The What, Why & How Of An Effective Innovation Ecosystem
When you open a LEGO set, the sheer amount of pieces and parts can be overwhelming. Even though you know the end result you’re aiming for, you have no idea how all these little blocks fit together to get there. According to Dan Toma, an innovation ecosystem is a lot like LEGO. There are a ton of moving parts, and your job is to figure out how they…
Explore The Future of Everything (And Failure Too): Field Trips for Innov8rs LA
Our events are different from the traditional (boring) conference where you fall asleep half-way the morning. You won't be locked up in a windowless ballroom for four full days listening to long lectures. We can't talk about innovation in a traditional, comfortable setting, right? We want you to experience innovation in action. And for sure,…
Illustrating the Case for Innovation and Culture Change
According to Gapingvoid co-founder and CEO Jason Korman, context and socialization is the only scalable way to translate ideas into action.
‘Die Meister! Die Besten! Les Grandes Équipes! The Champions!’
We couldn't help but hearing that beautiful hymne from Europe's most important football league when curating the agenda for our upcoming Innov8rs Madrid summit. Throughout the 3,5 days of the summit, you’ll be hearing a diverse range of stories, perspectives and experiences from people doing amazing work driving innovation in large and legacy…
How To Create A Culture Of Innovation Beyond The Sticky Note
Corporate leaders often talk about creating a “culture of innovation” within their companies. When having these conversations, they often act as if organizational culture is some mythical creature that comes down from the mountain to greet the people. Most leaders are unaware of their power to change the culture of their companies and instead find…
Big Pharma, Big Changes: How Bayer And Johnson & Johnson Innovate
The pharmaceutical industry is highly innovation-driven, but breakthroughs tend to happen slowly. And in a world where tech giants like Google, Apple, and Amazon are emerging as potential disruptors, slow simply doesn’t cut it. Two of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, Bayer and Johnson & Johnson, have made innovation…
Design Thinking Is Not The Answer - Especially If You Don’t Know The Question
In the race to beat back the beast of stagnation, many large companies are training their employees in design thinking.
But real innovation requires far more than just mechanics - and too often, companies think that ‘ticking the training box’ is enough to get innovation happening. That’s when Robert Berris steps in.
Executives Need Your Help To Win The Innovation Game
You can't talk about innovation now without talking about two things: digitization and new technologies. Innovation professionals, obviously, get this. The problem, according to Stefan Lindegaard: only about 10-15% of current executive teams get it, though that number is growing (slowly). Current executives have to attend to the core, the…
Why B2B Companies Must Master Open Innovation to Win in The Digital Economy
In the new digital economy, where data is currency and everyone and everything are increasingly connected, many would have expected corporates to embrace open innovation and knowledge sharing within the industry. But for large organizations, shifting to an outward-looking growth and innovation strategy isn't easy. While most are taking some steps…
The Future Of Your Company Depends On AI. Here's Why Every Industry (Even Yours) Must Learn To Love The Machines
Yesterday’s sci-fi is quickly becoming today’s reality.
AI and deep learning are disrupting entire industries. Sensors are in everything we use. We don’t just have conversations on our devices - we now converse with them (sometimes with hilarious results).
10 Principles of Business Transformation
This is a guest post by Barry O'Reilly, as previously published here. Transforming organizations, teams or even yourself is challenging. There’s no one-size fits all method to achieve success. It’s a combination of hard work, persistence and patience. The most successful enterprises are continually experimenting to learn what works and what…
Learn how FedEx, Humana, Porsche and NCR are reinventing themselves at Innov8rs Atlanta
Innovators are really, really good at figuring things out on the fly. We have to be – there’s there’s no playbook to help us navigate the complex challenges we face on a regular basis. Sure, there are books and theories and frameworks that can help us get started, but very few actually address the real-world issues that arise when you’re…
