商业模式创新 (二)
大家普遍认为大公司的寿命长，相反亦然。其实公司的寿命正随着变革速率增加而逐渐缩短。急剧变化的形势给每家公司带来越来越多的挑战，而解决这种困境的方式之一就是创新。但事实证明不是所有形式创新的价值都同等重要。本系列文章的主题——商业模式创新已经被证实为是获得竞争优势的重大来源。本文章将对商业模式创新的各个方面进行阐述，尤其将着重于公司与客户之间的关系，以及公司怎样更全面地理解相关理念，掌握系统化的观点，以帮助他们了解企业与其相关行业和经济大环境之间的关系。
商业模式创新 (一)
大家普遍认为大公司的寿命长，相反亦然。其实公司的寿命正随着变革速率增加而逐渐缩短。急剧变化的形势给每家公司带来越来越多的挑战，而解决这种困境的方式之一就是创新。但事实证明不是所有形式创新的价值都同等重要。本系列文章的主题——商业模式创新已经被证实为是获得竞争优势的重大来源。本文章将对商业模式创新的各个方面进行阐述，尤其将着重于公司与客户之间的关系，以及公司怎样更全面地理解相关理念，掌握系统化的观点，以帮助他们了解企业与其相关行业和经济大环境之间的关系。
How Companies Tap the Potential of Innovative Users – Examples from Germany (Part II)
While the previous two methods – Netnography and Social Media Solution Scouting – outline the potential of passive methods in using the power of social media for innovation, the next two approaches enable companies to interact with consumers. Configuration Tools as well as Innovation Contests invite users outside the company’s four walls to become an active part of new product development. In part two of this article you will learn how Audi and Henkel empowered the crowd and turned them into co-producers.
Live Web Session on Integrated Innovation: How to Make Innovation Everyone’s Job
As companies strive for double-digit growth from innovation they are finding it increasingly difficult to maintain their growth targets from innovation year after year. One key success factor to reach goals is to be able to integrate the innovation process and make it everyone's job. On February 7th you will get the opportunity to learn more about this in an IM Channel One Expert Panel Q&A session, where experts and practitioners share their experiences and interact with the audience.
Q&A: Value-driven BPM in Innovation
An interview with Mathias Kirchmer, one of the authors of Value – Driven Business Process Management: The Value-Switch for Lasting Competitive Advantage, published by McGraw Hill. Mr. Kirchmer is the managing director for Business Process Management at Accenture, a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company.
China – Hotbed of Innovation for our Planet in the 21st Century?
Never has the world witnessed a large market emerge so quickly as China has. As the economy grows it is also changing. China is fast climbing the value curve, transitioning from low-cost manufacturing to innovation-led growth. In telecommunications, supercomputing, life sciences, non-fuel energy sources and “green-tech” in general, there is already a vibrant innovation/research and development (R&D) scene.
Crowdsourcing Government?
Governments could be described as the largest and longest running crowd-funding schemes in existence. Sadly, whereas crowd-funding is seen as innovative, flexible, responsive, bottom up, transparent, enabling – among other things; governments would be hard pushed to receive similar accolades. However, times are changing and governments are beginning to adopt some of the characteristics of crowd-funding and crowdsourcing. But there is a long way to go.
Driving Innovation by Corporate Venturing: How to Master Governance and Culture Challenges
Corporate venturing is becoming an important tool for big companies to complement internally driven innovation activities. However, becoming a serious player in corporate venturing requires governance principles and creates cultural dynamics which do not fit into existing corporate environment easily. This article discusses those challenges in detail and suggests ways how to deal with them.
The Promise of Innovation Management Standardization
Previously in the Standardization Series, we argued that the worth of a management standard addressing innovation will chiefly rest on its ability to provide guidance on how to achieve sustained success through new product, service or business model development. But how will this “guidance” be generally received and which are the key drivers for the adoption of innovation management standards? The following article explains.
Fostering Innovation through Effective Risk Management
Risk management can provide visibility, analytical insights and governance that can help companies better manage and optimize their innovation portfolio. In this article Adi Alon and Ken Hooper look at learnings from the VC industry and risk management practices to provide three principles that can drive higher return from an innovation investment.
The Role of Education and Learning for Innovation
In this series of three articles Paul Hobcraft explores the value of knowledge and education for innovation. In part one he opens the discussion by exploring some of the biggest challenges faced by organizations today and provides encouragement to explore emerging practices.
Random Word Brainstorming: A Simple, Powerful and Effective Ideation Technique
Word lists, because of their simplicity, are often overlooked as a tool for brainstorming. That's too bad, because they can be quite powerful and are very easy to use. They leverage the mind's awesome associative powers to help us uncover new connections, insights and ideas.
