Tue.May 10, 2016

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The best ways for fostering innovation in large companies

Idea to Value

I was recently asked to contribute to an expert roundup article by Anthony J James , who was recently voted Linkedin’s Asia Pacific Agency Publisher of the Year. Amongst several other innovation thought leaders, he wanted to know my thoughts on what it takes to get large companies to be more willing to try out disruptive innovations. Here were my answers to his three questions: 1.What’s the best way you’ve seen of fostering disruptive innovation in a large enterprise?

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Intrapreneurship Chicago 2016

Gregg Fraley

In recent years I’ve become a bit anti-conference. I still go to some but I find the formats tired. The formula favors big name authors and speakers who sometimes miss the mark. The agenda is so jammed you don’t have time to talk to your peers. The social events are fun, but a bit… forced. So, you may be surprised when I bend over backwards to promote Intrapreneurship Chicago 2016.

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Six levers for Solving the Corporate Innovation Problem™ – Part 3

Innovation Excellence

In Part 3, we show six levers to change the “system problem” and think this is the way to solve the corporate innovation problem – and ultimately to increase innovation performance.

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The digital innovation era calls for new board leadership

Innovation 360 Group

– In todays globalized and digitalized world, Innovation capability is emerging as the most crucial success factor for companies that wants to master sustainable growth and profitability! Never before has boards and board members faced a larger challenge than todays need for effective linking between innovation and corporate strategy. In doing so, they must of course also follow the law and obey the ”code of conduct” but this may in fact very well kill their companies unless they learn how to go

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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The digital innovation era calls for new board leadership

Innovation 360

innovation. – In todays globalized and digitalized world, Innovation capability is emerging as the most crucial success factor for companies that wants to master sustainable growth and profitability! Never before has boards and board members faced a larger challenge than todays need for effective linking between innovation and corporate strategy.

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The Employee Suggestion System Turns 135

Planview

Your Creative Power. A friend of mine runs the innovation and creativity practice at a large, global firm. He turned me onto the book, Your Creative Power: How to Use Imagination to Brighten Life and to Get Ahead , by Alex Osborn. Osborn was one of the original “Mad Men” of advertising. Your Creative Power , published in 1948 by Scribners, explores exhaustively all the ways in which one can discipline themselves to become more creative.

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The Employee Suggestion System Turns 135

Planview

Your Creative Power. A friend of mine runs the innovation and creativity practice at a large, global firm. He turned me onto the book, Your Creative Power: How to Use Imagination to Brighten Life and to Get Ahead , by Alex Osborn. Osborn was one of the original “Mad Men” of advertising. Your Creative Power , published in 1948 by Scribners, explores exhaustively all the ways in which one can discipline themselves to become more creative.

System 40
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New York Times Disbands R&D Lab, Pulls Innovation Closer to Newsroom

Innovation Leader

The lab was founded a decade ago to look “beyond the next product cycle, identifying trends and technologies that will emerge in the next three to five years.

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Apple – The Sustaining Innovation March – What a Defend & Extend Strategy Looks Like

Adam Hartung

My last column focused on growth, and the risks inherent in a Growth stall. As I mentioned then, Apple will enter a Growth Stall if its revenue declines year-over-year in the current quarter. This forecasts Apple has only a 7% probability of consistently growing just 2%/year in the future. This usually happens when a company falls into Defend & Extend (D&E) management.