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Spotting Innovation Opportunities

ITONICS

When talking about innovation, existing companies should, therefore, be entitled to create those breakthroughs by themselves. The Innovator’s Dilemma. For this purpose, an integrated innovation management approach is more comprehensive than the conventional stage-gate process. They really have to mean it.

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There are Knowns and Unknowns in Innovation: Let’s Manage Them Differently

Paul Hobcraft

Secretary of Defense Donald Henry Rumsfeld, who mentioned: “unknown unknowns” (Rumsfeld, 2002). For innovators so much of innovation is hard to detect, it needs discovery and working through these quadrants of knowledge as well. This quote is from the former U.S.

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What do you need to innovate?

David Marks

Why are some companies more innovative than others? No, they are culturally open. There is strong correlation between innovation and all the parameters above (besides the last, which is difficult to qualify). An open culture encourages employees to share and develop new ideas. They are better led. They are risk takers.

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What do you need to innovate?

David Marks

Why are some companies more innovative than others? No, they are culturally open. There is strong correlation between innovation and all the parameters above (besides the last, which is difficult to qualify). An open culture encourages employees to share and develop new ideas. They are better led. They are risk takers.