article thumbnail

These companies failed because leaders did not want to hear bad news: The Ostrich Effect

Idea to Value

It can result in a culture of fear where people do not feel comfortable reporting bad news at all, and so employees who find bad news may actively try to hide it and lie about progress. In an CNBC article , the culture at Volkswagen under CEO Martin Winterkorn was one based on fear. Volkswagen.

article thumbnail

How do you make a culture of innovation stick?

100%Open

100%Open is not a culture change agency, it’s an open innovation company whose mission is to connect the suits and the sneakers. The answer to this question provides a clue as to what innovation culture is and how to change it. But also something good happened to our clients’ cultures. Permanently.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

5 Leadership Lessons from 2015’s Business Headlines

Adam Hartung

2015 was not short on bad decisions, nor bad outcomes. But there are 5 major leadership themes from 2015 that can help companies be better in 2016: 1 – Cost cutting, restructurings and stock buybacks do not increase company value – Dow/DuPont. Because of McDonald’s size and legacy the media covered this story heavily in 2015.

article thumbnail

Planbox Acquires Imaginatik Creating an Agile Innovation Powerhouse

Imaginatik

Since the acquisition and merger of BrainBank Software and Planbox in November 2015, Planbox has transformed the innovation management landscape. Imaginatik results engine and analytics provides the necessary innovation governance with a comprehensive set of capabilities to evaluate, analyze and uncover impactful innovations.

Agile 124
article thumbnail

Sofie Lindblom

Innovation 360 Group

in Engineering and Media Technology from Linköping University, Sweden. 2015 she gave two TEDx Talks: “IT girls are the new it girls” about challenging stereotypes and “All that glitters is not gold” about finding your passion by living life as a prototype. Fostering Innovation Cultures. MD Ideation360. Background.

article thumbnail

Sorting through our Innovation Management Tools

Paul Hobcraft

The latest one for 2015 is here. They are positioning themselves on a mission to find the right remedy for designing future growth engines by wanting to fill that gap by creating a set of tools for business strategy, business design and innovation. On the 2015 list of Bain’s is Disruptive Innovation Labs. It would me.

Tools 100
article thumbnail

The Case for Dual Innovation

Tim Kastelle

Evaluating breakthrough innovation cultures and organization s, BCG concludes in their annual 2014 study: By definition, breakthrough innovation is the introduction of new ideas that drive a different way of doing things. Accenture: 2015 US Innovation Survey. Engine 2 efforts are disruptive and potentially game changing.