So, after over a decade of innovation consulting, I can say without doubt that companies that are just starting to innovate have it much better than those that were attempting it years ago. That's because as more companies try more innovation, more tools are vetted, more methods explored and exposed. That leaves you with a couple of options: Outsource innovation to an experienced innovation company. MORE
I was visiting with an ex-student who’s now the CFO of a large public tech company. The company is still one of the hottest places to work in tech. While a significant part of the headcount of this tech company was in manufacturing, the director’s group was made up of experienced software engineers. If they leave at least they’ll have ‘name of our company’ on their resume.”. They’re about the company’s most valuable asset – its employees. MORE
Company culture is an extremely important component of a healthy business. Culture serves as the personality of the organization and has a huge impact on the company's reputation with both internal employees and externally with customers and clients. MORE
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He is now the C-level sales and marketing executive at a B2B service company. His big question about social media and content marketing strategy was, “Why would a B2B company engage in these areas?” 8 Reasons a B2B Company Should Engage in Social Media. MORE
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Big companies hold tightly to what they have until they feel threatened by upstarts, and not before. The strength of big companies is what they have, and they do what it takes only when what they have is threatened. MORE
Here’s his guest post on what bad habits to avoid inside of a company. Big companies have great execution habits to manage and improve successful business models and value propositions. But the habits that foster execution can easily kill new growth initiatives inside your company. MORE
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Recent research shows that consistently innovative companies hold 6 times the market share, make 3 times the profit, and do 50% better during recessions than their average peers. MORE
On a recent visit to a former client’s workplace I noticed a poster entitled “I’m Not Changing!” ” I’d seen it elsewhere, and I’m sure you’ve seen it as well, or something like it. This time it gave me pause, perhaps because we’re now starting the second half of the year, and calendar milestones tend to. Change Top 10 change management Leadership resistance Top 20 MORE
Dan Gudema has always fancied himself as more of an entrepreneur than a mid-level executive, but for most of his career he was the latter, working at several large telecom companies. As Gudema knows well, many companies struggle to innovate. However, there are also many entrepreneurial managers who know that if their company doesn't innovate, they risk being disrupted by nimbler Silicon Valley-like operations. MORE
On this episode of the Big Bang podcast I chat with Shawn Parr , CEO of Bulldog Drummond , on how to mobilize company culture. Mobilizing and energizing a culture is predicated on the organization clearly understanding the vision, mission, values, and goals. MORE
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Some analysts have gone so far as to crunch the value of innovation into a company’s stock price. How can you tell if a company values innovation? Read about companies like Uber and Netflix who wouldn’t exist without time to innovate. MORE
If your company has ever stalled for the lack of innovation, then you’ve probably thought about it from time to time. Have you ever wondered where great ideas come from? MORE
Exago’s partner ASO Company brought together over 100 innovation and human resources managers and some of Turkey’s leading firms – such as Siemens, LinkedIn and Vodafone – for its Corporate Innovation and Intrapreneurship Conference, this month in Istanbul. MORE
When it comes to fostering intrapreneurship with a large, complex organization, corporate innovation teams need the right balance of fearlessness, passion, and capabilities. MORE
Fast Company Article “Brainstorming is Dumb” Misses the Point. This time it’s Fast Company. Fast Company missed an opportunity to inform more fully at the very least. That’s what Annie Sneed and Fast Company miss with their article. MORE
Which are the most innovative companies in the world? Continue reading → Innovation Uncategorized marketing alexion ARM Holdings bcg companies Forbes most innovative Reckitt Benckiser regeron Tesla Motors warby parker MORE
Executives might try to write their company's obituary. CEOs should imagine they are business journalists, writing a postmortem on how the company began a slide toward oblivion—how it lost its leadership position, was targeted by an activist investor or acquired by a company with a more successful business model. What could senior leaders have done differently to position the company for success? company obituary failure postmortem MORE
Companies once deemed “too big to fail” are increasingly exposed to failure. Whether companies thrive or cower in the face of digital Darwinism is a choice. The threat of disruption is everywhere. Startups are taking on the Goliaths in every market. MORE
Happiness, the highest goal in life? Can you think of a higher goal in life than happiness? That’s hard right? Looking back in time, many philosophers from all eras have thought this through from different angles. MORE
Mick served as the senior innovation executive for USAA, and as a lead innovator within the Department of Defense, Today, Mick is an executive innovation practitioner with his work appearing on NPR, American Banker, Harvard Business Review, Workforce Magazine, Fast Company, and academic articles. MORE
Companies will need to think innovatively about customer needs. In other words every company will have to become a service provider and a software company – or perish. CEOs must ask ‘In the IOT what is our new value proposition?’ MORE
Unmindful of this, many companies punish their employees for making mistakes, and thus inadvertently create an environment where people just try to conform rather than experiment. Hence, companies that are driven to be innovative need the right incentive system. MORE
Big companies hold tightly to what they have until they feel threatened by upstarts, and not before. They mobilize only when they see their sales figures dip below the threshold of tolerability, and no sooner. MORE
Columbia Business School Professor Rita McGrath sent out a terrific tweet several days ago. She offered a thought about Macy's, the department store struggling to adapt to the new business environment in which find themselves. MORE
Whenever I ask my clients to tell me about the quality of their company's brainstorming sessions, they usually roll their eyes and grumble, noting several of the phenomena below. MORE
Open innovation is widely used in large companies and we know increasingly more about how to manage this process. In contrast, we know virtually nothing about the managers and practitioners who are driving open innovation in large companies. How long do they stay in an open innovation job, and what is their tenure in the company? Who are the managers operating in open innovation teams or units? What is their profile? MORE
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Innovation drives a company, but no company can live on innovation alone. At the same time, though, don’t let uncertainty paralyze you; after all, Motorola and RIM had no reason to suspect Apple, a company best known for an MP3 player at the time, was about to get into phones. MORE
Every company says that innovation is important, and that they value the ideas of their people. In fact, creativity is becoming a core skill which companies know they need in the future. This is something a large number of companies struggle with. MORE
This critical question has inspired RocketSpace to put together a three-part blog series on how to grow intrapreneurship at your company. Part two focuses on how to design processes that align intrapreneurship workflows to company-wide goals. MORE
Four years ago, she co-founded The Honest Company. The Honest Company enjoyed remarkable success, skyrocketing to a valuation of $1.7 The company has objected to these conclusions. Companies need to have visibility deep into their supply chain. MORE
The report starts with “ We’re entering a period of heightened volatility for leading companies across a range of industries, with the next ten years shaping up to be the most potentially turbulent in modern history. ”. I have always found April a difficult month. MORE
Amongst several other innovation thought leaders, he wanted to know my thoughts on what it takes to get large companies to be more willing to try out disruptive innovations. To succeed, a company needs to have a variety of types of innovations it’s working across in its innovation portfolio, each with different timescales and aims. MORE
For companies, beware that you are often going to have to pay a premium when relying on external talent to fill key positions. Being able to land a few promotions before moving to another company can be the better long term strategy for career advancement, development, and compensation. Wharton Professors Matthew Bidwell and Ethan Mollick have conducted research on external vs. internal mobility of employees during their careers. MORE
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