Innovation Culture

Managing Fundraising Innovation: the Dangers of the ‘Echo-Chamber’

This case study explores the results of an innovation research process undertaken by Oxfam, which compared internal feedback vs. general public feedback to identical sets of ideas. In comparing responses between these two audiences, Oxfam discovered an immediate and obvious divide between their staff’s opinions about which fundraising ideas would perform the best, versus what the general public preferred - an important lesson about avoiding the bubble of the echo chamber.

Ideascale2021-12-14T07:42:59-08:00March 23rd, 2017|Categories: Collaborative Innovation, Innovation Psychology, Organization & Culture, Strategies|Tags: analysis, analytics, case study, cognitive bias, Collaboration, Crowdsourcing, echo chamber, innovation, Innovation Culture, nonprofit, nonprofit innovation, target audience, third sector|

Intrapreneurial Success: Leading Disruption, Managing Change

Embracing an intrapreneurial mindset, which intentionally disrupts things from the inside out and often from the bottom up, is a radical concept for companies that thrive on stability and predictability. However, if an enterprise is committed to developing its innovation capability through intrapreneurship, three groups of people must be mobilized to make it happen: leadership, stakeholders, and innovation support.

Ideascale2021-12-14T07:34:07-08:00February 27th, 2017|Categories: Innovation Psychology, Leadership, Organization & Culture, Strategies|Tags: breakthrough innovation, case study, Change Management, company culture, culture change, disruption, disruptive innovation, Employee Engagement, entrepreneur, Failure, Innovation Culture, innovation team, innovative companies, innovative people, internal communications, intrapreneur, project management, scaling up, Stakeholders|

Using Design Thinking to make your employees ready for the Internet-of-Things

Recent advances in technology put Internet-of-things (IoT)-innovation on top of the management agenda across industries. It is predicted to increase economic value by $11.1 trillion in 2025 (McKinsey 2015). The Service Science Factory and Noventum collaborated on this article to present a state-of-the art view on the Internet of Things and how to implement this vision within organizations.

Ideascale2021-12-14T06:37:50-08:00February 16th, 2017|Categories: Strategies|Tags: automation, business alignment, business development, Competition, decision making, design thinking, disruptive innovation, disruptive technology, ecosystem, enterprise innovation, idea management, Ideation, Innovation Culture, IoT, mindset, MNC, opportunity, pitch idea, portfolio management, service innovation, smart products, Technology, trend|

How to Make Your Design Thinking Program Turn Into Something Real

Why do a large part of the design thinking projects in the corporate world never pass through the prototype phase? In recent years I’ve been involved with many design thinking initiatives. Many of them related to the development of new products inside large companies in industries such as finance, health, education and consumer goods.

Ideascale2021-12-14T06:36:32-08:00February 14th, 2017|Categories: Life Cycle Processes, Organization & Culture, Strategies|Tags: Creativity, design, design thinking, front end of innovation, Ideation, IDEO, Innovation Culture, innovation method, Innovation Strategy, methodology, Product Development, prototype, prototyping, rapid design processes|

10 Skills You Need to Nurture in Your Innovation Group

Organizational innovation requires discipline. And like any other discipline, it requires monitoring and training to make sure that you’re on the cutting edge of your capabilities. But what skills should you focus on building and how can you track your progress?

Rob Hoehn2021-12-14T06:36:20-08:00February 13th, 2017|Categories: Leadership, Open Innovation, Strategies|Tags: accountability, Collaboration, Employee Engagement, goals, implementation, Innovation Culture, innovation fitness, innovation skills, innovation team, leadership, Open Innovation, reporting, skills management, trend|

Cutting Complexity with Lisa Bodell of Futurethink

In this episode, Lisa and Mark reconvene to share more essential tools for leaders and teams to simplify their work environment from her second book, Why Simple Wins, they explore insights into how companies like SAP, Southwest Airlines and Syngenta are putting simplification principles into action. Join us to learn how simplicity can give you and your organisation the competitive edge of our time!

Ideascale2020-03-30T12:12:43-07:00February 7th, 2017|Categories: Innovation Ecosystem, Organization & Culture, Podcast|Tags: complexity, ecosystem, efficiency, Innovation Culture, meaningful work, motivation, podcast, process improvement, reward, simplicity, speed of innovation, talent management, top talent, transparency|

5 Most Influential Innovators of the 21st Century

Ever since the beginning of mankind, there has always been someone who pushes the human race forward, such as the cavemen who learn how to make fire or the Native American Indians who sharpened stones to create weapons. With the advancement of technology in the 21st century these innovators: Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Sheryl Sandberg, Mark Zuckerberg and Sheila Lirio Marcelo are creating new ways to travel, interact with others and access professionals for help.

