Mar
21
An Innovation Risk-Reduction Matrix for Intrapreneurs
Last year I saw Alexander Osterwalder, the originator of the Business Model Canvas (…
Articles
Mar
19
Do we want to stop talking about innovation? Leaders be authentic!
Innovation is a word on everyone’s lips. Events about it or with an agenda on innova…
Mar
14
Unicorns don’t kill dinosaurs, meteors do!
So, you’re a senior leader, maybe a CEO and today is the first day of the rest of yo…
Mar
12
Is sustainability part of your innovation strategy?
Talk about Innovation and we think of new, bright, shiny. We immediately want or ‘ne…
Mar
5
The Eastern Europe Innovation Problem
Well that’s a thought provoking headline? How can I say something about the problem …
Feb
28
Every Digital Transformation needs a water carrier
Every Digital Transformation and innovation needs a water carrier. That is to say, t…
Feb
26
The Hospitality Industry and its quest for innovation
Innovation is at the top of mind of most senior management executives across industr…
Feb
19
Shifting Innovation Perspectives for 2019
Three years ago Derek Bishop, Jo Geraghty and I published our book, Building a Cultu…
Feb
14
Move over Silicon Valley; Asia roars when it comes to Innovation
Throughout the course of my career, I have been extremely fortunate to manage and le…
Feb
12
The art and science of communicating complex ideas
This article is based on a talk I gave at Bristech in December 2018: ‘Talking Tech: …
Feb
7
Innovation Car Boot Sales and Open Intellectual Property Exchanges
Pulling on the strands of decluttering, Open Source and Crowdsourcing this thought p…
Feb
5
Innovation Takes Time
If you hang out with dreamers and innovators for any length of time, you hear about …
Jan
29
Do Boards Care About Innovation?
Innovation is supposed to be the hottest of hot things at the moment, as executives …
Jan
25
Business Model Innovation: Creating Pathways to Relevance
The innovation conversation is happening every day , no matter your industry, functi…
Jan
23
Life, as-a-service
These days, the idea of ownership has started to lose its relevance as the ‘as-a-ser…
Jan
22
Innovation Reward and Recognition in a Barbell Economy
Many innovation discussions kick off with a reference to the future. It conjures pic…
Jan
18
Personal, not digital…innovation matchmaking is about people, not just apps, algorithms or data matches
This thought piece is the follow up to Picking the right Innovation Races that looke…
Jan
16
Broadening the church of Open Innovation
Open Innovation is about increasing the innovation potential of firms by opening the…
Jan
15
Innovation in Management
Having worked in the “innovation” space for nearly three years, I have read loads of…
Jan
9
Picking the right innovation races
Which way do you pick your horse for the Grand National? Would you use your personal…