Innovation that is done in the context of business strategy tends to be more focused, efficient, and business-model relevant. Innovation should…
The best Fortune 100 companies see innovation as an ongoing capability, not a one time event. These companies work hard…
This blog marks its 10th anniversary this year. “For last year’s words belong to last year’s language and next year’s…
Imagine you just completed an innovation program, but things went terribly wrong. So wrong, in fact, that the boss won’t allow…
Can you innovate too much? After all, new ideas fuel organic growth. One would think an organization would be happy to have…
SIT - Systematic Inventive Thinking is not only for inventing new products and services. You can apply it to a variety of…
Navigating complex organizations takes skill and savviness, or what some call office politics. It is such an important skill that world…
Asking for help may be the most powerful yet underutilized resource available for innovators. Researchers Francis Flynn and Vanessa Bohns found…
Innovation, like most other things in business, gets caught in the trap of “how do we measure results.” Innovation managers…
Mitch Ditkoff notes a common misperception regarding bad ideas: “One of the inevitable things you will hear at a brainstorming session is…