innovation Archive
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Innovation & Rapid Results (Go Team!)
Posted on March 20, 2012 | No CommentsOur latest favorite Superproject… It’s Australia versus Britain as two teams battle it out to build a car that can hit 1,000mph, reports the BBC’s Duncan Kennedy. We love it when a little healthy competition results in innovation and “rapid” results…may the best team break... -
innovation project = f ( creativity implementation )
Posted on May 25, 2010 | No CommentsImplement your creative brainstorms to accelerate innovation. … … “If you have a brainstorm meeting and dream up dozens of new ideas then you have displayed creativity but there is no innovation until something gets implemented. “ … via Associated Content: Difference Between Creativity and... -
Measuring Innovation Performance
Posted on March 21, 2010 | No CommentsInnovation measurement should go beyond … the count of research projects at each stage-gate and the NPV of the portfolio … to culture metrics that sense the breadth and depth of the spirit of innovation. … … “Quantitative metrics in this area may be more... -
The Open Innovation Bridge
Posted on February 1, 2010 | No CommentsPersonal networking across organizational and enterprise boundaries enables open innovation to flourish. -
Best Open Innovators
Posted on January 5, 2010 | No CommentsNominate companies that innovate across and beyond traditional enterprise boundaries to the Open 100. … … “The Open 100 competition was born out of NESTA’s search for the world’s top 100 open innovation companies. Now we are opening it up to the public to find... -
Front End Innovation Needs a Back End
Posted on November 30, 2009 | No CommentsThe front end of innovation needs a effective back end system to nurture ideas, manage research projects, and commercialize the best market opportunities. … … “Without the back end of innovation – the capacity to effectively screen ideas, align them with strategy, allocate resources to... -
Resourcing Teams for Innovation
Posted on September 24, 2009 | No CommentsBuilding good innovation teams requires some insight into the behavior profiles of the potential resources, so that a balance of forces is created. A lack of balance could be a detriment to your desired success. … … “Some people are very action oriented and driven,... -
IT Cares
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Innovation through Adaptation
Posted on September 6, 2009 | No CommentsLego adapts its product strategy with Hollywood themes and shifts the workforce culture, meeting with market success. There is a line of thought that theme-based toys will curtail the creativity of children by imposing Hollywood’s definition of play. But even kids adapt their strategies. From... -
Innovation Strategies Need Targeted Focus
Posted on September 4, 2009 | No CommentsInnovation strategies and their associated projects leverage internal strengths and target areas of high impact. Identification of markets and customers helps bring focus to the desired product. And, fewer, smarter portfolio choices bring more resources to bear on the innovation challenges. … … “If companies...
