What do skeletons and innovation have in common?
Does disciplined innovation really create the big new idea? Do we need to allow for more "random creativity?"
The Significance of Images for Innovation
Good images can be of particular significance for innovative projects and ventures. They can play a key role when seeking support for a new concept, during the development and implementation phases of innovations, as well as in cooperation between and within organisations. Images can be of huge benefit for several reasons.
Innovation and Customer Insight at Ericsson
A desire to act as a bridge builder between technology and people has taken him from Sweden to New Delhi where he now heads Ericsson ConsumerLab Asia Pacific, a unit within the Ericsson Group that gathers in, processes and analyses data on end consumer needs. Their surveys are based on a cross section of the world’s population in all parts of the world.
What is ‘Exnovation’ and Where Does it Fit in the Innovation Life Cycle?
Exnovation is often an overlooked part of the innovation process. This post suggests that it needs to play a greater part in our thinking.
The people focus in innovation
Blogger Stefan Lindegaard recently threw down a challenge to innovation practitioners: Where are people in your innovation processes? Here are some of the many ways you can focus on the people part of your innovation initiatives.
Moving from the innovation ‘life’ cycle to the innovation ‘loop’ cycle
Once you've launched your new product or idea, it's time to think about the downstream effects!
Building an Effective Framework for Innovation
How do you turn innovation from a marketing concept into something tangible with an impact on the bottom line? There is of course no simple answer, and to succeed a different way of thinking and working is required
A process for continuous innovation and controlled chaos
Continuous innovation stream comes from controlled chaos. According to Jim Clemmer, it's a tricky process that has four main stages.
Five Mistakes Companies Make when Measuring Innovation
The discussion about whether or not to do innovation is over. There have been numerous studies that demonstrate that innovation is central to higher margins, higher customer loyalty and long term viability. What leaders now struggle with is how do I do it and how do I measure it?
Paul Sloane Talks about Strategies for Creating Effective Innovation Processes
Paul Sloane is renowned as a thought-provoking, entertaining and motivational speaker. His books have established Paul's reputation as the leading expert on lateral thinking and lateral leadership and he has published numerous articles on InnovationTools.com. With his consultancy, Destination Innovation, Paul helps organizations to develop a vision, culture and process for innovation. In this thought leader interview, he shares his thoughts on how to establish effective processes for innovation.
How strong is your idea capital?
In this world of hyperchange in virtually every industry, it’s time to think about ideas as a new form of capital available to your organization: Idea Capital. What is idea capital? Idea capital, referring to [...]
The Great Innovation Lie
Often, organizations have a tendency to turn innovation into a highly complex system involving numerous processes, approaches and models. Here's a little secret: It doesn't need to be complex to be effective.
Quality and Creativity: Enemies or Allies?
Can quality and creativity cohabit in the same house or are they natural enemies? Can a quality process be applied to innovation? Paul Sloane shares the answer in this insightful article.
A Process for Innovation Planning
All too often, hastily planned brainstorming sessions bring up a lot of good ideas that somehow never get used, while the boring kinds of ideas you are trying to get away from seem to be used again and again. One reason for this is the lack of an innovation plan, according to Jeffrey Baumgartner.
How to use TRIZ to bring clarity to the ‘fuzzy front end’ of innovation
Instead of conducting wide-ranging brainstorming sessions so generate hundreds of ideas in search of the one "big one," author Jack Hipple recommends a TRIZ-based approach that focuses instead on clear problem definition and looking at past patterns of invention for potential solutions.