Innovation Accounting Is About Asking The Right Question At The Right Time
For many people, the term “innovation accounting” appears to be contradictory. You have “innovation,” which is typically associated with future-focused creativity. Then, there’s the practicality, logical thinking, and stability that traditionally define “accounting. It can be tough to imagine that these two extremes can ever get along. At most…
The New Strategic Talent Imperative: Why HR Leaders Should Be Setting An Organization’s Innovation Agenda
This is guest post by Anthony Ferrier and Fiona McLean, as previously posted here. Republished with permission. The increased focus of mature organizations in developing a more innovative culture and set of actions is a crucial opportunity for HR / Talent leaders to play a leadership role. This article examines a range of actions that HR / Talent…
Lessons From Silicon Valley
This is a guest post by Rafael Lemaitre, Partner at Sia Partners, as previously published here.
3 Companies Who Are Doing Intrapreneurship Right
Wouldn’t it be nice if successful, breakthrough innovation was simple? If you could simply pick up the playbook, follow it to the letter, and bam - innovation nirvana achieved? Yes, yes it would. But as we all know, that’s just not how it works in the real world. The day-to-day of innovation and intrapreneurship is messy stuff, and what works for…
Five Tips to Sustain Catalytic Energy
How many moments of intense burn out can you count in your catalytic history? How many moments of self-doubt that almost stopped you mid-manifestation? The post about Catalyst’s challenges talked about the many things that compromise the emotional and physical well-being of Catalysts. Across the research there have been Catalysts that have…
How Advancing Their Lean Startup Practice Helps Intrapreneurs Bust Organizational Roadblocks
Starting an innovation project is exciting. Finally...work that could have a real, tangible, positive impact not only for your company, but for your customers (and let’s be honest - for your career prospects) as well. And then? It happens. Progress begins to slow down, and you’re not sure why. Your landing page test failed. Sales won’t let you do…
How Leaders Can Solve The Dual Transformation Equation And Turn Disruption Into Growth
Joseph Schumpeter’s “gale of creative destruction” has never blown more fiercely. Emerging technologies and new business models threaten to disrupt market leaders and reconfigure existing value chains at an unprecedented pace and scale. But what if you could tap into the underlying forces behind these kinds of changes to power new waves of growth…
Six Ways to Improve Innovation Through Culture Change
What does it take to become a truly innovative organisation? There are still organisations that see innovation as a function, assigning a small group of people the impossible task to transform their business. They then might embark on an overly ambitious transformation programme that fails or loses momentum with little measurable outcome. Wazoku,…
How Three Top Telcos Are Turning Disruption Into Opportunity
The telecommunications industry is facing major disruption. That presents big challenges - and opportunities - for telcos. So how are telcos transforming themselves? At Innov8rs Madrid, we heard from three top telecommunications companies, all of whom take a very different approach to innovation. Telefonica: Leveraging Data For Bigger Impact “It's…
Want to Win in the Digital Age?
What can established brands do to move at the speed of startups? Read this article by Thor Ernstsson, Founder and CEO at Alpha, the on-demand insights platform (alphahq.com), about how teams at Northwestern Mutual and XO Group put the customer at the center of what they’re building. Here’s what successful product executives recommend you do.…
Beyond The Sticky Notes: Aligning Innovation with Corporate Strategy
When we’re trying to innovate within a large corporation, it can often feel like we’re in a foreign country where no-one speaks our language. No matter how hard we try to communicate, our message gets lost in translation. Frustrating? For sure. But as Tendayi Viki explained at Innov8rs Madrid, the problem lies with...well, us. And this became…
Innovation Management Platforms: For Some Industries, In-House Is Better Than The Cloud
Cloud apps are great. They’re quick to set up, they’re scalable, and generally don’t require huge capital expenditure to set up. But if you’re in an industry where watertight security is imperative - government, financial services, pharma - the risk may not be worth the reward. So when does it make sense to choose an in-house solution over a…
