It’s never easy to build internal buy-in around something new in an enterprise. And that difficulty is compounded when there’s an air of uncertainty around the how, when and why the ‘new something’ is being done. Innovation programs feel the brunt of this resistance,... Read more
AXA Chairman and CEO Henri de Castries knows the commitment it takes to innovate: “We will be able to transform innovation into business success only if we put all our energy in it,” he stated in a news piece on the global insurance/asset management company’s... Read more
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
Gretchen Hoffman
Steve Bell
