Reading Time: 6 minutesThe theme of this year’s Birds of a Feather (BOF) event, hosted by Dell in Austin, Texas, was “The Discipline of Innovation.” Discipline might seem an unlikely component of innovation, which many view as the byproduct of a creative spark that... Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen John Jaddou was brought into Cabot as Director of New Business Development/Scouting & Innovation it was for the same reasons many other enterprises have sought innovation program help: The Boston-based company’s innovation efforts –... Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesHewlett-Packard’s Head of Innovation, Ahi Gvirtsman, understood clearly the problem the info-tech giant was facing: “One of the pitfalls of corporate innovation is that people only innovate with their peers – engineers with engineers,... Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesInnovation is More Than a Handful of Great Ideas There’s nothing more worthless than a bunch of great ideas that “coulda been” – at least from an innovation standpoint. Global healthcare leader Merck knew their innovation efforts were in danger... Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn 2005, GE launched Ecomagination – an initiative aimed at developing new power grid technologies over the next decade. Great idea, except five years in they realized something: if they really wanted to succeed in their goal, they couldn’t do... Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesIf you missed our extremely informative Google Hangout this week on Selling Innovation Management Inside Your Enterprise we have highlights to help you sort out your internal sales pitch. First, a quick hat tip to our panelists who all work at... Read more
Steve Bell
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