enterprise innovation

The Untold Story Behind Switzerland’s Success with James Breiding

Switzerland – a tiny country with few natural advantages – has become incredibly successful in the world of banking, pharmaceuticals, machinery, and more. James Breiding, author of the bestselling book, Swiss Made, explores the enabling factors for innovation in Switzerland. He makes the point that when an entrepreneur comes up with a new and innovative method or product, there will be resistance from those who have accepted the status quo. Entrepreneurs as well as intrapreneurs need to have thick skin if they wish to disrupt the market.

Ideascale2019-11-28T09:24:06-08:00September 23rd, 2016|Categories: Innovation Ecosystem, Podcast|Tags: B2B, B2C, breakthrough innovation, community, ecosystem, enterprise innovation, europe, global market, globalization, innovation, innovation networks, network, podcast, status quo bias, switzerland, top talent|

A Roadmap for Building Corporate Innovation Capabilities

What should a roadmap that helps you develop corporate innovation capabilities look like? How do you bring new thoughts and approaches together with current and past initiatives (both successes and failures) and turn this into a single framework? How do you keep pushing and developing your organization to become more flexible and agile without losing out on the current overall efforts and expected results?

Ideascale2021-12-07T16:01:13-08:00September 22nd, 2016|Categories: Enabling Factors, Leadership, Strategies|Tags: capabilities, Communication, corporate innovation, enterprise innovation, goal setting, innovation governance, innovation roadmap, Innovation Strategy, leadership, Product Development, R&D, resources, roadmap, Success, talent management|

Innovation Powered by Mind and Machine

Research and analytics have changed tremendously in recent years. With new technologies, advanced software and a global marketplace, the solutions are becoming much more complex. In this Innovation Ecosystem podcast Mark Bidwell speaks with Marc Vollenweider, CEO of Evalueserve, a company that offers innovative and disruptive solutions to their clients’ problems. Marc has a genuinely unique perspective on the changes taking place in various industries and offers a lot of advice, for leaders as well as those working for more traditional and regulated firms, on how they can successfully navigate through these disruptive waters.

Ideascale2019-11-28T09:24:06-08:00September 9th, 2016|Categories: Innovation Ecosystem, Leadership, Podcast|Tags: analytics, automation, data management, ecosystem, enterprise innovation, finance, financial services, Ideation, interviews, millennial, podcast, startup, talent management|

Cisco Ignites Companywide Startup Culture

In the past few years, the mass digitization of business and society has pressured every organization – large and small, private and public – to innovate at unprecedented speed. This digital revolution has incited a new and disruptive era of hyper competition. It has accelerated the pace of change exponentially. It has forced companies to reinvent themselves. And it has utterly disrupted institutions and their cultures, upended entire markets, and hatched new business models that challenge traditional ways of operating.

Ideascale2019-10-15T15:23:31-07:00August 29th, 2016|Categories: News, Organization & Culture, Report|Tags: case study, cisco, disruptive innovation, download, enterprise innovation, in-depth article, innovate everwhere, Innovation Culture, innovation program processes, intrapreneur, report, research|

From Bankruptcy to Industry Leading Success – The LEGO Story

LEGO has earned the right to celebrate. Not only are kids playing with more mini LEGO people than there are human beings on the planet (Delingpole J, 2009) but in 2015, they were nominated by Forbes as the most powerful brand in the world. For a company which was on the brink of bankruptcy in 2004, the toy maker has made an amazing turnaround. They restructured, hired a new CEO, and forged more licensing partnerships than ever before. Most importantly, they discovered the secret to some of the world’s most successful, low risk innovation strategies.

Ideascale2021-12-07T15:57:54-08:00July 11th, 2016|Categories: Enabling Factors, Open Innovation, Strategies|Tags: case study, Crowdsourcing, enterprise innovation, innovation success, LEGO, software|

The (Non)Sense of Employee-Focused Innovation Training

A lot has been written about Innovation Training in the recent past. At Culturevate, we clearly see the sense of such training, but there are some important conditions that needs to be met for these efforts to generate long-term impact for an organization. Not all companies understand these conditions, which often leads to mediocre results and missed opportunities. One extra difficulty is that a good Innovation Training should be driven by and aligned with several functional parts of a large corporate organization.

Ideascale2021-12-07T15:51:55-08:00June 6th, 2016|Categories: Organization & Culture|Tags: Best Practices, employee training, enterprise innovation, HR, Innovation Culture, innovation skills, innovation team, innovation training, intrapreneur, learning program, networking, SaaS, skills development, talent management, top talent, training program|

Why Innovation Fails (And How to Succeed)

Here’s a wild guess: the majority of large enterprises will probably claim they know exactly what innovation is all about. Yet, in spite of impressive resources, big companies are responsible for only a small fraction of disruptive innovations. What is at the root of this paradox? Why does so much innovation fail? And more importantly: what can companies do about it?

Ideascale2021-12-07T15:51:51-08:00May 24th, 2016|Categories: Organization & Culture, Strategies|Tags: business development, business innovation, enterprise innovation, Failure, idea management, innovation, lessons learned, strategy, Success|

Everyone Talks About Innovation … But What is it Really?

