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Innovation project or Innovation Capability?

Jeffrey Phillips

I've been writing, speaking and consulting about innovation for over 15 years, and I'm constantly amazed by the different perspectives and definitions about innovation. Innovation theater is very similar to what ecologists call "greenwashing" and both are bad for their respective movements.

Project 209
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The cost of delaying innovation

Jeffrey Phillips

The question management teams are asking and answering is: how can we manage our near term costs to keep the investors happy in the short run? Note that this is NOT a bad question to ask, because investors are constantly watching the effectiveness of the management team and want to see companies hitting their numbers.

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Innovation and Organizational Culture

Tim Kastelle

After studying innovation among 759 companies based in 17 major markets, Gerard J. Chandy found that corporate culture was a much more important driver of radical innovation than labor, capital, government or national culture. Organizational stumbling blocks to innovation culture. Tellis, Jaideep C. Prabhu and Rajesh K.

Culture 100
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Innovation and Organizational Culture

Integrative Innovation

After studying innovation among 759 companies based in 17 major markets, Gerard J. Chandy found that corporate culture was a much more important driver of radical innovation than labor, capital, government or national culture. Organizational stumbling blocks to innovation culture. Tellis, Jaideep C. Prabhu and Rajesh K.

Culture 40
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Uncertainty is the Innovator’s Friend

The Inovo Group

All four need to be managed during the innovation process. Innovators need to use special tools to measure and manage it. By using the ORL uncertainty framework, organizations can better manage innovation uncertainty. A Necessary Part of the Innovation Process. A Framework for Managing Uncertainty.

System 40
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Key Innovation Issues for 2016 and Beyond

Integrative Innovation

But even participating in other firms’ ecosystems can be highly attractive, as demonstrated by e.g. several app developers. A well-suited way to govern this approach is to manage a portfolio of initiatives. Incremental innovation : Even in highly mature industries, such as automotive, experimentation gains ever more importance.

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11 Paradoxes of Entrepreneurial Thinking: why entrepreneurship can hardly be taught

Open Innovation EU

However, the definition of ‘entrepreneurial thinking’ – and the different skills and competences that are related with it – is not obvious. When taking into account a wider definition of entrepreneurship, a more organizational perspective on the matter has described the same divide as causation versus effectuation. Entrepreneurship.