Human Resource departments often find themselves tasked with creating a more innovative climate for their firms. That can make sense…
Choosing an innovation consultant is challenging for two reasons: the client is not always clear what type of innovation they…
Optimal innovation occurs when there is an equal mix of men and women using a systematic process. I have always…
The question is not who owns innovation, but rather who owns innovation competency development. I see more companies moving in…
"Divide and Conquer" is: a. classic military strategy, b. a computer algorithm design paradigm, c. a collaborative problem solving approach,…
Innovation, like most other things in business, gets caught in the trap of "how do we measure results." Innovation managers…
How do you tie innovation to strategy? Professor Christie Nordhielm from the University of Michigan has developed what I consider…
A best practice at Fortune 100 companies is to see the front end of the pipeline not as fuzzy, but…
Mitch Ditkoff notes a common misperception regarding bad ideas: "One of the inevitable things you will hear at a brainstorming…
Technology improves our lives in many ways, but overreliance on it can cause us to "dumb down." Technology has a…