Jeffrey Phillips

MAY 31, 2016

As a marketer who was first an engineer, I am often guilty of larding up my marketing content with facts about features. As we used to say at Texas Instruments, I can quote "feeds and speeds" all day long. We can talk about faster processors or larger memories, more sophisticated storage devices and the ability to stream video at close to the speed of light.

Innovation 116

Innovation Culture Marketing Agile 116

BrainZooming

MAY 31, 2016

Based on several stories last week extolling the benefits of being “lazy” when it comes to innovation strategy, you would think the LAZY days of summer are here a few weeks early (at least in the northern hemisphere). Lazy is hardly a sentiment you typically associate with innovation strategy, which is why these articles caught my eye. Execution, a bias for action, and trying lots of things and failing fast are all descriptors you are much more likely to employ when describing a succ

Examples 53

Examples Strategy Strategy Strategic Thinking 53

Boxes and Arrows

MAY 31, 2016

The world as we know it today is rich in information. At whim, we can usually find (without much delay) an information source that answers a question, suggests nearby restaurants, tells us how to travel, or provides us with data for the paper we are writing. The internet, as well as the technological innovations that allow us to easily and enjoyably access it, has given rise to a new era where knowledge is plentiful and interpretation is vital.

Competition 56

Competition Design Technology Data 56

Rapid Innovation in digital time

MAY 31, 2016

Stéphane Bernard published with Olivier Pujol 'Pleasure to innovate', finding out the idea, and executing it. He kindly accepted to answer our questions on innovation lessons.

Innovation 50

Innovation Learning 50

Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

Data

Innovation Excellence

MAY 31, 2016

What's going on with intrapreneurship? Initiatives seem to multiply in France. Nicolas Bry analyses a few causes, goes through signs of movement like Les Hacktivateurs recent association, and show how Orange open innovation actions complements internal innovation. Finally, he demonstrates how the 4 principles supporting Rapid Innovation are a great framework to sustain intrapreneurship.

Open Innovation 43

Open Innovation Innovation Entrepreneurship Leadership 43

Wazoku

MAY 31, 2016

I’ve recently been exploring the charity sector, to gauge interest in crowdsourcing ideas from their employees, partners or customers, as I was aware of several “innovation teams” being setup or already existing within many of the major charities. Charities aren’t utilising their greatest resource. My first stage of research was Google (of course). However, I was really surprised to see how little has been written about crowdsourcing innovation in the charity sector.

Crowdsourcing 40

Crowdsourcing Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Conference 40

Michael Roberto

MAY 31, 2016

Tulane Professor Jennifer Merluzzi and Columbia Professor Damon Phillips have conducted some interesting new research on the labor market for graduates from top MBA programs. They studied approximately 400 graduates of top business schools in the United States. These graduates too jobs in the investment banking industry. They discovered that students with broader and more diverse backgrounds and experiences received more job offers and secured higher signing bonuses than those individuals with p

Marketing 20

Marketing Trends Training Study 20

Idea Champions

MAY 31, 2016

Here's a fun test for you: If you can read the rest of this paragraph without logging onto Facebook, tweeting, or thinking about crop circles, there's a good chance you do not have ADD, ADHD, or any other recently-identified medical condition. That's the good news. The not-so-good news? The overwhelming number of disorders, dysfunctions, and syndromes popping up daily make it almost impossible to understand exactly what condition you actually have.

System 30

System Policies Study Project 30

Michael Roberto

MAY 31, 2016

Groups 21

Groups Management 21