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Tip 6: The Difference Between a Pipeline and a Sewer is what Flows Through It

Stephen Shapiro

The Difference Between a Pipeline and a Sewer is what Flows Through It With tip 6 (of 40), we move into the “process” portion of the Best Practices Are Stupid book. If you only invest in incremental innovation, you may miss big opportunities. Summary of Tip 6 (of 40) from Best Practices Are Stupid.

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Creative Construction – Book review

The Inovo Group

Well-respected Harvard Business School professor and HBR contributor Gary Pisano has weighed in on the topic of large company innovation in his new book ‘Creative Construction’. He makes a compelling case that being ‘large’ doesn’t have to mean being non-innovative, or growing only through the acquisition of innovative start-ups.

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Discontinuous Innovation: Transforming Industries & Creating New Markets

Qmarkets

Understanding Discontinuous Innovation The term itself gained prominence through the work of scholars such as Clayton Christensen, who introduced the concept in his book “The Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail” published in 1997.

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Is Organizational Structure The Secret to Innovation?

Leapfrogging

To Bahcall, the goal is to create a structure where you get people motivated and incented to go for “loonshots,” crazy ideas that ultimately turn into big innovations. Bahcall’s book argues that the first step is to balance innovation with execution.

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Business Model Innovation Basics Series - Part 1: What is a Business Model?

The BMI Lab Blog

Business Models in the context of Innovation A common way to differentiate innovations is the categorization according to two generic characteristics: 1. The object of innovation 2. A business model innovation is defined as the conscious change of at least two dimensions of the introduced “Magic Triangle”. Christensen C.

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5 Misconceptions to Avoid When Building Your Innovation Strategy

Qmarkets

Innovation, however, combines creativity with strategy and execution to allow all ideas and goals to become measurable for an organization. This is primarily why you should be prioritizing innovation over pure creativity within your company. This is innovation.

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5 Misconceptions to Avoid When Building Your Innovation Strategy

Qmarkets

Innovation, however, combines creativity with strategy and execution to allow all ideas and goals to become measurable for an organization. This is primarily why you should be prioritizing innovation over pure creativity within your company. This is innovation.