Author Archives: Dan Keldsen
This is the fourth of several ‘Innovation Perspectives’ articles we will publish this week from multiple authors to get different perspectives on ‘How should firms develop the organizational structure, culture, and incentives (e.g., for teams) to encourage successful innovation?’. Here is the next perspective in the series:by Dan KeldsenIn the absence of explicit top-level innovation support, how can you go from an “innovating army of one” (always useful, but frequently not sufficient), to building out innovation teams? And not just collections of people who want to innovate, but who are the best people for any particular challenge/problem that you are looking to overcome?Heading: Right or Left? We Need Whole Brains on the JobThe old myth of “right-brain” vs “left-brain” continues to hurt us all in the business world. There has been an immense amount of research into the psychology, skills and strengths of innovators and creative problem solvers in the … Continue reading
In this latest podcast, IAM Talking with Carlos Dominguez, Senior Vice President in Cisco’s Office of the Chairman of the Board and CEO.Carlos has worked at Cisco for 17 years in a variety of roles, and advocates for the broad and creative use of technologies that are transforming how companies do business, creating distinct competitive advantages and new business models for those who adopt them.Dominguez says that video, Web 2.0 applications and the increasing use of social networks, at home and at work, are at the heart of the collaboration revolution that is helping companies use the power of collective intelligence to produce revolutionary ideas for new products, better customer service and greater cost reductions.It was a sincere pleasure of speaking at length with Carlos, and for my part, I believe we had a stunning array of innovation and collaboration-related tangents that emerged, which I believe are well worth paying … Continue reading
This is the fifth of several ‘Innovation Perspectives’ articles we will publish this week from multiple authors to get different perspectives on The Importance of Innovation Strategy. Here is the next perspective in the series:by Dan KeldsenArguably there is no important time than NOW to ensure that your organization has an innovation strategy.After all, without a strategy, how are you going to making the changes to your business that you need to make, in order to survive the economic storm, and (if you move quickly and intelligently) to be well positioned to blow past your competition as the economy improves?But strategy isn’t enough…Yes, companies need an innovation strategy – and ideally, that innovation strategy is no different from the business strategy at large.As very smart, and quite wealthy friend of mine once said in doing the upkeep on his home – “if you aren’t fixing it up, it’s breaking down.” … Continue reading
