Reading Time: 2 minutesIt took three years for marketing intelligence giant Nielsen to admit their organically growing innovation program wasn’t taking the company far enough fast enough. As Stephanie Hegarty, Innovation Program Manager at Nielsen, puts it, “We... Read more
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: 4 minutesIdea Crowdsourcing – If You’re Not Doing it Right, You Shouldn’t Do It At All You don’t hear the word “innovation” much lately without the word “collaborative” in front of it. That’s because as companies dive into innovation as a culture,... 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
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhether your company has been innovating all along, or is just getting started with making innovation an intentional focus, there’s one fact that holds true: you can’t accomplish anything without dedicated support for both your overarching... Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesEvery person involved in your company’s innovation program and process is valuable, of course, but one of the most vital roles that must be strategically filled for an innovation challenge to meet with success is that of Innovation Challenge... Read more
Steve Bell
Gretchen Hoffman
