Author Archives: Braden Kelley
Can government help companies innovate, or do they tend to get in the way instead? The answer is that often regulations tend to impede innovation and progress. Other key aspects of a country’s ability to innovate are the relative risk tolerance of its citizenry and whether it is culturally accepted to try and fail at something. Continue reading
This week we continue a featured series of some of my favorite innovation-related quotes. Please contribute your favorite innovation quotes in the comments and I’ll feature the best submissions in next week’s Innovation Quotes of the Week! Continue reading
Are Six Sigma and Innovation inherent enemies or powerful allies? Some would say that Six Sigma and innovation are diametrically opposed goals for an organization to pursue. Some say that organizations cannot excel at both and would point to the issues that 3M has run into with its ability to innovate after a CEO James McNerny came in and introduced Six Sigma into the organization. Continue reading
When it comes to innovation, it may be fun to talk about whether someone is innovative or not, or look at what innovation face they wear, or even whether innovation might be in their DNA. But again the fact is that there are certain things that need to happen for innovation in an organization, or an innovation team, to succeed – including: Continue reading
In this economic downturn there is more pressure than ever on executives to find new sources of growth, and as a result leaders are increasingly talking about innovation. In some organizations the leader may say “we need to be more innovative” or “we need to think out of the box” and stop there. While for other organizations it may become part of the year’s goals or even the organization’s mission statement. Only in a small number of cases will there be any kind of sustained effort to enhance, or create, a culture of continuous innovation. Continue reading
This week we continue a featured series of some of my favorite innovation-related quotes. Please contribute your favorite innovation quotes in the comments and I’ll feature the best submissions in next week’s Innovation Quotes of the Week! Continue reading
