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Working together to shape innovation for meaningful change

Paul Hobcraft

Gains Gains for Building a Business Case for Change : Mergers and Acquisitions : Apply your business case skills to identify potential targets, conduct due diligence, and present compelling reasons for mergers or acquisitions to complement internal innovation developments.

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Ten pitfalls inventors face and tips for avoiding them

Idea to Value

To build and maintain your market share needs appropriate measures to protect your intellectual property, as that`s what ensures your competitiveness and your business success. Many startups fail due to improper protection of their intellectual values so that they are quickly copied and outpaced by, stronger, quicker competition.

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Mastering the Game: Corporate Executives and the Art of Startup Investment

Leapfrogging

CVC units often focus on securing a competitive advantage by investing in startups with innovative technologies or business models that align with the corporation’s strategic goals. Market Potential : An analysis of the startup’s target market size, growth rate, and competitive landscape.

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Dow and DuPont – Nobody wins when transactions replace leadership

Adam Hartung

From humble beginnings, DuPont became well known as a leader in Research & Development, a consistent leader in patent applications, and the inventor of products that proliferate in our lives from nylon to Teflon pans plastic bottles to Kevlar vests. And it is too bad the leadership wasn’t in place to save it.

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Want to Innovate? Make Sure You Have a Seat at the Table

Innovation in Practice

For most companies, the top marketer, usually called the chief marketing officer, is part of the senior leadership team and sits on the executive committee or management board. Pricing could go to finance. Product development goes to R&D. In other words, marketing has a “seat at the table.”. But here’s the challenge.

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The core principles of Leading FOR Innovation

Cris Beswick

I say ‘Leading FOR Innovation’ instead of the usual narrative of ‘Innovation Leadership’ because it’s not about making the leaders themselves ‘innovative’ but about leaders being able to build and lead an organisation where genuine innovation (not innovation theatre!) Is there a better way?’

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How Schibsted Media Group Used Empathy and Evidence to Validate New Ideas

Moves the Needle

Download this case study to save for your records or to show to your leadership team here: Download Case Study. This disconnect leads organizations down the wrong path toward producing products and services that no one really wants , because they aren’t using evidence (data + insights) to guide their product development.

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