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Key Issues in Innovation Management – Revisited – Part 2

Tim Kastelle

In part 1 of this post , Ralph revisited key innovation issues that were already addressed by us three years ago. It doesn’t always translate to managers, however. Who wants to be an exploiter? That means high integration costs – and another reason to be wary of new innovation.

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One Size Doesn’t Fit All Innovation

Integrative Innovation

Yesterday, I was quite delighted to see my post Integrating Lean Startup and Design Thinking ranked #11 of the Top 100 Innovation Posts 2014 at Innovation Excellence. However, we tend to build strong “advocate” communities, being inclined to praise “their tool” as the most powerful one.

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Are Legacy Approaches to Talent Inhibiting Your Innovation Efforts?

Swarmvision

But, we argue, selecting talent for innovation requires a whole new approach. Companies must recognize specific innovation skills that drive business outcomes. Furthermore, If you line up a sample of any functional knowledge group, you will find they fall on a spectrum of innovation skill. How can we be so sure?

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Key Innovation Issues for 2016 and Beyond

Integrative Innovation

Hence, I gave it some thought, starting by revisting an earlier reflection: Beginning of 2013, Tim Kastelle and I identified four key issues in innovation management for the time to come. Let’s have a brief look at each of them: Differentiating and integrative innovation concepts.

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Balancing Innovation via Organizational Ambidexterity – Part 3

Integrative Innovation

In this final part, we illustrate that successful ambidexterity requires a well-managed hand-over from the explorative to the exploitative set-up. Furthermore, we also provide some insights and guidance on how this hand-over can be achieved. New research: ambidexterity well done is a key driver for innovation performance.

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7 Habits of Highly Innovative Companies

ITONICS

Even fewer have persistently developed and implemented habits and processes that foster sustainable innovation. We looked at some of the most innovative companies and their unique practices and filtered out seven key habits that are applicable to business and beyond. Adapt or die. Fail forward. Top Model Principle.

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A New Way of Thinking About the Automotive Industry

Qmarkets

Dan Akerson, retired CEO of General Motors, recently commented on Apple's alleged entrance into the automotive market with the following remarks: "We take steel, raw steel, and turn it into a car. Are We Reaching Peak Driving? They have no idea what they’re getting into if they get into that.". But is this really true? In the U.S.