Category: Innovation
Are you smart? Really? How smart? Some of us are improving faster than others — and overwhelming empirical evidence suggests that we can improve our aptitude. Continue reading
OK, it may not really be an innovation, but I appreciated the following operational efficiency anyway: Going to check out of the Hilton New York City, there was a queue in spite of the several available kiosks and multiple employees staffing the counter to help customers with various requests. Hilton had obviously invested in some business process consulting (or possibly listened to an employee suggestion) because in addition to the kiosks and the employees staffing the counter, they had an employee staffing the line to identify the needs of guests while they waited in line. Continue reading
It always amazes me how so many organizations lack a clear innovation vision and an explicit set of statements from the Chief Executive or their designated C-Level Officer on innovation. Continue reading
In ProVoke, we talk about disruption as the necessary element in order to innovate. I think we all agree that major innovation has happened because we have not accepted status quo, but have punctured it, taken risk and created what was deemed to be impossible. Continue reading
It’s time to move beyond finding the next big thing. We need to find the next big reason. If you really want to know if your winning business idea will work, you need to… Continue reading
It is never boring working with innovation. Things happen faster and faster and frequent changes on HOW we innovate have become the norm rather than the exception. Continue reading
