INNOVATION as EVOLUTION and as CROSSING a SWAMP
(Originally published on December 1st, 2021) When talking to people about innovation and SIT, whether in casual conversation or as…
Innovation communities of practice – Part 1
Innovation Coaches in action This one is for all our worldwide Innovation Coaches community of practice, their supporting managers, and…
HOW BRAINSTORMING AND DESIGN THINKING f-AI-l
Automatizing Brainstorming using LLMs can result in plenty of rubbish. If people can create dozens of useless ideas with BS,…
Innovation Stigma
There is an inherent bias against innovation despite the enormous value it holds for organizations. Corporate executives know that innovation…
What do SOS and Innovation have in common?
For those of you familiar with SIT’s methodology, last week's “survival” exercises are perfect examples of one of SIT’s principles: FFF,…
Innovating with nothing but water around you
I love movies and I love innovation. But even I was shocked when I learned that someone who shares my…
The Not-So-Fuzzy Front End
A best practice at Fortune 100 companies is to see the front end of the pipeline not as fuzzy, but as crystal…
Tempting Innovation
Jeffrey Phillips makes a nice distinction between the various ways to adopt ideas of others outside your organization. In his post, The sincerest form…
The Story of Dogs and Pigeons
It seems that everybody is preoccupied, to a certain extent, with the newly available AI open platforms. This, made me…
Innovation Under the Threat of a Recession?
Cutting budgets of new projects, whether they are under the bucket of “innovation” or not is commonplace in times of…