Fostering Experience Led Design

Gus Desbarats has been designing and directing award-winning, commercially successful innovation continuously, for the last 28 years, for some of the world’s top brands. Today Gus shares his insightful views on innovation management and the importance of putting people’s experiences at the heart of business and innovation.

2019-10-15T15:08:33-07:00July 1st, 2011|Categories: Interview|Tags: , , , |

Building the Blocks of Social Innovation

Social innovation advocates challenge us to make the development and improvement of modern society our primary innovation goal. This week IM spoke with Josef Hochgerner, who created the first Centre for Social Innovation world-wide (1990) and introduced a definition of social innovation which increasingly meets approval among innovation experts. Find out more about his experiences and views on innovation management.

2019-10-15T15:08:34-07:00June 27th, 2011|Categories: Interview|Tags: , , , , |

Directing R&D for a Good Cause

Many innovation managers are concerned with the successful transfer of new technology from universities to industries while monitoring and protecting intellectual property. This week IM spoke with Ariadna J. Rodríguez-Diaz who is in charge of the protection of intellectual property in new technologies for education at the School of Engineering at UNAM.

Promoting a Mindset where “Problems” are Seen as Opportunities

This week IM spoke with Daniel Åhlström who is currently the Technical Center Director at Autoliv Sverige AB in Vårgårda, Sweden. Daniel shares his views on the importance of creating a creative climate while at the same time establishing a productive process for new development and innovation.

2019-10-15T15:07:23-07:00May 20th, 2011|Categories: Interview, Organization & Culture|Tags: , , , |

Taking a Pause for Innovative Thinking

Holly Green, CEO of The Human Factor Inc., is an experienced business leader and behavioural scientist. Holly has a rare combination of extensive academic training and in-the-trenches experience working in and leading organizations. She tells IM that the most important lesson for innovation managers to learn is to slow down to allow for creative thinking.

2019-10-15T15:07:25-07:00May 13th, 2011|Categories: Interview|Tags: , , |

A New Era of ‘Collaborative Advantage’

This week IM caught up with Debra Amidon to ask her views on the evolution of innovation management as a profession. Debrah first wrote about intellectual capital in 1987 and became a practitioner as ‘global innovation strategist’ long before it was in vogue. As founder of ENTOVATION International Ltd, she has managed a global network of innovation experts across 67 countries for over 2 decades. She provides us with some perspective and counsel for the future.

2019-10-15T15:07:28-07:00April 29th, 2011|Categories: Collaborative Innovation, Interview|Tags: , , |

Procter and Gamble’s Chris Thoen on Open Innovation

Procter and Gamble's Connect and Develop program signalled the transition of big business from a past based on internal R&D to a future based on connectivity and openness. Connect and Develop kick-started the open innovation movement. In a revealing interview Chris Thoen, who runs P&G's open innovation practice, tells Innovation Management about the future of P&G's Open Innovation strategy.

2019-10-15T15:07:30-07:00April 21st, 2011|Categories: Interview, Open Innovation, Organization & Culture|Tags: , , |

Teaching Lateral Thinking to Leaders

Everyone can greatly benefit from improved lateral thinking skills, and no one more than entrepreneurs, managers and CEOs. This is exactly where motivational speaker and author, Paul Sloane focuses his energy. In this week's Hello There Paul tells IM about his experience and asks for your input on his most recent project.

2019-10-15T15:07:37-07:00March 25th, 2011|Categories: Interview, Leadership|Tags: , , , |