Strike first, throw second
Conventional product life cycle stages are market development, growth, maturity, and decline. Poor assumptions in the first stage result in exuberant c…
Innovation Management
Create the future
The old adage saying of offence is better than defence might be true to some extent, but it is too black and white in most situations. We can use innov…
The 9 Mistakes Venture Boards Make
More and more companies apply venture capital tactics when investing in internal innovation projects. But there are some common mistakes they make. Mis…
Timing of innovation – Getting the odds on your side
Timing of Innovation is one of the most powerful factors in determining innovation success. However, it is often essentially ignored, because it is a c…
The elusive innovation strategy
Who would've thought that combining two vague terms would result in an even vaguer phrase? Fortunately, they are vague mostly due to ignorance and negl…
Doing and managing innovation
For a long time innovation – just like entrepreneurship – has been considered a matter of luck, something that magically happens when the right creat…
The venture board
Investing in innovation, managing the investment and measuring it are difficult activities for a corporation. They need to have a new internal vehicle …
IT and Innovation
In the ever-changing world of IT, it is challenging to create and maintain innovation activities. With more than ten years of experience working in thr…
Making the Virtual Workshop a Reality
What happens when your company unexpectedly announces business travel restrictions? For hundreds of thousands of workers, this has already become a rea…
Turbulent times are the best for innovation
In these challenging times, it is easy to let fear take control. Even if this is for sure a tough situation for most of us, we don’t have any other cho…
When tough times are ahead, you should double down on innovation
When tough times are ahead, many organisations cut back on innovation when they should actually be doubling down on it. Here’s why crises are great tim…
I need an innovation process like I need a…
I have spent most of my working life on innovation projects. And I have to concede that most of these projects needed a ‘process’. However, this ‘proce…
Transformation and innovation: There is no quick fix: Part 2
Creative destruction is a reality for most and although much can be done to be prepared, the steps you decide to take might not be the holy grail to en…
Transformation and innovation: There is no quick fix: Part 1
Leading innovation and transformation has become an integral part of the established organisation's day to day running activities. Doing this requires …
Intrapreneurship – the art of thinking inside the box
In 1996 Michael Porter described strategy as leveraging the resources of an institution to maintain a “unique competency”. Corporations have inte…
What Do Top Corporate Innovators Get Right?
We get to talk with hundreds of innovation leaders around the globe and across industries. The importance of innovation is not disputed but many are no…
Learning from failure – experimenting with start-up thinking in charities
The charity sector is being disrupted and radically different approaches to creating new funding streams were needed. A bold, new approach made sense b…
The Age of Innovation is Here to Stay, Are You Prepared for It?
It seems like we’re living in an age of incredibly rapid innovation, yet, what if it is just a teaser of what is to come in the next couple of decades?…
The Importance of Senior Management Involvement in Innovation
What is senior management’s role in innovation? Should they be the chief innovators in the organisation or is their time best spent on steering the mot…
Tomorrow thinking for CEOs
Why does it seem that most large organisations are too paralyzed to move fast enough in times when corporate agility is the only response that will hel…