In the second chapter of Malcolm Gladwellâs book, âOutliers: The Story of Successâ, Gladwell references the 10,000 hour rule, asserting that the key to achieving true expertise in any skill is simply a matter of practicing for at least 10,000 hours. What does this mean when trying to master innovation? First, letâs examine what 10,000 […]
I have the great fortune of living in Santa Fe, New Mexico (a southern city in the USA, not Mexico) that in 2005 was named the first city in the United States as a UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)-designated city of craft and folk art (https://youtu.be/3LcJUYHbR6k). The group of UNESCO Creative Cities […]
pol·y·math /ËpĂ€lÄËmaTH/ noun 1. a person of wide-ranging nowledge or learning. a Renaissance polymath Many people know a polymath or two, and it is likely that you know one, or if you are an innovator, you may be one. A polymath is often referred to as a Renaissance person and is known for being an […]
The tasks of whoever is in charge of maximizing the companyâs innovation activities should involve both external and internal activities and programs to make their companies as innovative as they hope them to be. Todayâs post focuses on external activities to make firms more âinnovative.â
Are Innovators Moving Beyond Incremental Innovation? Insights by Rob Hoehn — Board Director of the GIM Institute The automobile didnât disrupt horse-drawn carriages. Or at least not right away. It wasnât until Ford introduced the egalitarian Model T that could be mass produced and adopted by a large percentage of the public that the equestrian […]
THE NETHERLANDS The 2nd most innovative country that reclaims its land from the sea  The Netherlands has achieved the no. 2 ranking in Global Innovation Index 2018 (GII), and is overtaken only by Switzerland. According to GII, Holland has a âstrong, interlinked business sector that collaborates well with universities.â GII also stresses the fact […]
HUNGARY Home of the best-selling toy of all time – the Rubikâs Cube  Hungary ranks 33rd in Global Innovation Index 2018. It stands out on a global scale with its successful effort to translate investments on education; a high number of qualified researchers and high R&D expenditures converted into high-quality innovation outputs. In early […]
Was innovation always the first solution we reached for? History of Business Innovation https://www.giminstitute.org/index.php/product/game-changers/ Innovation has always been with us: it is one of the main motors of economic development and progress. However, it has taken a long time for it to emerge as one of the central subjects of business activity and theory. It […]
What is innovation and why is it important? Why do companies need to innovate? Let us look at successful companies in the past 30 years to understand why innovation is important in an organization. In the 1980s, there was Kodak and Delphi. At the time, every moment, every event was captured with film cameras typically from Kodak. […]
In order to better help our customers who are running innovation programs, IdeaScale does a great deal of research into our customerâs goals, usage, organization, and performance and this year we were startled by one of the trends that we discovered in our customer data. Even though IdeaScale customers are reaching out to their entire […]