瑞士蝉联2012年全球创新指数榜首
在2012年举办的第二届全球创新指数（GII）评选的结果显示：瑞士、瑞典和新加坡在主要创新数据方面全面领先，加强创新关系到全球经济的增长。全球创新指数报告是由联合国专业机构----世界知识产权组织（WIPO）与国际知名商学院----欧洲工商管理学院（INSEAD）联合编写的。
How to Improve the Innovation Pipeline and Process
Can an organization dramatically improve the quality, speed, and profitability of their new product projects while driving down the risk of failure? Absolutely! Organizations that rely on new products, technologies, and platforms to create customer value, grow market share, enter new markets, increase their profitability, and even alter market and competitive landscapes. In this article Chester Baker, Head of Global Innovation for Abbott Nutrition shares the winning formula for driving innovation in his company.
How to Deal with Innovation Management When You Are Small?
Innovation is frequently marketed as driver of growth and prerequisite for remaining competitive. However, the process is often risky, especially for small or medium sized enterprises in search of ways to successfully manage their new products, services or businesses in a systemic and stable manner. Luckily, tools such as the “A.T. Kearney House of Innovation” are available to lend an essential helping hand.
The Seven Essential Characteristics of Innovative Companies
What makes a company innovative? Innovation is nothing more than a tool that enables companies to achieve unique, strategic goals. It should not simply be a slogan, nor an end unto itself, argues Jeffrey Baumgartner. To be truly innovative, an organization should have seven essential characteristics.
Harnessing the Power of Insight: Customer-Centric Innovation in a Changing World
Anyone has the raw capability to think of a great idea, but not everyone has the ability to bring ideas to fruition. It’s a process that requires vision, a strong handle on industry trends (both present and future) and risk takers willing to champion seemingly impossible feats. Most companies have innovators or teams of innovators with these qualities, but many don’t incorporate both customer feedback and customer observational research as key components for designing the next generation of product development. This article will explore the benefits of leveraging a customer-centric model to create more innovative, user-friendly devices that provide the support customers really need.
How to be an Effective Innovator?
Being an effective innovator is not an easy task. The good news is that you can learn from others’ experiences. Gijs van Wulfen walks us through some of the important lessons he learned as a marketer, strategy consultant and innovation facilitator.
Get a Taxi – Anatomy of a Process Innovation
With over 400 million Google hits, “innovation” may be considered a buzzword, some entrepreneurs may even avoid talking about it, but they’re certainly practicing it! This article takes a closer look at an example of process innovation in the service industry. Understanding it better offers the possibility of spotting a large range of opportunities and converting them into business successes.
博斯公司研究发现：全球创新1000强企业在研发方面支出恢复到了经济衰退前的水平
通过对全球创新1000强企业的多年研究，我们发现创新的成败不取决于公司研发费用的多少，而实际上取决于如何将这些研发基金投资于人才、过程和工具。我们在发布的第八年度全球研发1000强企业研发支出研究报告里，除分析了每年常规的研发支出的趋势外，还着重研究了创新流程的“模糊前端”： 即企业在生成创意并有效地将其转化为有商业潜力的产品和服务时，所使用的工具、机制和网络。
Jugaad Innovation
Studying how companies in the emerging markets innovate can offer Western engineers and designers important inspiration, and challenge them to develop products that are much cheaper. Such “frugal solutions” will become increasingly important in order to stay relevant in the stagnant markets of the West – as well as for the upcoming global middle class of developing countries. This study focuses on the “jugaad” innovation of India.
Personal Power Ups
As implanted medical devices increase in variety and function and wearable computing draws closer, their energy needs have become paramount. Now, new sources are being found even as the devices scale down their energy requirements.
Foment Your Culture of Innovation
Many seek a culture of innovation for their organization. What characterizes such a culture? How would you know if you have one? Would your colleagues agree? In this article, innovation architect Doug Collins reflects on the characteristics that comprise a culture of innovation. He explores, too, how people might assess the state of their organization as a first step in fomenting a culture of innovation.
Inspiration Versus Aspiration: Two Approaches to Innovation Leadership
Inspiring leadership is what we have all been led to believe creates successful businesses. The fact that history is dotted with examples of successful companies which businesses study closely for clues their own leaders can emulate, clearly shows that we believe there is a formulaic style of leadership which is key to a thriving business. If only it were that simple. Kate Tojeiro, founder of progressive leadership consultancy, X-Fusion, takes a closer look at two key types of leaders.