Ideascale2021-11-16T13:14:54-08:00January 31st, 2017|Categories: Column & Opinion|Tags: accountability, apple, autonomy, company culture, effective innovator, Elon Musk, facebook, hierarchy, Innovation Culture, innovation team, innovative people, inspiration, leadership, Mark Zuckerberg, serial innovators, steve jobs, team building, Tesla|

Supporting Innovation with Autonomy and Accountability

Innovation tends to thrive in an environment where there are less bureaucratic restraints and an appetite for calculated risk. However, without a structured management system in place, experimentation can go awry and great ideas risk falling by the wayside. This is where accountability and autonomy can provide the essential framework to support the innovation process to its full potential.

Ideascale2021-12-14T06:32:05-08:00January 30th, 2017|Categories: Idea Management, Leadership, Organization & Culture|Tags: accountability, autonomy, Failure, hierarchy, HR, Innovation Culture, project teams, talent management, Teamwork, top-down|

How Improvisation can Boost Innovation

If you have an innovative culture already in place (meaning you’re working with stuff like agile project management, design thinking, lean, etc.) perhaps it’s time you consider Applied Improvisation Training. If instead you are a static and uncommunicative company, Applied Improvisation may even work against your innovation efforts. Edoardo Binda Zane explains more.

Ideascale2021-12-07T16:16:32-08:00December 21st, 2016|Categories: Enabling Factors, Idea Management|Tags: Agile, brainstorm, Communication, Creativity, design thinking, Ideation, improvisation, Innovation Culture, Innovation Strategy, innovation tool, innovation training, leadership, lean, Teamwork|

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|

Disruption Planning 2- Creating Options and Pathways

In this in-depth article Haydn Shaughnessy discusses why traditional ROI decision making is becoming irrelevant and how options planning is a key element of competitiveness. In these uncertain times firms need to recognise and analyse their options thoroughly in order to be ready for inevitable change.

Ideascale2021-12-07T16:14:26-08:00December 6th, 2016|Categories: In-Depth Article, Strategies|Tags: apple, blue ocean strategy, Business Model Innovation, business plan, case study, Change Management, decision making, digital era, digital platform, disruption, disruptive innovation, google, horizontal innovators, idea management, in-depth article, Innovation Culture, innovation planning, innovation skills, Innovation Strategy, IoT, opportunity, options planning, platform, Platform Disruption, platform transformation, process innovation, Product Development, product pipeline, ROI, service innovation, steve jobs, transformation|

7 Steps to Platform Transformation – Part I

Too many notes, Mozart was once told. Too many ideas, we might say today. The culture of innovation is awash with idea generation and its sidekick, fail-fast fail cheap innovation. Worse, we need a culture of transformation not just innovation. Accenture recently reported that 81% of executives they interviewed see platforms as central to their strategy over the next three years.

Ideascale2021-12-07T16:10:23-08:00November 28th, 2016|Categories: Life Cycle Processes, Strategies|Tags: adjacency platforms, app, big data, blue ocean strategy, connectivity, digital platform, disruption, disruptive innovation, disruptive technology, ecosystem, facebook, flexibility, global market, globalization, google, horizontal innovators, idea management, in-depth article, industry convergence, Innovation Culture, innovation networks, innovation skills, Innovation Strategy, Internet of things, mobile, netflix, network, opportunity, Platform Disruption, platform transformation, silicon valley, Technology, transformation, uber, user data, user experience|

How Innovation Equals Diversity: the Science and Promise of an Inclusive Workplace

Innovation may have a different meaning for every individual, but the true key to thinking outside the box lies in a diverse mindset. Allowing diversity into a business plan can be the secret to succeeding and achieving greatness. Don’t just take my word for it; evidence backs it up too.

Ideascale2021-12-07T16:10:16-08:00November 22nd, 2016|Categories: Enabling Factors, Organization & Culture|Tags: alibaba, brainstorm, company culture, Creativity, diversity, gender, Ideation, inclusion, Innovation Culture, IoT, mindset, talent management, team building, team diversity, USA, workspace|

Your ‘Innovative’ Workplace is not Enough

The term “innovative workplace culture” is increasingly clichéd, with little thought about what it means in practice. And yet a successful workplace culture is a business imperative for companies expected to lead the way in design and innovation in today’s experience economy.

Ideascale2021-12-07T16:06:49-08:00November 8th, 2016|Categories: Organization & Culture|Tags: aspiration, company culture, company values, diversity, Employee Engagement, employee satisfaction, entrepreneur, feedback, google, HR, IDEO, Innovation Culture, intrapreneur, linkedin, mission statement, netflix, online training, talent management, team building, team diversity, Teamwork, value, work environment, workplace|

Inventing The Future with Business Model Innovation with Alex Osterwalder

Are we still stuck in the innovation processes of the last century? On this week’s episode, Alexander Osterwalder looks at some of the fundamental problems in industries such as banking or pharmaceuticals and why the value propositions of today are not very satisfying for customers. Alex explains why the time has come to create new organizational structures and add a space where new business models and new value propositions can thrive.

Ideascale2019-11-28T09:24:10-08:00October 28th, 2016|Categories: Innovation Ecosystem, Podcast|Tags: alexander osterwalder, banking, Business Model Innovation, ecosystem, future, Innovation Culture, innovation tool, intrapreneur, pharmaceutical, podcast, sustainable growth, Technology|