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5 Excuses of companies that don't innovate (and how to overcome them)

Moves the Needle

Sales says they just sell whatever the product team delivers. The product team says they struggle to keep up with a long list of features required by product management. There’s a pervasive myth that suggests that all big companies need to get better at disruptive or breakthrough innovation. Innovation is somebody else’s job.

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5 Excuses of Companies that Don’t Innovate (And How to Overcome Them)

Moves the Needle

Sales says they just sell whatever the product team delivers. The product team says they struggle to keep up with a long list of features required by product management. There’s a pervasive myth that suggests that all big companies need to get better at disruptive or breakthrough innovation. Innovation is somebody else’s job.

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Key Issues in Innovation Management – Revisited – Part 2

Tim Kastelle

Although, this is highly individual to each company, there may be some common cornerstones – such as the “ Three Horizons ” concept – structuring this way. One way for established organizations to strengthen exploration is by developing internal capabilities in order to overcome their inherent inertia.

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Business Model Innovation Basics Series - Part 2: Why Business Model Innovation Matters

The BMI Lab Blog

But what is the “secret sauce” of winning athletes and companies? Let’s take a look at how the British cycling team went from zero Tour de France victories and ninety-five years without any Olympic medal by 2003 to sixty-six Olympic or Paralympic gold medals and five Tour de France victories between 2007 and 2017 (Clear, 2018).

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Key Innovation Issues for 2016 and Beyond

Integrative Innovation

From my point of view, all of the issues pinned down at that time have gained significant importance, are being intensively debated and can still be considered cutting-edge for companies to stay ahead in managing innovation. This requires companies to proactively or reactively innovate their business models in order to remain competitive.

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User Research With Small Business Owners: Best Practices and Considerations

Boxes and Arrows

Finally, small businesses are accustomed to companies trying to sell them new offerings or get them to sign up for product pilots, and many have been scammed in signing up for “free” pilots or services that end up turning into a perpetual sales pitch. Does it matter if your study participants are from B2B vs. B2C companies?

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50 what-if questions to reimagine the future

Board of Innovation

What if you turned from B2C to B2B (or viceversa)? What if you were charged a fee for delivering a bad customer experience? What if power naps were allowed at your company? What if you used drones in your company? What if you turned from B2C to B2B (or viceversa)? What if you only had voice to interact with users?