Exploring Google’s Successful New Product Development and Innovation Process. Google is widely considered, by both the general public and business experts, to be one of the most innovative companies in the world. Innovation comes from anywhere. MORE
Originally from India the game is a simple race contest based on sheer luck and I am beginning to wonder if we are playing a new version of this with innovation? The game came to mind as I read through a recent survey on Innovation. Have you ever played snakes and ladders? MORE
How much focus should innovation efforts and capabilities have in the boardroom? Radical Innovation Innovation CultureI have been thinking about this after two recent interactions. First, I stumbled over this short intro in a press-release. MORE
I want to bring together some thoughts on risk and innovation. Risk assessment within our innovation activities need a different, far more distinct framing that reflects the nature of the unknowns we are working with, in my opinion. MORE
I’m a little tired of the lack of original thinking that goes into measuring innovation. Leaders want to hear this, the sad true is getting a ‘decent ROI’ for innovation constructed (note constructed) is really hard. If the innovation is new to the world, how can it have a clear financial return on investment until much later? We need to appreciate new innovation balance sheet thinking. There are hard and soft measures to measuring or judging our innovation. MORE
At the recent ISPIM conference, I sat in several presentations ostensibly describing approaches to disruptive innovation when, in reality, it was difficult to see what (a market or a company) was actually being disrupted. They were really talking about breakthrough or radical innovation. MORE
Product innovation teams that wish to create radically new products can use six processes to help them. Continue reading → Culture & Values Innovation Presentations Processes & Tools breakthrough Innovation Management Radical Management MORE
The simplest way to categorize innovation is into two types – incremental and radical. Incremental innovation is an improvement in an existing thing (e.g. Radical innovation is finding an entirely new way of doing something. MORE
Radical Innovation The Innovation ManagerWe all value those times when we can step away from our desk, from the computer or phone and step outside. Some do this because of a necessity of toping up the nicotine levels, others just simply to step away and freshen up. MORE
Research shows that growth fueled through organic innovation is more profitable than growth driven by acquisition, in part because the organizational capability required is vastly different. MORE
Startup mentality is very powerful tool in developing more radical innovations serving hidden needs of the customer, there is also vast amount of added value in improving the perceived user value with incremental innovations for existing assets. MORE
Recently, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has published key findings of their latest “ Most Innovative Companies 2014 ” survey. According to BCG’s research, successfully innovating companies approach innovation as a system. Adaptability and innovation culture. MORE
France has also historically been the powerhouse behind several inventions and innovations that have revolutionized the world. The following three innovations are a small extract from the history of French innovation. MORE
The first time I was advocating the idea of a dual innovation approach, here also referred to as organizational ambidexterity, is now more than 5 years ago. As recently outlined, I consider organizational ambidexterity to be a key innovation issue for organizations in 2016 and beyond. MORE
From an innovation perspective, the ultimate objective is to validate promising initiatives and selectively scale them up in order to adapt or even renew the existing core business. Recently, Match-Maker Ventures and Arthur D. MORE
etventure’s CEO for North America, Lukas Bower, provides some context – and clarifies why business leaders should not only “Go Digital”, but make innovation a top priority. So, the industry simply carried on with business as usual – putting innovation on the back burner. MORE
Corporations are under increasing attack and are really struggling to become more radical in how they can defend, secure and achieve growth. A lack of understanding innovation in all its forms is coming back to haunt them. Is radical innovation a bulleted point at board meetings? MORE
Innovation breeds innovation, which can ultimately result in long-term success. Of course, most businesses are severely lacking in innovation – the irony being that many of them were built on an innovative idea to begin with. MORE
I was thinking over the weekend that for years we've positioned innovation incorrectly. Too often we position innovation as creating a new and valuable offering or solution, ready when customers are ready to demand new products and services. In other words, we've positioned innovation as something to do to prepare for future business, future needs and future demands. Innovation, where practiced at all, becomes incremental because of this pressure to generate rapid results. MORE
“We need to rethink the term “innovation” and we should drop the term “innovation culture” entirely.” Stefan Lindegaard shares his latest presentation: Rethink Innovation! MORE
How and where does innovation fit will clearly depend on this transforming effect. We are fairly clear that incremental innovation is just not cutting through to give the types of growth expected. Welcome to the transforming world of Innovation Ecosystems. MORE
Modern Dual Corporate Innovation Management approaches encompass two complementary directions of impact : Transforming the Core (by largely changing or even disrupting the existing operating model). MORE
So, last week’s post Innovation is the opposite of what we’re pretending the word means hit a nerve; as it should. Continuous small innovations matter as well. IlseTreurnicht @jorgebarba When most business people say innovation they mean Sustaining Innovation. MORE
Innovations absorb resources and cost money. Innovation is risky. Most radical innovations fail so let’s just keep making our current products and services better. No customers have asked for a radical new approach. He or she must sell the need for innovation. MORE
How and where does innovation fit will clearly depend on this transforming effect. We are fairly clear that incremental innovation is just not cutting through to give the types of growth expected. A tantalizing prospect, full of innovation. Innovation ecosystems become essential. MORE
Innovation starts with empathy , I really believe that. It’s no secret that radical innovators are deeply empathetic ; they understand and feel the unvoiced needs of customers. Creativity entrepreneurship Innovation Leadership Angela Ahrendts empathy MORE
The latest Innovation Leaders research shows that there is an increasingly number of high-growth companies that are prepared to take greater risk and make big bets. Rather than focus just on incremental growth, they are being bolder and are seeking to develop more radical innovation opportunities. Despite requiring significant investment and offering no guarantee of success this approach has been transformational for some. MORE
Surely , in a time where terms like sustaining and incremental innovation have a negative light, who would glorify them ? Isn’t there a risk of next radical or disruptive innovation blindsiding the company, potentially bankrupting the organization ? . MORE
