Pearl Zhu Archives - InnovationManagement

Pearl Zhu is an innovative “Corporate Global Executive” with more than twenty-one years of technical and business working experience in strategic planning, Information Technology, software development, e-commerce and international trading, etc. She holds a master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Southern California, and she lives in the San Francisco Bay Area for 15+ years. She is the author of “Digital Master” book series and the “Future of CIO blog.

Interdisciplinary Innovation: Being Innovative is a Way of Imagining, Perceiving, Expressing, Inventing & Inspiring

Innovators present creatively disruptive traits, disrupt old ways, and inspire better ways to do things. They are passionate to connect, to learn, and to explore by understanding commonalities and appreciating uniqueness. Being innovative is a growth mindset and a proactive attitude. You cannot wait for something to happen---keep curious, always think profoundly, learn fresh knowledge, and acquire new capabilities.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-12-23T08:57:22-08:00January 3rd, 2022|Categories: Innovation Psychology|Tags: anthropology, breakthrough innovation, Collaboration, collaborative innovation, Communication, conflict, continuous improvement, creative thinking, Creativity, culture, culture of innovation, curiosity, ecosystem, growth mindset, humility, idea generation, Ideation, incremental innovation, innovation philosophy, innovative culture, innovative personalities, intertia, logic, motivation, organizational structure, performance, philosophy, philosophy of innovation, psychology, self-reflection, Teamwork, Technology|

Five Aspects of Innovation Governance

The leverage point is to let innovation shine via effective governance discipline, but not adding too much complexity. In this article, we'll look at what innovation governance is, and practices to help you manage a successful innovation program.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-12-22T17:16:48-08:00June 5th, 2020|Categories: Strategies|Tags: governance, GRC, Ideation, Innovation Culture, innovation governance, innovation processes, innovativeness, managing innovation, risk, risk management|

Five Innovation Practices for Building & Managing an Innovation Program

There is no “one size fits all” formula for innovation management success. Demystifying innovation takes experiments and practices. In this article, we'll explore five tactics to use in order to develop and manage a successful innovation program.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-12-20T11:41:02-08:00April 1st, 2020|Categories: Collaborative Innovation, Leadership, Organization & Culture, Strategies, Support for SMEs|Tags: continuous feedback, customer needs, digital innovation, Employee Engagement, idea sharing, incremental improvement, incremental innovation, intrapreneurship, knowledge transfer, Problem Solving, radical innovation, value proposition|

Five Principles of Innovation Measurement

What gets measured gets managed. Innovation is not serendipity; it’s a managed process of transforming novel ideas to achieve their business value. You can only manage what you measure.

Ideascale2021-12-20T11:24:28-08:00January 23rd, 2020|Categories: Collaborative Innovation, Enabling Factors, Front End of Innovation, Idea Management, Open Innovation, Strategies, Support for SMEs|Tags: continuous progress, hard innovation, incremental innovation, innovation driver, innovation metrics, KPIs, measuring innovation, metrics, performance measurement, radical innovation, soft innovation|

Five Perspectives of Innovation Management Maturity

The success of innovation management is never an accident; it’s a holistic management process with an iterative thought-out planning and execution continuum.

Ideascale2021-12-20T10:59:35-08:00November 20th, 2019|Categories: Collaborative Innovation, Enabling Factors, Idea Management, Leadership, Organization & Culture, Strategies, Support for SMEs|Tags: breakthrough innovation, Change Management, Collaboration, Competition, Creativity, delivery, diversity, idea management, Ideation, incremental innovation, Innovation Management, innovation process, innovation success, risk intelligence, risk management, speed|

Five Strengths of Innovation Leaders

Highly innovative leaders need to share a clear vision, practice effective communication, and make a commitment to roll imagination into reality.

Ideascale2021-12-20T10:44:13-08:00October 1st, 2019|Categories: Innovation Psychology, Leadership|Tags: asking questions, Creativity, flexibility, innovation competencies, innovation leader, Innovation Leadership, innovation success, innovative people, inquisitiveness, inspiration, intellectual curiosity, leadership, leadership competencies, learning, learning process, resourcefulness, Success, versatility|

The Five Factors That Drive Digital Innovation

Innovation is the core activity of human evolution to change the environment, reach high performance, and make collective progress.

Ideascale2021-12-20T08:44:39-08:00August 5th, 2019|Categories: Strategies|Tags: diversification, Innovation Management, Innovation Strategy, leadership, simplification|

Five Insights of Breakthrough Innovation

Breakthrough innovation is not something everyone can accomplish. You have to systematically develop the capability to execute it successfully, and that is something you do not achieve overnight.

Ideascale2021-12-20T08:31:07-08:00June 6th, 2019|Categories: Strategies|Tags: breakthrough innovation, Business Model Innovation, digital innovation|

Five Bottlenecks of Digital Innovation

The business needs to define strategy, profitability, and relevance at any given time to break through bottlenecks and avoid pitfalls on the path to innovation.

Ideascale2021-12-20T08:16:04-08:00May 1st, 2019|Categories: Enabling Factors, Strategies|Tags: bottlenecks, innovation blockers, innovation success|

Five Visible and Invisible Forces Behind Digital Innovation

Innovation is what leads to differentiation. There need to be both “hard” and “soft,” visible and invisible forces to drive the success of innovation management.

Ideascale2021-12-17T13:01:04-08:00March 20th, 2019|Categories: Innovation Psychology, Trend Alert|Tags: business system, company culture, customer engagement, digital innovation, information technology, Innovation Culture, Innovation Management, IT, organizational structure|

Five Perspectives of Innovators

Innovators are among us and within us, spot them by how they think and do things differently.

Ideascale2021-12-17T12:44:55-08:00January 29th, 2019|Categories: Leadership|Tags: innovation philosophy, innovative people, pasticity, patterns, perception, personal development, personality types, personas, Problem Solving, reality, thoughts|

Five Causes of Innovation Blues

The key to innovation success is simple---innovation is nothing without exploration and exploitation.

Ideascale2021-12-17T12:12:28-08:00December 12th, 2018|Categories: Leadership, Organization & Culture, Strategies|Tags: Best Practices, bureaucracy, execution, Failure, innovation champion, innovation leader, Innovation Strategy, innovation success, innovation team, lessons learned, passion|

Five Digital Profiles of Innovators

Organizations need to invest in the cultivation of capacity for innovation and recognize innovators with varying talent and strengths.

Ideascale2021-12-15T13:58:37-08:00October 9th, 2018|Categories: Strategies|Tags: bottlenecks, Collaboration, communication skills, Creativity, cross-functional communication, cultural empathy, deep context, digital innovation, empathy, hybrid, idea creator, idealism, imagination, innovation, Innovation stabilizer, Innovation translator, interdisciplinary knowledge, knowledge synthesis capability, learning plasticity, patterns, process understanding, profound observation, silos|

The Five Digital Flavors of Innovation

Innovation must become your business routine and corporate culture to renew creative energy. Digital innovation has a broader spectrum and the hybrid nature. It comes in the variety of flavors and there are many opportunities in an enterprise to taste it. The companies who get the most from innovation effort have the right ambition, open leadership, and culture quintessential.

Ideascale2021-12-15T07:26:13-08:00September 11th, 2018|Categories: Strategies|Tags: Customer-centric innovation, Design-driven innovation, digital innovation, innovation, management innovation, Open Innovation, system approach, systematic innovation|