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Innovation and the Art of Implementation: Dealing with Creatives
Building an Innovation Team with Creatives Robert’s Rules of Innovation: A 10-Step Program for Corporate Survival lays out a fundamental framework of 10 Key Imperatives to help businesses create a structured, repeatable innovation process. Building upon this fundamental framework, the recently published Robert’s Rules of Innovation II: The Art of Implementation delves deeper into how…
Read MoreHarnessing the Power of Innovation and Crowdsourcing Software
Innovation & Crowdsourcing Software to Unleash the Power of Your Network and Enable Open Innovation and Idea Implementation Even the most egalitarian, Kumbaya-progressive companies often forget that the crucial ideas—the potential game-changing, breakthrough innovations—can come from anyone, anywhere, and at any time. While the innovation process typically needs the structure of a repeatable innovation process…
Read MoreInnovation and The Art of Implementation (Part 1)
“A good idea is about ten percent. Implementation, hard work, and luck is 90 percent.” — Guy Kawasaki The very purpose of innovation is to change things up, move processes forward, and disrupt the status quo. “Innovation for the sake of innovation” is a misuse of a very powerful and beneficial tool. Innovating in…
Read MoreInnovation Management: Keeping Up With the Digital World
All Aboard the Sensor Revolution: How the Internet of Things is Driving Innovation Those who are plugged in know that technology is a swift changing animal—a shapeshifter always in flux, moving forward at a terabit-fast pace. Keeping up with every new buzz and innovation is undoubtedly whiplash-inducing. But look away and you’ll be left behind.…
Read MorePrime Time Innovation: Why Audiences Can’t Get Enough of “Shark Tank” and Other Entrepreneurial Reality TV Shows
Move over rose wielding bachelors and cha-chaing celebutantes, reality TV has crowned a new ratings darling: ABC’s “Shark Tank”. The show’s premise is simple: it’s essentially a business pitch competition where entrepreneurs pitch their business ideas on live TV to a panel of investors known as the “sharks”. Rapid-fire deals are negotiated on the spot…
Read MoreRisk: The Unavoidable Rite of Passage in Value Creation in Innovation
There are a lot of moving gears involved with value creation. Talent, originality, intelligence, and circumstance all play a part in the sustainable process of innovation. However, these qualities can appear abstract and elusive. Is it possible to gauge a prospective employee’s resume or curriculum vitae for any of these respective characteristics? Are there metrics…
Read MoreCreating a Structured, Repeatable Process For Innovation
Established companies do not easily reinvent themselves. History shows us that Innovation is often the strategy of startups – but not only is it important in getting to the top, innovation is necessary in order to stay on top. New talent, new techniques, and new products are all needed to stay abreast of the competition.…
Read MoreHow Does Your Company Match Up to the GE Innovation Barometer?
The GE Global Innovation Barometer conducts annual surveys to put a finger on the pulse of innovation around the world. The survey was conducted earlier this year with over 3,200 high level business executives from over 26 countries participating. The executives surveyed are those chiefly responsible for their company’s innovation development. This year’s survey touched…
Read MoreRisk is an Imperative for Sustainable Innovation
Over five thousand failures for just one success: When Thomas Edison discovered the light bulb it took him 5999 tries to get it right. Edison is quoted as saying, “Every wrong attempt discarded is a step forward.” Of the ten imperatives to Roberts Rules of Innovation, “No Risk… No Innovation” is arguably one of…
Read MoreThe Sharp Edge of Innovation
It is no hidden secret that innovation is a necessity to compete in today’s marketplace. Often hailed as the Holy Grail for which every organization should strive for, sustainable innovation requires a strategy from start to finish. From the “I” of Inspiration to the “N” of Net Result, you must commit yourself to the process in order to succeed.…
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