8 steps to face a VUCA environment with Design Thinking
Competition increases for us every day as we face new and complete challenges. Not only the current historical ones, but also on a daily basis as we …
Innovation Process
Making sense of innovation pipelines, funnels, and portfolios
If you have heard the terms innovation pipeline, innovation funnel, and innovation portfolio, you might have wondered—what is the difference? And more …
Curious clues for the future
Curiosity is a core value and powerful transformation tool for many forward-thinking organisations, and is certainly one of the things I CRAVE. It i…
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…
The ecosystem relationship of a rain forest is also how innovation interreacts and works effectively
Firstly I would argue that innovation, to be managed well, needs to operate like an ecosystem, the same as a tropical rainforest. For ecosystems to fl…
The core blocker to corporate innovation isn’t what you think
Intrapreneurship is gradually being recognised as by far the most potent solution to the growing need for corporations to innovate more effectively. In…
5 Steps of the Design Thinking Process: A Step-by-Step Guide
The five steps that make up the design thinking process: Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, and Test. By now, you’ve probably heard about design thi…
IT and Innovation
“Software innovation, like almost every other kind of innovation, requires the ability to collaborate and share ideas with other people, and to sit dow…
Inspiration – and a method for survival and growth in crisis situations
This period is more dramatic, more global and more unusual than anything seen by anyone working today – this is the opinion of journalist Fareed Zakari…
Do Shorter Design Sprints Work?
In Richard Banfield’s book Enterprise Design Sprints, he talks about how Design Sprints have become “a trusted format for problem-solving at many large…
Getting rapid results from innovation
Customers don’t want innovation – they want the results of innovation in the form of better, faster, cheaper products and services! How many significa…
The Best Design Thinking Exercises for Any Phase of a Project
Design thinking is not a passing business “fad.” It’s an established part of how smart organisations work and operate today. Design-led organisations p…
Transformation and innovation: There is no quick fix: Part 2
Schumpeter’s gale of creative destruction is blowing, and even though the wall you built to bolster your core business will increase your resilience, i…
Transformation and innovation: There is no quick fix: Part 1
Managing innovation and transformation is hard. In the established organisation it often requires a great amount of foresight and a lot of strategic in…
The Value of Running Innovation Workshops – ignite creativity around any business challenge
Many businesses fall into one of two buckets. First, there are large, long-standing legacy companies that feel intense pressure to innovate to keep up …
How to sell ideas to your organisation
How to create impactful ideas: Make them more robust Not all ideas are good ideas. And not every good idea is born in full working form. IGNITERS, or…
Igniting Innovation by Sparking Sensations
If you’re reading this article, it’s likely because you are CRAVING a little creativity in your life: imaginative future vignettes about your personal …
Entrepreneurship or intrapreneurship? What do you think?
I have a particular interest in intrapreneurship. It seems to make a lot of sense. Everything a startup needs, such as money, clients, talent, channels…
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…
35 Ways to Use Idea Management Software to Drive Business Results
Getting the best out of your idea management system (IMS) requires some planning and know-how, and a well thought through approach will definitely yiel…