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Disruptive Innovation: Drones

Collective Innovation

The story of drones is much like the story of any other disruptive innovation. These proved helpful in the Gulf War and by 2001 the technology had advanced to the point that the drones could be outfitted with Hellfire missiles. These drones were quite large and very expensive and would occasionally get shot down or just crash.

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The Rise of Product Management

Moves the Needle

Ken Beer was the Director of Product Management and reported into the Marketing department. It was not unusual to find PM’s who reported into Engineering at the time, the two cases perhaps reflecting the above origin stories. By 2001, I was running Product Management at a different company. I had never heard of Agile.

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COVID-19: Business R&D Spending Will Fall by at Least 5-6%

Commodore Innovation

As individuals we are grappling with the fear, disruption and uncertainty brought about by COVID-19. Innovation teams are not, of course, immune to this disruption. in 2001 and a further 5.6% Commodore is preparing a benchmarking report analyzing innovation / R&D spending plans for the remainder of 2020.

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2024: A Corporate Innovation Odyssey

PlanBox Innovation

In the annals of technological evolution, we find ourselves at a juncture akin to the iconic 2001: A Space Odyssey. In the past, agility served as a lifeline, allowing organizations to pivot quickly in response to unforeseen disruptions. This article originally appeared on Innovation Leader. times faster than their peers.

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Axel Springer & External Innovation. How to turn “Spray and Pray” into “Spray and Succeed”?

CREATORS

While mapping over 160 corporate innovation programs for the CREATORS Corporate Innovation Report 2017, we came across some successful examples of “spray and pray” elements in innovation strategy: Coca Cola invested in Spotify. All this is happening in an industry regarded as a “sinking ship” and highly exposed to disruption.

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When innovation led to a reversal of fortunes

hackerearth

Even though the Mac business was picking up, it was only in 2001, with the release of the iPOD (now retired) disrupting the digital music market, did Apple start soaring. The Danish toy-brick maker Lego, founded in 1932, reported its highest revenues ever in March 2017. It is a story of disruptive innovation.

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Great to Good Innovation

IdeaSpies

Between 1996-2001, Jim Collins’ team researched and wrote a bestselling book called Good to Great. The New S Curve: Organizations in various countries that I am working with are all buzzing about disruptive innovation – how to build the new growth cycle? A good idea or two will suffice. That is my meaning of Great to Good.