Author Archives: Paul Sloane
If you want to innovate with a process or a service then try focusing on this word – rearrange. Continue reading
There are many pundits who think that the innovation engine which has powered the growth of the world economy is running out of steam. Peter Thiel, one of the founders of PayPal says that innovation in the USA is ‘somewhere between dire straits and dead.’ Continue reading
Support the VCC and fight the BBC. For most organizations innovation is a struggle. The natural thing to do is to stay in the current state. The CEO preaches the need for innovation but people further down know that it involves risk, time, effort, cost, disruption and potential failure. In this contest innovation has some powerful friends and some dangerous enemies. Continue reading
Want to Attract and Retain the Best People? Try Offering Unlimited Vacation! Continue reading
Francisco González Bree, Academic Director for the Master of Business Innovation (MBI) course at the University of Deusto in Spain says, ‘ The term “innovation” is losing its genuine meaning because many companies are using it to convey change when the progress they are describing is no more than ordinary.’ Continue reading
A recent special report in the Economist highlights a growing trend among American and European companies; they are bringing back work which was previously offshored or outsourced to cheaper locations. Continue reading
What do you say when you hear a fresh idea at work? Let’s suppose it is a suggestion for a new product or service. Here are some things not to say: Continue reading
