How creativity is revolutionizing the book business: Corey Michael Blake
Corey Michael Blake is president of Round Table Companies, a firm that works closely with authors to develop graphic novels. In this interview with Michelle James, he explains how the book business is being transformed today, and the central role of creativity in all parts of the revolution.
The Promise and the Reality of Collaborative Innovation
Practitioners in each new field emerge to explore its early, exciting promise, reconciling that potential with the results they achieve in reality. The rapidly emerging and rapidly evolving field of collaborative innovation is no different in this regard. In this article Doug Collins shares his perspective on the current state of affairs in terms of where the field stands, relative to the claims made on its behalf.
Five Lessons to Boost Your Innovation Practices
Innovation ain’t what it was. It was once the province of a department, with a clear remit: new product development. Today, it’s everywhere. It concerns not only products and services, but also processes, technologies, business models, pricing plans, and routes to market, even performance management practices – the whole value chain in fact.
Startup Genome Report 01 – Cracking the Code of Innovation
In this report we reveal in-depth research about what makes Silicon Valley startups successful. The report is a 50 page analysis based on data from 650+web startups. The report was coauthored by Berkeley & Stanford faculty members. Other contributors include Steve Blank, the Sandbox Network, and 10 accelerators from around the globe.
Keeping it Simple – Can 3 Guys Build an Idea Management System in 54 Hours?
At last weekend's Taipei Startup Weekend, 3 young men - an Irishman, a Canadian and a Swede took up the challenge. Did they make it? Read their story.
What is Innovative Leadership?
Who are innovative leaders? What are their qualities and how do they drive innovation within an organization? Jeffrey Baumgartner provides a tantalizing profile to which we can aspire.
Pulp Innovation XXII: The Innovation Waiting Game
Marlow reflects upon the waiting period a consultant must endure while their client contemplates the investment and risks of innovation.
25 Inspiring Innovation Quotes
Gijs van Wulfen shares 25 of his favorite motivational quotes to jump start innovation. Do you have more?
Ideas Move The world!
Are you someone who is always coming up with great ideas? If not, do you think it's possible to learn and train to become a better idea worker? IMD Professor Bill Fischer believes you can.
5 Ways to Bridge the Implementation Gap
Ideas may be plentiful, but getting the good ones to market can be difficult, if not impossible.Why are some companies able to achieve this task better than others? Harvey Briggs takes a look at five traits observed in companies that are highly effective at executing their innovation plan.
Pulp Innovation XXI: Calm After the Brainstorm
After a productive idea generation session, Marlow facilitates the subsequent steps of consolidation and voting and then finds the ever-elusive downtime.
The future of creativity is relational
The future of creativity is relational, based upon engaging and connecting with others, according to author and consultant Peggy Noonan.
Savvy tips for improving your innovation momentum
Innovation is a complex and difficult process. To increase your odds of success when starting an innovation initiative, there are a number of factors you ought to keep in mind.
Practicing Collaborative Innovation to Become a Learning Organization
The human resources department rarely leads in applying collaborative innovation. Yet, they face daunting challenges in helping their stakeholders become a learning organization: one that can thrive in a rapidly changing world. In this article Doug Collins argues that one of the best ways that human resources can give people space to practice the five disciplines that Peter Senge identifies as defining learning organizations is to embrace the practice of collaborative innovation.
New Book Introduces The Innovation Master Plan Framework
Progress in every field requires a framework that makes the key principles and practices understandable and actionable. In his new book, The Innovation Masterplan, Langdon Morris presents a comprehensive new framework for innovation management. This is the first part in a series of eleven chapters.
Open Innovation: To Cooperate or Collaborate –That is the Question
One of the major findings in mankind’s history is realizing the value of working together. Without it we would have starved to death about 100 000 years ago because a single man going hunting is very inefficient (I know – I am a hunter). We have also seen a very strong correlation between the amount of innovations happening and the number of people who are interconnected in the society during the course of the years.
How to Link Design, Marketing and Innovation
Over recent years the terms innovation and design thinking have taken on a life of their own through a variety of channels and media. Millions of words have been written on these topics by journalists, consultants, practitioners, and curious bystanders. Then throw in discussions about design itself and an even wider range of opinions emerge. What is a business leader supposed to make of all of this?
Thinking Outside the Innovation Box
If you want your team to think outside the box, you have to create one for them first. Don’t start an innovation project until you’ve clearly articulated the strategic framework for your team. There are many models out there, here’s one of our favorites.
Pulp Innovation XX: In the Harness
After the presentation with Accipiter, Marlow facilitates an ideation session with a client now adept in innovation techniques.
25 Tips for Innovation Session Facilitators
An ideation session is most rewarding when the facilitator skilfully encourages the participants and monitors the process. Gijs van Wulfen together with FORTH facilitators have compiled a list of 25 tips to help facilitate successful ideation meetings. Do you have more?
Develop a strong business model portfolio – or risk Kodak’s fate
Do you have a strong portfolio of business models? One business model that is currently succeeding isn't enough, warns Kay Plantes.
Educating Innovators
When does innovation begin? Is it at the moment of inception, or at the moment of adoption, or at the moment when the new innovation really displaces the old? An interesting question, especially as the implications of each milestone are fundamentally different, yet each is a profound accomplishment in their own right. British historian David Edgerton has argued in his book The Shock of the Old for a focus on something between adoption and dominance; and reliance upon what he calls “use-centered history” to mark the real impact of new innovations.
Value Propositions: 11 Avenues for Potential Innovation
Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur, in their book, Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers, outline 11 models for creating new value propositions in any business.
A divine approach to removing innovation obstacles
Is there a God of Innovation? And if there is, how can we invoke its qualities to help us innovate more effectively?