Innovation in the News

Twitter Serves Up Ideas From Its Followers

New York Times (October 25, 2009) - Companies big and small monitor Twitter to find out what their customers like and what they want changed. Twitter does the same. The company watches how people use the service and which ideas catch on. Then its engineers turn the ideas into new features.

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Despite warnings to innovate during recession, few companies are doing it

San Jose Mercury News (October 22, 2009) - Intel's former CEO Gordon Moore had it right when he said years ago that "you can't save your way out of a recession." He meant that even in the toughest times, companies have to spend money on new ideas. However, based on an analysis of companies in the Standard and Poors 500 index, very few are actually heeding Moore's advice.

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How to boost your solo creativity

Creative Streak Blog (October 22, 2009) - Everyone has the ability to be creative regardless of how many people surround us. Here is the first part of a two-part blog post on how to generate ideas when you're working solo.

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Can your company do disruptive innovation?

Digital Tonto Blog (October 23, 2009) - Can your company be disruptive? A lot seem to want to be. In the hyper-competitive digital world everybody is looking for an edge and being disruptive sounds like a good way to be clever and beat the competition. The term is used (or overused) usually to show that one is thinking outside the box. Yet disruptive innovation isn't about being wily or cunning, it is about passion and privation. Companies who seek it should be careful what they wish for.

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Open Innovation in Five Lessons According to Xerox

PRESANS (October 25, 2009) - At the recent Grenoble Innovation Fair, Dr. Monica Beltrametti from Xerox gave five lessons to implement open innovation.

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Recognizing And Rewarding Innovation

Stefan Lindegaard (October 21, 2009) - You need to consider your reward programs carefully before you launch idea campaigns or other innovation initiatives. You need to consider what kind of behavior and which kind of results that should be rewarded and you need to consider how to reward this.

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How Apple and Amazon use platform innovation to cruise through the recession

BusinessWeek (October 21, 2009) - Apple and Amazon are among the handful of companies that have keep up revenues and profits throughout the worst recession since the depression and are poised to do even better as the economy begins to growth again. The reason is simple: platform innovation.

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Biomimicry: A Problem-Solver's Guide to Copycatting

FastCompany (November 2009) - Biomimicry, a discipline that tries to solve problems by imitating the ingenious and sustainable answers provided by nature, is being increasingly used by companies like P+G to solve intractable design problems.

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The seven deadly sins of the innovator

BusinessWeek (October 20, 2009) - The end-of-the-year sales push is in full swing. Planning for 2010 is under way. And between all the meetings, memos, and conference calls, your summer vacation is now just a distant memory. We all could use a break. So, just for fun, let's take a look at seven of the most common and deadly sins of the innovator. We've seen all of these cause failures of Biblical proportions.

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P+G Exec: Innovation Needs To Be Purpose-Driven

MediaPost.com (October 19, 2009) - Procter + Gamble's mantra, "The consumer is boss," has become a part of the fabric of marketing. But there's another related concept that is also critical to the company's successful record of innovation, according to P+G group president, North America Melanie L. Healey.

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