A new innovative pathway built on ecosystems and platform management
Ecosystems and platforms are our pathways to a new innovation future. Ecosystems have suddenly become of age, as they can be formed around common con…
Innovation Capability
The spirit speaks
After a busy day of e-mails, zoom meetings and a zoom delivered workshop on how to create high performing teams, I retreated to my usual decompression …
7 “Future of Work” trends, now that the future has gone mainstream
Last year was a tremendous acceleration. Remote work, still considered even “dangerous” by some only a couple of years ago, has made way for the new no…
Building capability and capacity to expand innovation
For innovation to be successful, the bottom line is the commitment and focus made for building the capabilities and competencies in innovation as it is…
The roles of risk and luck in innovation
One of the most controversial, and perhaps even misunderstood topics in innovation are the roles of risk and luck for innovation success. Do you have …
Designing our Innovation Ecosystems needs Five Considerations
Firstly we need to put any innovation ecosystem into context. What are ecosystems, and why are they really valuable to consider when you are thinking a…
A pathway towards building your dynamic innovation capabilities
To build a pathway in order to enable more dynamic innovation capabilities one needs to go through Nine Stages. These nine stages are, in my opinion, …
Pace of innovation – The ultimate competitive advantage
When we think of a business having a competitive advantage, we still tend to think of traditional economic moats such as a low-cost structure, economie…
The 9 Mistakes Venture Boards Make
Although in principle everyone agrees that corporations need to get better at mimicking the venture capital world when it comes to taking investment de…
Working with start-ups? Be more successful at scouting the best ones
When collaborating with a startup, a lot can go wrong. But if you focus on four simple steps, it will be much easier. Start with the scout, be aware of…
Valuing digitization alongside innovation
Much of our innovation work today is caught up in out-of-date information, poor and inadequate data, restricted research and limited market understandi…
The wheel inbetween
Get innovation rolling: discover your Wheel Inbetween In brief… The problem Everyone knows that innovation is vital, and there is lots of great publ…
Slicing and Dicing Innovation Vehicles
In this current global market, large corporate companies have seen first-hand their industries disrupted by innovative startups. Startups that bring ne…
Every Digital Transformation needs a water carrier
Every Digital Transformation and innovation needs a water carrier. That is to say, the successful Digital Transformations and Innovation teams need som…
Business Model Innovation: Creating Pathways to Relevance
The innovation conversation is happening every day , no matter your industry, function or location. It is an omnipresent scenario. Unfortunately, the d…
A new cycle of innovation design
We really do have this compelling need to have a new cycle of innovation design. A more integrated solution that takes our understanding of innovation …
Déjà vu all over again: Corporate innovation is stuck in a rut
I’ve had a chance to read a very well researched report on corporate innovation conducted by KPMG in coordination with Innovation Leader. The report, …
How to make your company succeed at innovation
I bet you are frustrated by your company’s innovation efforts, aren’t you? At least that is what I keep on hearing from executives. “How can we make ou…
Let’s co-create, Mr Client!
We need to stop creating solutions and only getting good at selling them; we need to co-create solutions with our clients. At Wazoku, we work with top …
The sense we are moving towards a new innovation movement?
Ecosystems in our business thinking have suddenly become of age, they can enable cross-cutting innovation to be delivered in highly collaborative and d…