Mike Dalton

MIKE DALTON

Mike Dalton’s Guided Innovation Group works with companies that want more impact form new product innovation in less time. Prior to starting this firm, he had 24 years of experience growing new and existing businesses as a general management and business development executive for the industrial polymer division of the multi-billion dollar S.C. Johnson & Son family of companies. He’s also the author of the forthcoming book: Simplifying Innovation: More Profit with New Product Resources You Already Have.

When no one wants to change: 6 questions that lower the defenses to improving innovation

Why is change so hard? Most people will tell you [...]

Sarah Vandenberg2021-11-29T16:14:08-08:00October 6th, 2009|Categories: Interview|Tags: change, Change Management, Communication, problem identification, Problem Solving, product ideas, security, solutions, threat|

More innovation lessons from childhood: The 5 whys

Mike Dalton explains how the "5 whys" can be a powerful tool for innovators seeking to uncover new product and service opportunities.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-11-29T16:07:21-08:00August 18th, 2009|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: asking questions, innovation lessons, lessons learned, questions|

Are you ready for open innovation?

How do you know if your company is ready for open innovation, and what does it take to get there? Michael Dalton explores one potential framework for assessing your organizational readiness.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-11-29T15:58:51-08:00July 14th, 2009|Categories: Collaborative Innovation, Open Innovation|Tags: Best Practices, impact, Innovation Management, management, Open Innovation|

Are Too Many Ideas Killing your Innovation Efforts?

How can having too many ideas be bad for your new product success? The problem isn't actually the number of ideas generated. The problem is allowing too many of them into the product development process at the same time, according to Michael Dalton.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-11-29T15:58:45-08:00June 16th, 2009|Categories: Front End of Innovation, Idea Management|Tags: focus, fuzzy front end of innovation, idea management, Ideation, Product Development, Success|

An innovation lesson from childhood

Did you learn all you really need to know about innovation in kindergarten? Michael Dalton learned an important innovation lesson by visiting a kindergarten class taught by his wife.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-11-29T15:56:54-08:00June 2nd, 2009|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: lessons learned, multitasking, No categories complication, productivity|