Understanding Innovation

Focused on learning about innovation as a discipline – article could be an explanation of a term or concept, for example, or an overview of how to start an innovation program.

Unlocking the One Trillion-Dollar Sustainable Innovation Opportunity

Last week Unilever announced research showing that one-third of consumers now purchase its brands based on their good social and environmental performance, but went on to suggest that brands are missing an opportunity from not promoting sustainability effectively. Getting this right could unlock a further $1trn market opportunity for sustainability innovators.

Ideascale2021-12-14T06:25:25-08:00January 12th, 2017|Categories: Life Cycle Processes, News, Organization & Culture|Tags: brand loyalty, business development, challenge, circular economy, climate change, consumer insights, customer engagement, enterprise innovation, fairphone, front end of innovation, green innovation, green innovations, innovation challenge, innovation value, mindset, mobile, motivation, philips, process improvement, R&D, reframing, research, resources, social innovation, sustainability, unilever|

4 Things to Think About When Creating Your Innovation Roadmap

This time of year is full of meetings with leadership and teams in order to help them prepare for the year ahead. People discuss financial goals, sustainability goals, profitability targets, customer success metrics, and more, but there are also numerous research & development teams out there who are coordinating their annual innovation strategy who struggle in their process to create a cohesive innovation strategy.

Rob Hoehn2021-12-07T16:16:53-08:00January 9th, 2017|Categories: Life Cycle Processes|Tags: challenge, Change Management, evaluate, goal setting, goals, innovation planning, innovation process, innovation program processes, innovation roadmap, Innovation Strategy, innovation success, roadblocks, roadmap, workflow|

Digital or Dead – An Expert Study

Nearly all executives have acknowledged the relevance of digitization and related trends, such as the Internet of Things, connectivity, and industry 4.0. However, the full impact of digitization has usually not been understood in detail. Moreover, most firms struggle to implement digitization initiatives successfully.

Ideascale2019-10-15T15:24:37-07:00January 3rd, 2017|Categories: Report, Strategies|Tags: budget, case study, Competition, digital innovation, digital platform, digitizing, disruptive innovation, disruptive technology, download, emerging technologies, in-depth article, IoT, IT, report, research, Technology|

Executing on Innovation – The Required Key Ingredients

Innovation: We all have seen the biggest, most successful companies talk about it and share their success stories. We have read about it in the latest business journals and magazines. We all want it in our organization but the right recipe with the right ingredients is often elusive. In this article we will share different views and discuss key ingredients required to create, execute, and innovate in your organization.

Ideascale2021-12-07T16:14:47-08:00December 20th, 2016|Categories: Enabling Factors, Organization & Culture, Strategies|Tags: barriers to innovation, Collaboration, Creativity, culture change, execution of innovation, framework, fuzzy front end of innovation, Ideation, Innovation Culture, innovation planning, innovation portfolio, project portfolio management, risk management, senior management, Teamwork, work environment|

How To Measure Event ROI (Return On Innovation)

Everyone knows about ROI, as in “return on investment.” But for evaluating the success of an experiential brand event or marketing campaign, businesses should take an equally close look at ROI, as in “return on innovation.”

Ideascale2021-12-07T16:14:33-08:00December 9th, 2016|Categories: Enabling Factors|Tags: brand loyalty, branding, engagement, event, event management, innovation challenge, innovation metrics, innovation value, investment, measuring innovation, metrics, return on innovation, ROI|

The Card Game to Help You Innovate Like Tesla

Visions and consequently major innovations are molded by the technical and human revolutions that industries live in. In a time when just one big industrial revolution existed, every company simply had to follow the common path (see production automation in the 60's-70's). The 20th century car industry was a good example. Then Internet technology came onto the scene (more complex and diverse than the web from the early 2000's) and the thread for innovation is no longer so straight forward.

Ideascale2021-12-07T16:14:30-08:00December 8th, 2016|Categories: Strategies|Tags: automation, automotive industry, brainstorm, car-sharing, driverless cars, Elon Musk, gamification, innovation game, Innovation Strategy, IoT, reframing, sharing economy, simplicity, Tesla, visual thinking|

Leap Innovation: a Strategy to Get Ahead and Stay Relevant

The importance of innovation for organizations to remain competitive is widely discussed and well accepted by scholars and practicing managers. However, failures in innovation attempts are quite common and raise many questions. Why do firms with innovative products fail? Does market acceptance of innovations alone guarantee continuous success? Is it innovation strategy that can ensure long-term prosperity? One can argue that it is not only how to innovate that matters, but also where, what and when to innovate that make the difference.

