Category: Interviews
by Braden KelleyI had the opportunity to interview Judy Estrin, a serial entrepreneur and author of the book “Closing the Innovation Gap” at The Economist’s conference “Innovation: Fresh Thinking for the Ideas Economy”. I’d like to share a video interview I did with Judy during the event:In this video Judy and I discuss innovation ecosystems, disruptive innovation, education, and closing the innovation gap. Don’t miss an article – Subscribe to our RSS feed and join our Continuous Innovation group!Braden Kelley is the editor of Blogging Innovation and founder of Business Strategy Innovation, a consultancy focusing on innovation and marketing strategy. Braden is also @innovate on Twitter.
Interview – Mark Bernstein of PARCI had the opportunity recently to interview Mark Bernstein, Chief Executive Officer of PARC.Mark Bernstein has been the head of PARC (Palo Alto Research Center) since 2001, when he led the firm in its transition from a research division of Xerox to an independent business. PARC is among the world’s best-respected centers of research and innovation, and its relationships include client services for industry leaders in consumer electronics, information and decision systems, networking and communications, and renewable energy. Among the firm’s current projects is Content-Centric Networking, a new approach to networking that addresses massive amounts of internet content to achieve better security, scalability and performance.Here is the text of the interview:1. Please briefly tell people about what PARC is today (versus its history)Today, PARC is a center for commercial innovation – for other clients besides Xerox. (Historically, Xerox PARC was a captive/internal R&D center). PARC … Continue reading
Interview – Rowan Gibson of “Innovation to the Core”I had the opportunity to interview Rowan Gibson, co-author of “Innovation to the Core” about the book and about creating a systemic innovation capability inside organizations.Rowan Gibson is a global business strategist, a bestselling author and an expert on radical innovation. In addition to “Innovation to the Core, Rowan is author of “Rethinking The Future”, and a keynote speaker at large international conferences, corporate management events and executive summits.We have split this in-depth interview into three parts. Here is the third part of the interview:6. What are some of the biggest barriers to innovation that you’ve seen in organizations?The biggest barriers to innovation tend to be deep and systemic. They are embedded in a company’s leadership priorities, political structures, management processes, cultural values and everyday behavior. For example, senior managers might actually be working against innovation, because the company’s metrics system doesn’t … Continue reading
Interview – Rowan Gibson of “Innovation to the Core”I had the opportunity to interview Rowan Gibson, co-author of “Innovation to the Core” about the book and about creating a systemic innovation capability inside organizations.Rowan Gibson is a global business strategist, a bestselling author and an expert on radical innovation. In addition to “Innovation to the Core, Rowan is author of “Rethinking The Future”, and a keynote speaker at large international conferences, corporate management events and executive summits.We have split this in-depth interview into three parts. Here is the second part of the interview:3. Innovation demand in an organization is equal in importance to innovation supply, but why don’t most companies see that?Again, it’s because they are usually too focused on the front end. So they work hard to push up the supply of ideas, launching initiatives like online suggestion boxes, open innovation programs, creative competitions, and perhaps some kind of … Continue reading
Interview – Rowan Gibson of “Innovation to the Core”I had the opportunity to interview Rowan Gibson, co-author of “Innovation to the Core” about the book and about creating a systemic innovation capability inside organizations.Rowan Gibson is a global business strategist, a bestselling author and an expert on radical innovation. In addition to “Innovation to the Core”, Rowan is author of “Rethinking The Future”, and a keynote speaker at large international conferences, corporate management events and executive summits. We have split this in-depth interview into three parts. Here is the first part of the interview:1. When it comes to innovation, what is the biggest challenge that you see organizations facing?The biggest challenge is not generating new ideas and opportunities. It’s how to make innovation a deeply embedded capability. What usually happens is that companies focus most of their efforts on the front end of innovation – so they launch some kind … Continue reading
Interview – Scott Christopher of “The Levity Effect”I had the opportunity to interview Scott Christopher, co-author of “The Levity Effect” about the importance of fun in the workplace, and about how beneficial it can be. But how important is fun to innovation?A contributing author of the bestseller “A Carrot A Day”, a regular columnist for Workplace HR and Safety magazines and a distinguished consultant on recognition, Scott travels the world speaking to leadership groups at conferences, conventions, and on-site customer meetings. Here is the text from the interview:1. When it comes to innovation, what is the biggest challenge that you see organizations facing?Boss-employee relationships. Look, all the truly useful, great ideas come from the workforce because they’re the ones that have identified a need and can actually see themselves implementing them. An engaged employee is ten times more likely to contribute his or her time, effort and energies into innovation, … Continue reading
