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Creative Construction – Book review

The Inovo Group

Well-respected Harvard Business School professor and HBR contributor Gary Pisano has weighed in on the topic of large company innovation in his new book ‘Creative Construction’. He makes a compelling case that being ‘large’ doesn’t have to mean being non-innovative, or growing only through the acquisition of innovative start-ups.

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Seeking more Energy Transition Ecosystem Success Stories in 2024

Ecosystems4Innovating

This is partly why I focus on the Energy Transition and Industrial Transformation for my innovation and ecosystem work. Let us remind ourselves where those collaborations between different stakeholders deliver real change in radical, innovative solutions.

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The trough of innovation disillusionment

Paul Hobcraft

Over time our organizations are finding increasing reasons to put off the more radical innovation that is needed. Incremental innovation is safe and contains all the risks within acceptable levels, so it allows the organization to keep its fixation on the short-term as its only line of site (and executive pay-off).

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Four reasons why corporate startups fail (and how yours can be succesful)

whataventure

This is when the idea for MOBIKO was born, as the team wanted to break up this “either-or” construct and create a sustainable and demand-oriented mobility benefit that serves all employees equally. For corporates, radical innovations are, in most cases, a nice-to-have or the cherry on top of the cake.

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The New Innovation Need: Organizing within a Networks of Collaborators

Paul Hobcraft

Today we do have this tantalizing prospect, full of innovation promise, well within our reach with today’s technology potential. We are living in a connected, constantly adapting, world where networks and relationships are the essential wiring connections we all need to construct.

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Seeking fresh winds and new directions

Paul Hobcraft

Constructing a climate for any transformation is hard. When an organization decides to change its culture, set about constructing a different climate or environment so innovation can thrive. Let me explain: Innovation however, doesn’t work in many of our normal processes and procedures.

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HLL Hyreslandslaget AB Best-in-Class Service Innovation Across Europe

Innovation 360 Group

They would rent and service construction equipment, but even beyond that HLL Hyreslandslaget AB would be a company built on the right values. When co-founders Borje Toressomand and Sune Törnquist decided to launch their company in 2011 they knew what kind of company they wanted to start.