Ideascale2021-12-07T16:10:34-08:00November 29th, 2016|Categories: Strategies|Tags: Business Model Innovation, Competition, Failure, first-mover, focus, incremental innovation, innovation success, leap innovation, process innovation, Product Development, sustainable growth, value, value proposition|

The Value of Disruptive Innovation vs. the Value of Incremental Innovation

Most startups hope to disrupt their markets by delivering a novel idea or a more-suitable functionality—frequently at a lower price. Disruptive Innovation may be how your company arrives, but ultimately, as competition grows and your business and brand evolves, you will need incremental innovation to stay relevant.

Rob Hoehn2021-12-07T16:10:12-08:00November 21st, 2016|Categories: Enabling Factors, Strategies|Tags: clayton christensen, coca-cola, disruptive innovation, gilette, incremental innovation, market creation, netflix, Pandora, skype, startup|

The Dynamism in Chinese Ecosystems and Platforms

Today we have to “think China” when it comes to looking for the dynamism within Ecosystems and Platforms. They are leading, exploring and extending the thinking beyond our more limited ambitions in the West. It is the environmental conditions coming together or being explored and exploited that make China stand out in its dynamism in this area.

Ideascale2021-12-07T16:10:07-08:00November 17th, 2016|Categories: Enabling Factors, Organization & Culture|Tags: alibaba, Change Management, china, Competition, competitive advantage, digital platform, dynamism, ecosystem, in-depth article, innovation networks, innovation platform, Platform Disruption|

The Big Book of Customer Insight, Data & Analytics

Customer insight, data & analytics have become an integral part of customer experience. With constantly rising customer expectations and an increasing demand for a quicker service, more channel choice and a highly personalised interaction, the only way you can achieve all three of these and ensure you’re providing an excellent CX is by truly knowing your customers.

Ideascale2019-11-28T08:48:45-08:00November 17th, 2016|Categories: Report|Tags: analytics, big data, case study, consumer insights, customer engagement, data management, download, in-depth article, report, research|

Don’t Fall in Love with your First Idea

In this interview, Dr. Alexander Osterwalder, Author and Co-Founder of Strategyzer, discusses what he believes to be the essential success factors of innovation and why his Business Model Canvas has become such a popular tool for organisations today.

Ideascale2021-12-07T16:10:01-08:00November 15th, 2016|Categories: Interview|Tags: alexander osterwalder, business model canvas, Business Model Innovation, idea management, innovation, Innovation Management, innovation tool, Interview, interviews|

Innovation Fitness: Measuring It to Maximize It

To gauge the innovation capabilities of an enterprise, it is helpful to apply a systematic method for assessing the quality of, and the relationship between the various and distinct dimensions that drive all functions of the enterprise. As with a sports team, simply having talent does not ensure success. It is the quality of the team work which ultimately elevates or hinders the level of their play.

Ideascale2021-12-07T16:09:55-08:00November 14th, 2016|Categories: Enabling Factors, Strategies|Tags: disruptive innovation, Employee Engagement, enterprise innovation, environments, external environment, in-depth article, innovation assessment, innovation environment, innovation fitness, Innovation Strategy, innovation value, innovative people, internal environment, KPI, measure innovation, measuring innovation, performance, Stakeholders, STEP, structure, task, Teamwork|

Artificial Intelligence is an important Component of Digital Transformation

We are all part of a giant transformation, “digital world is eating up physical world” – enterprise, individual, activity, relationship, emotion, etc., almost every entity around us is getting through some degree of digitization. Michael Wei, Director of Samsung AI research center in the US, discusses the current developments, activities and challenges in artificial intelligence and its part in the digital transformation agenda.

Ideascale2021-12-07T16:06:38-08:00November 2nd, 2016|Categories: Interview|Tags: AI, artificial intelligence, big data, digital era, digital innovation, digital transformation, Innovation Management, Internet of things, Interview, IoT, Samsung, Technology, user experience|

The Global Competitiveness Report 2016–2017

The Global Competitiveness Report assesses the competitiveness landscape of 138 economies, providing insight into the drivers of their productivity and prosperity. Switzerland, Singapore and the United States remain the three world’s most competitive economies.

Ideascale2019-10-15T15:23:24-07:00October 19th, 2016|Categories: Report|Tags: case study, Competition, download, economy, global market, globalization, in-depth article, productivity, report, research, switzerland, USA|

Getting Connected Products Right

Why do so many companies seem to be sitting on the sidelines when it comes to creating connected products and designing services that tie into them? The cost of adding wireless connectivity to a device is plummeting toward $1. Projections about how many Internet of Things (IoT) objects will be part of our lives, at work or at home, range from 12 billion by 2020 (Cisco) to 50 billion (Ericsson and Intel).

Ideascale2019-10-15T15:23:26-07:00October 11th, 2016|Categories: Report, Strategies|Tags: case study, download, enterprise innovation, in-depth article, Internet of things, IoT, Product Development, report, research, Technology|