From manufacturing to accounting: in every sector, organizations sooner or later declare themselves ‘innovative players’. Sad but true: as a mantra for businesses far and wide, ‘innovation’ too often becomes a catchphrase devoid of meaning. So let’s break it down and get back to the nitty-gritty: what is innovation exactly, and why should you care about the word’s core meaning?

Ideascale2020-07-10T14:38:56-07:00April 26th, 2016|Categories: Enabling Factors|Tags: defining innovation, disruptive innovation, enterprise innovation, innovation, Innovation Management, operations, sustainable innovation|

Employee Innovation Training – What Approach Works Best?

As organizations increasingly focus on building corporate cultures that are more open to new ideas, they are examining ways that they can engage a range of employees in innovative thinking and actions. In the past, the answer to this kind of effort was to run a challenge and pat yourselves on the back for a job well done.

Ideascale2022-01-24T16:43:16-08:00February 29th, 2016|Categories: Enabling Factors, Leadership, Organization & Culture|Tags: Communication, Employee Engagement, employee training, enterprise innovation, HR, Innovation Culture, innovation framework, Innovation Strategy, innovation team, innovation training, learning program, Problem Solving, training program|

How Innovation and Authenticity Complement Each Other in a Corporate Environment

Authenticity and innovation are two of today’s biggest corporate buzzwords. They are often considered as separate values, but in reality they have much in common and in this article we will examine the areas of overlap and potential leverage benefits.

Ideascale2022-01-24T16:43:37-08:00February 17th, 2016|Categories: Leadership, Organization & Culture, Strategies|Tags: authenticity, cognitive diversity, Communication, company culture, competencies, design thinking, enterprise innovation, focus, Innovation Culture, innovation leader, Innovation Management, leadership, roles, skills management, team diversity, Teamwork, value|

Navigating the Make versus Buy Decision: A Crowd Sourced Check List

Product managers facing the make versus buy decision for their organization have a lot to consider. Biases abound. In this article, the innovation architect Doug Collins shares what was on the minds of senior product management leaders on this topic when they convened, recently. Their top 10 factors follow below.

Ideascale2019-10-15T15:22:16-07:00February 16th, 2016|Categories: Strategies|Tags: Communication, competitive advantage, Crowdsourcing, decision making, Employee Engagement, enterprise innovation, Open Innovation, Product Development, product management, resrouces, strategic partnership, time-to-market, venture innovation|

5 Ways to Create a Successful Innovation Program

You’ve heard it a thousand times: companies need to innovate in order to survive. The Googles and the Apples of the world are doing it- Google famously used to require employees to dedicate 20% of their time to innovation. But what exactly does it take to create a sustainable innovation program, especially if you are in an industry that is traditionally risk averse?

Ideascale2019-11-28T09:24:01-08:00February 1st, 2016|Categories: Leadership, Life Cycle Processes|Tags: Crowdsourcing, download, enterprise innovation, in-depth article, innovation program processes, whitepaper|

A Compelling Value Proposition: The Missing Tool in Your Lean Startup Kit

Eric Reis first introduced the concept of Lean Startup in 2008. Today Lean Startup is deployed far beyond entrepreneurial circles and is taking root in large, complex organizations looking to improve their new product success rates – and in the process build lean cultures. This is very good news. Too often the processes corporations use in pursuit of innovation can actually erode their capability to innovate. Still, when applying the principles of “Build – Measure – Learn” to initiating Lean practices in corporations, there is room for improvement…and possibly even for a pivot.

Ideascale2021-12-07T15:47:10-08:00January 26th, 2016|Categories: Strategies|Tags: business development, business model, Business Model Innovation, Communication, customer engagement, enterprise innovation, IdeaScale, innovation, innovation success, innovation tool, innovation toolbox, intrapreneur, lean, lean startup, scale, scaling, startup, sustainability, training, value proposition|

Survival of The Fittest

Based on our work with pioneering enterprises in Silicon Valley and around the globe we have learned a great deal about what makes innovation prosper. This article reveals some surprising insights on how prepared our institutions are to successfully compete for the future.

Ideascale2019-10-15T15:22:24-07:00December 14th, 2015|Categories: Leadership, Organization & Culture|Tags: Collaboration, collaborative innovation, Employee Engagement, enterprise innovation, IdeaScale, innovation fitness, innovation leader, Innovation Management, innovation success, innovation tools, innovation training, inspiration, management, Open Innovation, product launches, research, Stakeholders, strengths and weaknesses|

Enhancing a Startup Culture in a Corporate Environment

There is little doubt that startups are dominating leadership discussion in many sectors of the economy, and have even become a source of admiration in popular culture. Whether driven by the hopes of “unicorn” valuations and lucrative exits or by the desire for more informal, collegial working environments, startups are more prevalent and attractive to existing and potential employees than ever. In fact, in a recent Accenture survey, only 15% of the class of 2014 would “prefer” to work for a mature, established organization.

Ideascale2022-01-24T16:45:15-08:00November 17th, 2015|Categories: Organization & Culture|Tags: Communication, company culture, Employee Engagement, employee recognition, enterprise innovation, HR, Innovation Culture, innovation tools, innovation training, leadership, reward, startup, talent management, team building, vision, workplace environment|