Tag Archives: Strategy
The pervasive lack of enthusiasm or even awareness of time in regards to innovation is a constant source of amazement for me. In organizations transfixed by time, speed and efficiency, innovation and product development are often the slowest out of the gate, the longest efforts to accomplish and seem completely unrelated to the real world. Continue reading
A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step, as the saying goes. The same is true for innovation. Yet much of the writing on innovation is about leaps, major technological breakthroughs that transform or disrupt markets. Isn’t it all about Apple and Edison? Continue reading
We know some IX community members want to get great innovation content, but don’t come to the site every day. So to help them make sure they didn’t miss the best innovation articles of the week, we have launched Innovation Excellence Weekly – the magazine – so that you can download the ten best articles of the week to your: Nook from Barnes & Noble, Apple iPad, Amazon Kindle, Samsung GalaxyTab, other trusty tablet, laptop, or desktop computer (PC or Mac). Think of it as Innovation Excellence to go. Continue reading
There are countless books, tools, processes, methodologies and frameworks for innovation. And cutting across all theory and practice, the biggest fundamental of innovation is fear. Continue reading
Nothing is quite so frustrating as working with a client who claims to want and need innovation, but is paralyzed by indecision or doubt. Unless, of course, it is a client who has decided that regardless of the new ideas they generate, they will all fail, because of the mistakes they made in the past. Continue reading
On a bike ride through a nearby university campus I noticed a sign in a recently re-planted area asking students to stay off the new grass. one can see worn paths in grassy areas indicating that people had elected to take a shortcut to reach a destination rather than staying on the sidewalk or pavement. When I see these paths, I think of Immanuel Kant and innovation. Continue reading
Tom Agan wrote an inspiring article in The New York Times on innovators and age. According to research by Benjamin Jones of Northwestern University, a 55-year-old and even a 65-year-old have significantly more innovation potential than a 25-year-old. Continue reading
