By: Bert Fickel So often, Iâm asked about best practices on how others have developed innovation within their company. While itâs not easy, there are some basic guidelines that can drive improved results. Are Your People Ready To Drive Innovation? Very often, only a few high level folks have the right skills and yet so […]
By: Dr. Irene Spitsberg, the Managing Director at InnoVentures LLC Large companies are not start-ups and never willbe. They are designed and operate differently. To innovate effectively, large companies canât just replicate start-up principles. Rather, they must adapt them in ways that are smart and tailored to their organization. Visionary leaders understand the marketplace is rapidly changing. […]
By: Dr. Irene Spitsberg, the Managing Director at InnoVentures LLC Organizations tend to spend most of their innovation efforts on generating, evaluating and selecting ideas. While this is important, the real challenge emerges when attempting to bring these ideas to market. For many companies, the execution of innovation continues to remain an âafterthoughtâ rather than becoming a […]
By: Dr. Irene Spitsberg, the Managing Director at InnoVentures LLC There is myth and mystique surrounding innovation, namely that its key lies in finding great ideas and selecting the best ones. However, this quickly dissolves when these ideas meet the challenges of execution.  The troubling fact is that as companies are pursuing entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial and efforts […]
By: Vera Oliveira Santos Head of Innovation at WINNING Scientific Management The concept of innovation has already been applied in Portugal with the competence. The next step is to acknowledge capabilities that allow to âmake it happenâ in a disciplined way and with measurable results Innovation has become a buzzword in the speeches of world […]
By: Courtney Wood, Ron Jonash & Mick Simonelli The emergence of disruptive digital technologies and changing customer expectations has made innovation an imperative for companies to remain sustainably competitive and stimulate growth. Realizing the benefits of innovation requires a systematic approach to not only generating novel ideas but converting them to meaningful business value. Rapid, […]
By: Dr. Irene Spitsberg, the Managing Director at InnoVentures LLC Last week, I was co-presenting with Owens Corningâs innovation team at the IRI 2017 Annual Meeting in Boston. We shared a success story about building organization’s competency of integrating technology and business model innovation to drive business investment in new growth platforms and fast tracking ideas to […]
In modern societies everyone is enabled to create the next big thing. Innovation competitions encourage independent experts from various industries to take a part in managing innovation challenges. By definition, innovation competition is an attempt by independent agents to solve an innovation challenge of a certain company. We Created The List Of Top 10 Innovation Competitions […]
The 20th of March officially marks the start of Spring in North Hemisphere. It is the time when people spend more time outdoors and try to live-up to the unexpected ideas that spring up in everyoneâs head. Connecting these two â new ideas and time outdoors â we get plenty of amazing outdoor innovations. Top […]
Woman and innovation may have been considered oxymoronic by most people up until the late twentieth century. The majority of the most famous inventors and discoverers turn out to be men â in large part because women have often been denied the education and opportunity required to make similar achievements. Thanks to slow but appreciable […]
