Ideation & Collaboration

Four Examples of Design-Driven Success

When thinking about innovation, we tend to do so from two important angles. The first, and more likely to make headlines...

Absorptive Capabilities for Innovation - What Really Matters
Innovation Management

Absorptive Capabilities for Innovation - What Really Matters

ca·pa·bil·i·ty \ˌkā-pə-ˈbi-lə-tē\ - the quality or state of being capable (an ability); a feature or faculty capable of ...

8 Principles of The Innovator’s Solution
Innovation Management

8 Principles of The Innovator’s Solution

The Innovator’s Dilemma gets more of the headlines, but the follow-up book by Clayton Christensen, The Innovator’s Solut...

The European Space Agency's Voyage Into Open Innovation
Open Innovation

The European Space Agency's Voyage Into Open Innovation

This blog post is part of a series on successfully managing open innovation programs. In this series, I talk with experi...

ElleHacks 2021: Empowering Women to Change the World

ElleHacks 2021: Empowering Women to Change the World

For most of us, Friday at 5 p.m. signals the start of the weekend. We shut down our computers and power up our Netflix, ...

6 Innovation Leaders Share What Inspired Them in the Year That Must Not Be Named
Customer Insights , The Innovation Manager

6 Innovation Leaders Share What Inspired Them in the Year That Must Not Be Named

This year has been tough. We've experienced some highs and some profound lows. Some of us were able to find silver-linin...

An Introduction to Design Thinking for Innovation
Methods & Frameworks

An Introduction to Design Thinking for Innovation

“Design thinking draws on logic, imagination, intuition and systemic reasoning to explore the possibilities of what coul...

The Definition of Innovation
Strategy & Alignment

The Definition of Innovation

What happens if you ask a group of so-called innovation experts about their definition of innovation? Nick Skillicorn di...

Giving Shape to the Fuzzy Front End of Innovation
The Innovation Manager

Giving Shape to the Fuzzy Front End of Innovation

Imagine this: You're new to your department. Your boss walks in, stares you in the eye, and, as your palms start to swea...

3 Ways to Assess and Improve (Open) Innovation Structures
Strategy & Alignment

3 Ways to Assess and Improve (Open) Innovation Structures

In a previous post I was telling you about engineering an open culture and how tricky this task can be. As research show...

Metrics and Methods of Experimentation in Innovation
Governance

Metrics and Methods of Experimentation in Innovation

The most valuable resources on innovation consistently suggest that innovation is a highly uncertain process. As a resul...