creativity in business 10/10/2003 |
|
| Presenting Innovation in a Way That Gets to 'Yes' 10/2/2003 |
|
| Selling your ideas: A critical executive skill 7/15/2003 |
|
| Business Weblogs help companies collaborate, share ideas 3/31/2003 |
|
| Seven strategies for generating business ideas 3/11/2003 |
|
| Innovation: Creating the best practices of tomorrow 3/11/2003 |
|
| Sparking growth systematically: How to turn innovation into a discipline 2/12/2003 |
|
| Innovation vanguard firms show the way to beating the downturn 2/10/2003 |
|
