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Big Companies Should Not Try to Act Like Startups

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Greg Satell In 2009, Jeffrey Immelt set out on a journey to transform his company, General Electric, into a 124 year old startup. Although it was one of the largest private organizations in the world, with 300,000 employees, he sought to become agile and nimble enough to compete with high-flying Silicon Valley […]

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We require a more dynamic view of Innovation understanding.

Paul Hobcraft

So why is finding the right skills and competencies for innovation a real challenge but so essential? How do we know the critical skills, competencies and capabilities for innovation? We often miss or fail to ask which skills or attributes are critical to providing a more significant impact for a successful innovation solution.

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Innovative Businesses Prioritize Creativity

Daniel Burrus

One problem we witness too often in society is the treatment of creativity and business innovation as mutually exclusive occurrences. Most notably, older organizations are the ones that place creativity in one column and positive disruptions via innovation in another. And why might a company lack innovation? The Test of Time.

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InnovationOps: the Next Evolution of Innovation Management

Innov8rs

Innov8rs | As innovation leaders and teams we are tasked to enable our organizations to innovate at scale. Essentially, that means driving innovation in predictable, reliable and efficient ways- doing it again and again, rather than being a one-day fly. Yet 90% of executives are unhappy with their innovation performance.

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Qmarkets & Amer Sports – An Innovative Partnership that Created Unprecedented Employee Engagement

Qmarkets

From mobile innovation solutions to analog internal marketing, gamification, and employee meeting spaces, read our case study to learn all about Amer Sports' approach to innovation today. Amer’s R&D team grew from 487 people at the close of 2009 to 802 people at the close of 2016 – amounting to 9% of all employees and 9.5%

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Why are innovation ecosystems important?

Paul Hobcraft

Recently, I presented my framework to the GIMI think tank GIMI was initiated by a worldwide group of chief innovation officers, innovation executives, academics and consultants in 2009. Connecting innovation, business, dynamics, and enterprise is crucial for creativity, growth, adaptability and growth.

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Why B2B Marketers Were More Innovative 10 Years Ago

Brunner

Around 2009, I was asked for my top trends related to B2B marketing. So, keeping all of that in mind, and with all of the technology available today, why isn’t B2B marketing more innovative now? However, there is no doubt this focus is stifling innovative digital engagement approaches. My solution?