[Innov#8] 8 Innovators Reflecting Back on 2019
#1 8 Innovators Reflecting Back on 2019 As part of Innov8rs Connect, our virtual summit early December 2019, we asked corporate innovators across industries to reflect back and share their proudest accomplishments, greatest challenges, and best piece of advise for others. Here’s a summary of their reflections #2 ISO 56000 for Innovation……
8 Innovators Reflecting Back on 2019
Reflecting back over accomplishments and challenges can create clarity for the future. As part of Innov8rs Connect, our virtual summit hosted early December 2019, we asked corporate innovators across industries to reflect back on 2019 and share their proudest accomplishments, greatest challenges, and best piece of advise for others. Here's a…
ISO 56000 for Innovation Management: Everything You Need To Know
ISO 56000 looks like a lot of numbers and letters, but essentially it is the international standard for innovation management. It is a set of standard operation procedures designed to provide a general framework for all organizations, regardless of type, sector or size, toward the successful implementation, maintenance and continual improvement of…
Internal Innovation Requires Patience and Persistence
Although most companies are now running internal innovation programs, so far we haven’t heard a lot of success stories. To the contrary: such programs tend to exceed budgets, aren’t delivering commercially scalable ventures and at best, only help bringing in new skills- and mindsets. Overall, in most organizations, they yet stray away from…
A Guide for Intrapreneurs
A myth persists that innovators fit a certain mold. He (usually a man rather than a woman) is typically a young entrepreneur who gets an idea in college, moves to the West Coast, enters a garage with a small team, builds a solution, and launches an innovation that changes the world. Peruse any “most innovative” list, and you will find this…
How Should we Measure the Impact of our Ideas?
The essence of innovation is about improvement - and we know that this isn’t limited to radical breakthroughs. Rome wasn’t built in a day. But we’ve reached an inflection point when it comes to innovation; a significant shift in how leadership is looking at our intrapreneur programs, our ideation sessions, and our venture arms. Yes, innovation…
How Innovators at Thales Alenia Space, Société Générale and Osram Measure Progress
Just like the age of exploration from the early 15th century, we need to develop accurate tools to help us navigate our way - understanding where we are, what that means, and how we course correct to reach our desired destination. We've summarized how three of our speakers from Innov8rs Paris shared what their innovation GPS looks like. From sets…
Balancing The Three Horizons: Stories of GE, EnBW and AirFrance KLM
Despite our love for embracing the new, there’s nothing quite like an enduring innovation framework. McKinsey’s ‘Three Horizons’ is one such useful and time-honored taxonomy: a way of helping various stakeholders to visualize and realize an ambidextrous organization. The core principle is simple: companies can continue to build and execute on…
Why Culture/Market Fit Matters (More Than Anything Else)
When it comes to the future of work, you’d be forgiven for thinking we should all religiously follow the example of a handful of currently-successful organizations - a cookie cutter recipe for corporate culture. Be part of a squad like at Spotify, be nimble like Netflix or design-minded like Apple. Do it as they do, and mirror their successes……
When Fosbury Flopped: Three Lessons for Disruptors
In 1968, Olympic fans and athletes watched in bemusement as a college sophomore jumped over the high bar backward. Until that day, every gold medal winner, indeed every Olympic athlete, who had competed in the high bar had gone over forward. Dick Fosbury literally turned his back on that tradition … won the Olympics … and forever changed the way…
Intrapreneurship: People or Process?
Is innovation more about people or process? It has been one of the fundamental questions in our field- and the answer is probably both, as outlined in this HBR article. "People matter; process matters. Talented people can be hobbled by poor processes; hesitant people can be uplifted by smart processes. In the best of all possible worlds,…
Confronting Innovation Challenges: Behind AllianceBernstein’s Transformation Journey
Despite calls for customer-first organizations, it’s clear that very few companies actually put the customer first — and risk alienating them with bad customer experiences or product/market fit that misses the mark. At Innov8rs in New York, Alpha’s co-founder Thor Ernstsson and Koley Corte, AllianceBernstein’s Senior VP and Global Head of Business…
