Beyond the Obvious

JULY 13, 2018

Every year I travel around the world giving workshops and motivational talks on innovation. I enjoy doing this; I’m a naturally curious person, and there’s always something interesting to observe and learn from these speaking dates. Often I’ll walk into an auditorium full of people wondering if they will learn anything new that they can […].

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Innovation Excellence

JULY 13, 2018

Sometimes the idea is simple and obvious but getting it adopted is very tricky. Containerization was a massively important innovation which powered the expansion of global trade but it was a difficult idea to implement. Before containerization, goods were physically manhandled as break bulk cargo. At the factory or warehouse goods were loaded onto a.

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Michael Roberto

JULY 13, 2018

Kellogg Insight has published an interesting feature about key research findings from its faculty with regard to the economics and psychology of summer vacations. One of my favorite segments focuses on Tom Hubbard's research on demand shocks. Full disclosure: Tom , his sister, and I went to high school together. He's a terrific strategy researcher. Here's an excerpt, explaining what he learned about demand shocks by studying how the interstate highway system's development affected the gas statio

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IdeaConnection

JULY 13, 2018

According to the US Department of Veterans Affairs , approximately 20 Veterans commit suicide each day. And in 2014, roughly 67% of all Veteran deaths by suicide were the result of firearm injuries. It’s grim statistics like these that prompted the agency to host an open innovation challenge to develop cost-effective solutions for firearm storage, which Veterans and their families and friends could use to prevent suicide, injury or accidents.

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Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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Michael Roberto

JULY 13, 2018

I'm pleased to announce that Harvard Business Publishing has released a completely updated version of the award-winning multimedia case study about the Columbia space shuttle accident that Amy Edmondson, Richard Bohmer, and I created, along with our research associates Erika Ferlins and Laura Feldman. The updated technology provides a much better experience for students and instructors, while maintaining the rich detail about the communications and information flow among managers and engineers d

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ITONICS

JULY 13, 2018

Process mining is a powerful tool for optimizing business processes by reconstructing and analyzing them on the basis of digital traces in IT systems. Imagine losing days between the time your company ships an order and the time it issues an invoice. Imagine having vendors that are not meeting their commitments. Imagine losing hours of productivity each day due to unnecessary steps in business processes.

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