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3 Ways to View Your Innovation Basket

Innovation Excellence

(including one that makes Radical Innovation easy) GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton You are a rolling stone, and that means you gather no moss!

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6. The Difference Between a Pipeline and a Sewer is What Flows Through It

Stephen Shapiro

One day, I was having lunch with a pharmaceutical client who said, “The problem with our innovation pipeline is it is really a sewer.” Here’s a short snippet from that chapter: We hear the expression “innovation pipeline” tossed around a lot. The buzzword in the finance world is diversification. Your Innovation Portfolio.

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Why platforms and ecosystems matter for innovators

Jeffrey Phillips

You may know that Paul Hobcraft and I are collaborating on a new blog entitled Ecosystems for Innovating where we focus on the emerging importance of platforms and ecosystems for innovation. We've been exploring the idea that increasingly innovators must understand the ecosystems of products, services and business models that exist.

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The core principles of Leading FOR Innovation

Cris Beswick

It’s no secret that in today’s dynamic business landscape, for some, innovation is still just a buzzword – but for others, it’s the lifeblood of their organisation and an antidote to remaining relevant. Undoubtedly, transformation in pursuit of innovation within established corporations is a significant challenge.

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Innovation is Revolution.

Mike Shipulski

This is bad news for revolutionary innovation and radical change.). Companies are supposed to reinvent themselves to grow; they’re supposed to do radical innovation and obsolete their best products; and they’re supposed to abandon the old thinking of their success and create revolutionary business models.

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Balancing Innovation via Organizational Ambidexterity – Part 3

Integrative Innovation

This is part three of a three-parts article co-written with innovation-3 ‘s Frank Mattes. The first part highlighted that radical and incremental innovation build on two different innovation set-ups (exploration and exploitation, respect. Analyzing ambidexterity: the “extended innovation funnel” model.

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Improvement vs Innovation: Which Is Better For your Business?

Qmarkets

How much time should you spend improving your existing processes as opposed to innovating new ones? There are two types of companies: those who innovate and those who improve. Regardless of size or scale though, many businesses struggle to decide whether they should invest their resources in innovation or improvement.