Innovation Article Category Listing 2 

Innovation For Nothing
How do you deal with the situation where you're supposed to innovate but have no budget?

Why Unique Ideas Don't Always Win
Ideas are a creative response to a problem for which no solution presently exists. They are created as people find themselves in unique situations, and...

Innovation Measurement
How do you measure the results of an innovation programme? Do you count the number of new ideas you generate? How about the number of things your innovation...

Growing Like Proctor And Gamble
If you were looking for an example of the benefits of scaling an innovation program to reach exceptional financial returns, they do not come much better...

How To Hire To Lead Innovation
The main question that needs resolving at the start of an innovation programme is what kind of innovator you're going to hire to lead your programme.

A Great Idea Isn't Innovation
There is no doubt that having fresh, new ideas is one of the important things you have to have if you are creating an innovation effort. With no ideas,...

Do You Want A Central Innovation Team?
Central innovation teams are a model which have been well adopted in many industries. Pharma, for example, is typified by large development budgets which...

Innovators Must Pay Their Way
When an innovation program is started by an organisation, everything is rosy and exciting. Filled with hope, business stakeholders attach themselves to...

Radical Versus Incremental Innovation
Most organisations imagine innovation to constitute transformational initiatives that create brand new revenue or define new categories. These innovations,...

Cautionary Tales For Disruptors
Disruptive innovation is any which sets out to change the goal posts for an established operation. Focussing on disruptive innovation has the potential...

Innovation Culture? Really?
Innovation Culture is right up at the top of the list of issues that organisations concerning themselves with innovation will have to deal with. The question...

Innovation Failure Can Be Good
Failure is a fact of life for innovation teams, and rates of 80% or more are not uncommon.

Disruptive Innovation Isn't What You Think
The word "Disruption" is one of the most controversial words in business today. It is a word so misinterpreted that any time it is mentioned discussions...

Play-2-win Innovation Strategy: How Ing Direct Won
A Play-2-Win innovation strategy is what you have when you can say - hand on heart - that you will make innovation the centre of all future competitive...

There's No Innovation Without A Definition
Although it may sound obvious, it is important to understand what innovation means in the context of your organisation before you start trying to be innovative....

Knowledge Companies Are Over. Its Innovation That Matters Now.
There's a new kind of economy emerging: the innovation economy. It replaces the knowledge economy that used to be the source of value for modern organisations,...

Don't Proceed Without An Innovation Strategy
An innovation programme has, on average, 18 months between the time it's started and its cancellation. Most such programmes are cancelled because the innovators...

The Terrible Innovators Who Will Un-innovate Everything You Do
Once you've taken the decision to start an innovation programme, the next thing you'll need to deal with is finding the people you need to make new things...

Innovation Will Make A Brighter Future
Microsoft founder Bill Gates today gave a speech at the Davos forum, saying the global economic situation is actually quite active, and continuing innovation...

Why The Average Person Isn't Making Money From An Invention Idea
A lack of focus: You have to be aware of your surroundings in order to have successful inventions. Don't focus completely on inventing, but when you go...