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Key Issues in Innovation Management – Revisited – Part 2

Tim Kastelle

Research confirms: development of exploration in parallel to exploitation capabilities proves to be mandatory for established companies in order to compete successfully and sustainably. One way for established organizations to strengthen exploration is by developing internal capabilities in order to overcome their inherent inertia.

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User Research With Small Business Owners: Best Practices and Considerations

Boxes and Arrows

For example, do you want to talk to a certain type of business, such as professional service, service area, or brick-and-mortar? Does it matter if your study participants are from B2B vs. B2C companies? For example, one time I (Chelsey) was scheduled to interview a business owner at his home (which is where he ran the business).

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Key Innovation Issues for 2016 and Beyond

Integrative Innovation

Another example is the recently introduced strategy framework by Martin Reeves, Knut Haanæs, and Janmejaya Sinha from BCG. Popular examples are: Apple’s App Store, Google Play, Amazon, Alibaba, Kickstarter, AirBnB, 3M or Ebay. Not every company has the capability and influence to act as an orchestrating platform builder.

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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? find new ideas and examples to disrupt your industry. What if you turned from B2C to B2B (or viceversa)? Airbnb and Ryanair originally designed a service with only B2C customers in mind.