Innovation + Best Practices Win Race to South Pole – and Business Improvement: Revisited
September 13, 2011
This blog was originally posted back in February, but the story of theses events was recently revisited in great detail in the September issue of National Geographic. By Robert F. Brands One hundred years ago, two men set out on a Race to the South Pole. Both Englishman Robert Falcon Scott and Norwegian Roald Amundsen were experienced explorers. They knew the polar conditions of Antarctica. They knew with reward came inherent risk. Their shared tale is one about best practices versus innovation.... Read more »
Why America’s patent system needs to be reformed, and how to do it
August 23, 2011
From The Economist: http://www.economist.com/node/21526370 ON AUGUST 15th Google bid $12.5 billion for Motorola Mobility, a troubled American maker of mobile phones. If the purchase goes through, it will be Google’s largest ever acquisition, almost doubling the size of its workforce. The attraction for the internet giant is not the handset-maker’s 19,000 employees nor its 11% share of America’s smartphone market, but its portfolio of 17,000 patents, with another 7,500 in the pipeline. This will bolster... Read more »
RECAP: Innovation(3) Cubed Crowdsourcing, Culture and Tools Summit
December 13, 2010
Dec 9-10 Highlights and Key learning from the Innovation Cubed Conference Creation of Innovation Community is key to keep enthusiasm, communicate and maximize ideation input and efficiency. Many “Best Practice” presenters had the following elements in common: - Vision, Mission, Strategy, Resources, Measurements, Reward - Prepare, Promote, Participate, Identify, Extract, Explore - Wisdom of the crowds o Crowds need to be diverse, Independent... Read more »
Innovation(3) Crowdsourcing, Culture and Tools Summit Part 3
December 10, 2010
Innovation(3) Crowdsourcing, Culture and Tools Summit Doubletree ,Orlando, FL http://www.worldrg.com/showConference.cfm?confCode=MW10005 Follow us on Twitter #i310 and @innovationrules Part 3, Day 2 Dec. 10 Sprint on Team Building in Non Traditional Environment for Innovation (Jack Jennings, Sprint) Organizational Development (OD) key in team effectiveness. Optimal Creating flexible Workforce with Knowledge workers Trust is key, Survey top ten reasons you work besides paycheck Building Trust in Open... Read more »
Innovation and Idea Management: From Ideation to Collaboration to Execution
November 16, 2009
Innovation thrives on a diet of news ideas. Alt: Innovation: What a great idea ! It needs new views, fresh thinking, a different perspective from across the organization. We’ve noted that Innovation = Creative x Risk Taking. Setting aside risk for the moment, creativity is a central element to the innovation process. But it must continually be nourished with new ideas from a variety of sources. Ideation is not a single event. It doesn’t originate from a single silo or one person or one department,... Read more »
Don’t Just Survive—Thrive: Leading Innovation in Good Times and Bad
July 15, 2009
Authors : Lynda M. Applegate and J. Bruce Harreld Date Published: June 24, 2009 Continue reading “Don’t Just Survive—Thrive: Leading Innovation in Good Times and Bad” » Read More →
Innovating Your Way To The Top
July 15, 2009
Published by : Palgrave Macmillan Date Published: January 2009 Continue reading “Innovating Your Way To The Top” » Read More →
Where Innovation Creates Value
June 25, 2009
Author: Amar Bhidé Date Published: February 2009 Continue reading “Where Innovation Creates Value” » Read More →
Integrating Innovation Style and Knowledge Into Strategy
June 23, 2009
Author: Edward F. McDonough III, Michael H. Zack, Hsing-Er Lin and Iris Berdrow Date Published: 2008 Continue reading “Integrating Innovation Style and Knowledge Into Strategy” » Read More →
Institutionalizing Innovation
June 23, 2009
Author: Scott D. Anthony, Mark W. Johnson and Joseph V. Sinfield Date Published: 2008 Continue reading “Institutionalizing Innovation” » Read More →
Innovation Evolution
