Planned Change and How to Manage It
Whether in pursuit of innovation or simply to keep on course, planning for change is an essential skill all organization...
6 Steps To Successfully Pitching Your Startup
Even if you have the best business idea, it will only remain an idea if you can't sell it properly. Pitching is a skill ...
6 Innovation Leaders Share What Inspired Them in the Year That Must Not Be Named
This year has been tough. We've experienced some highs and some profound lows. Some of us were able to find silver-linin...
How crisis-driven innovation can help your organization
A note from the author: I first wrote this blog as the basis for a talk in the UK last year when the only thing worrying...
Identifying Stakeholders: A Quick Innovation Managers Guide
I was recently asked a very down-to-earth question: "Where do you find answers to practical issues in innovation managem...
Why Your Innovation Team Will Quit on You 3 Years In
A lot can happen to an innovation program in three years. Some companies see their programs gain momentum and excel in t...
You Need an Innovation Value Proposition - and Here's Why
An innovation value proposition (IVP) is not the easiest place to go. It must build meaning and purpose and provide that...
How Management Theories Become Memes - and Why That Matters
I have a confession to make: I have a thing for investigative journalism. I'm talking about the kind of journalism that ...
The Innovation World is Changing Due to the 4th Industrial Revolution
There are twin forces at work, feeding off each other. We are facing greater disruption and an increasing innovation pac...
5 Spectacular Product Failures - And What You Can Learn from Them
Everybody loves a good success story. After all, that's what inspires innovators to develop the next Coca-Cola or iPod o...
The Power of Problem Exploration
"‘Houston, we’ve had a problem here." John Swigert’s famous words, delivered in a voice as calm and clear as the mountai...