At the beginning of 2013, Tim Kastelle and I identified four key issues in innovation management for the time to come. Let’s have a brief look at each of them: Differentiating and integrative innovation concepts. Reinvention through business model innovation. MORE
Proper management of the separation vs. integration tension has proven to be a vital, while underestimated ingredient to effective scaling of internal ventures and external startups in corporate settings. MORE
Every company says that innovation is important, and that they value the ideas of their people. Yet the problem lies in the fact that so few established companies actually know how to go about getting value out of their innovation ambitions, let alone turning it into profit. MORE
There is a lot of dicussion around how customer orientation effects innovation. The most extreme assertion is to “ignore the customer” in order to not becoming distracted from true innovativeness by getting too close to customers, limiting innovation to incremental new offerings. MORE
I believe we need a new way to manage risk within our innovation activities. This post here is the third and last part , part three, where I lay out different mechanisms and framing of risk and innovation. We need to formulate a more robust risk innovation framework. MORE
The corresponding integration of incremental and radical innovation can basically be achieved in different ways: Building ambidextrous and lean startup capabilities. Mastering disruptive innovation in a large company requires: – different people. MORE
Interestingly, it looks like others support the idea of balancing and combining elements of both innovation approaches, too. Anthony : “Good enough” is a great way to start the innovation journey because it enables learning in the most important laboratory of all – the marketplace. MORE
Recently, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has published key findings of their latest “ Most Innovative Companies 2014 ” survey. According to BCG’s research, successfully innovating companies approach innovation as a system. Adaptability and innovation culture. MORE
The first part highlighted that radical and incremental innovation build on two different innovation set-ups (exploration and exploitation, respect. New research: ambidexterity well done is a key driver for innovation performance. MORE
Business model innovation (BMI) is becoming ever more important as it turns out increasingly difficult for companies to differentiate based on products and services alone. Directions of impact for business model innovation. Reinventors do not need to be radical. MORE
How many types of innovation are there? The simplest way to categorize innovation is into two forms – incremental and radical. Incremental innovation is an improvement in an existing thing (e.g. Radical innovation is finding an entirely new way of doing something. MORE
The importance of innovation is increasing each year. Some companies are establishing their internal and external innovation teams, focusing more on developing a culture of innovation. Innovation isn’t easy. Consensus kills innovation. MORE
As we have suggested earlier, innovation activities that are radical or disruptive in nature, should be separated from incremental innovation around a company’s established core business. MORE
Recently, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has published key findings of their latest “Most Innovative Companies 2014” survey. According to BCG’s research, successfully innovating companies approach innovation as a system. MORE
Surely, in a time where terms like incremental and sustaining innovations are seen in a negative light, who would glorify them? Isn’t there a risk of next radical or disruptive innovation blindsiding the […]. Innovation change management disruptive innovation incremental innovation radical innovationI was looking through the Freakonomics podcast episode list the other day, and one title really worked me up. Praise of Incrementalism.” MORE
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There is a lot of dicussion around how customer orientation effects innovation. The most extreme assertion is to “ignore the customer” in order to not becoming distracted from true innovativeness by getting too close to customers, limiting innovation to incremental new offerings.
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As we have suggested earlier, innovation activities that are radical or disruptive in nature, should be separated from incremental innovation around a company’s established core business.
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The first part highlighted that radical and incremental innovation build on two different innovation set-ups (exploration and exploitation, respect. New research: ambidexterity well done is a key driver for innovation performance.
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Interestingly, it looks like others support the idea of balancing and combining elements of both innovation approaches, too. Anthony : “Good enough” is a great way to start the innovation journey because it enables learning in the most important laboratory of all – the marketplace.
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The importance of innovation is increasing each year. Some companies are establishing their internal and external innovation teams, focusing more on developing a culture of innovation. Innovation isn’t easy. Consensus kills innovation.
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The first time I was advocating the idea of a dual innovation approach, here also referred to as organizational ambidexterity, is now more than 5 years ago. As recently outlined, I consider organizational ambidexterity to be a key innovation issue for organizations in 2016 and beyond.
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Modern Dual Corporate Innovation Management approaches encompass two complementary directions of impact : Transforming the Core (by largely changing or even disrupting the existing operating model).
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Surely , in a time where terms like sustaining and incremental innovation have a negative light, who would glorify them ? Isn’t there a risk of next radical or disruptive innovation blindsiding the company, potentially bankrupting the organization ? .
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Innovations absorb resources and cost money. Innovation is risky. Most radical innovations fail so let’s just keep making our current products and services better. No customers have asked for a radical new approach. He or she must sell the need for innovation.
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I believe we need a new way to manage risk within our innovation activities. This post here is the third and last part , part three, where I lay out different mechanisms and framing of risk and innovation. We need to formulate a more robust risk innovation framework.
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The corresponding integration of incremental and radical innovation can basically be achieved in different ways: Building ambidextrous and lean startup capabilities. Mastering disruptive innovation in a large company requires: – different people.
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I’m a little tired of the lack of original thinking that goes into measuring innovation. Leaders want to hear this, the sad true is getting a ‘decent ROI’ for innovation constructed (note constructed) is really hard. If the innovation is new to the world, how can it have a clear financial return on investment until much later? We need to appreciate new innovation balance sheet thinking. There are hard and soft measures to measuring or judging our innovation.
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