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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.” But it was the inspiration for this tip from Best Practices are Stupid. Here’s a short snippet from that chapter: We hear the expression “innovation pipeline” tossed around a lot.

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Four reasons why corporate startups fail (and how yours can be succesful)

whataventure

For corporates, radical innovations are, in most cases, a nice-to-have or the cherry on top of the cake. Rarely innovation projects are being prioritized over the daily business. However, especially in radical innovation projects, the customer segments are so different that it just does not make sense in most cases.

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Key Issues in Innovation Management – Revisited – Part 1

Tim Kastelle

As can be seen from the figure below, co-creation platforms feature some special characteristics that have a major impact on shaping new market environments: Created solutions are integrated and often cross-industry. Tip: Tim Kastelle has posted a worthwhile series on how to implement lean startup for innovation initiatives.

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The digital innovation era calls for new board leadership

Innovation 360 Group

According to their data and analysis (figure 1)companies that pursue the Need Seeker strategy show a much better alignment between business and innovation strategies and they also financially outperform their competitors that pursuit other strategies. Assemble the new board to match the diversity, culture and values of the markets you serve.

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How to Speed Up Your New Product Development Process by 30%

Innovation 360 Group

Thinking about how to invest in the different horizons is like investing in the stock market. When investing in the stock market you need to consider each stock’s volatility. If you only invested in ‘safe’ stocks, you would seldom grow more than the average expected of the market, and perhaps less. In fact, it’s the key.

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PLAYING IT SAFE IS THE MOST DANGEROUS THING YOU CAN DO

Innovation 360 Group

One , these companies operated in highly regulated markets. Those are three frequently cited examples of industries disrupted by new technology, but they are just the tip of the innovation iceberg. Tiny startups are restructuring of entire industries when they exploiting existing market failures to serve new customer needs.

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The digital innovation era calls for new board leadership

Innovation 360

According to their data and analysis (figure 1)companies that pursue the Need Seeker strategy show a much better alignment between business and innovation strategies and they also financially outperform their competitors that pursuit other strategies. Assemble the new board to match the diversity, culture and values of the markets you serve.