There are 5 article(s) tagged Innovation:

• February 2019

  • Let’s Grow: Don’t flirt with innovation if you don’t mean business

    Even when a desire for innovation exists, an anxious executive team can create a death grip on change. But beware: The most-driven, brightest employees can see through this bad “innovation theater” and jump ship as frustration increases.

    By Michael Graber February 09, 2019

• January 2019

  • Let’s Grow: The long sleep – innovative product gestation

    You could call it hibernation, but that’s too kind. You could call it neglect, yet some are working on it pushing the proverbial boulder up the corporate mountain. To be kind, let’s simply call it the long sleep. This condition happens inside organizations when an innovation concept bounces along internally for a long time without launching.

    By Michael Graber January 12, 2019

  • Let’s Grow: Increased R&D doesn’t equal innovation

    A recent PwC study looked at a large rise in global research and development spending in 2018, more than a 17 percent gain over 2017. Many pundits shared the article as evidence of an innovation revolution despite the warnings in the article. Silly, huh?

    By Michael Graber January 05, 2019

• December 2018

  • Let’s Grow: Leverage suppliers to accelerate innovation

    Corporate innovation teams face an uphill battle to commercialize products and services. Instead, leverage the people who depend on your business to thrive – your suppliers – to innovate on your behalf.

    By Michael Graber December 22, 2018

  • Let’s Grow: The system is rigged against innovation

    Work in innovation for more than a decade you see familiar patterns. One of the most damning, yet predictable ones is relying on the core business units to commercialize innovations outside of their core.

    By Michael Graber December 15, 2018