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My innovation journey (so far)

Jeffrey Phillips

We felt that to remain competitive, larger companies needed to recapture the sense of wonder and adventure that working in the "front end" of innovation would create. This practice, of course, has led to its own moniker - innovation theater - and to rising cynicism on the part of people who want to get more innovation done.

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Why Innovation Maturity Matters

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For many companies, the desire to be more innovative is driven by a strategic issue – flat-lined growth, competitive threats, industry upheaval, etc. And, of course, the maturity framework is just another tool for smart planning and execution, rather than a rigid scorecard. This may seem sensible…and it is.

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Towards a New Language of Value - from the perspective of business ecosystems

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A risk of doing so, of course, stems from seeing what everyone else sees. The world, and our competitive environment, are far too messy and involve far too many different types of actors, organizations and network of interactions to control it. Questions are hard. New types of questions even harder. An understandable one.