This past week I got sucked into what I thought was a pretty weak online debate. The question posed was, "Is Incremental innovation the enemy of Breakthrough Innovation?"
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This past week I got sucked into what I thought was a pretty weak online debate. The question posed was, "Is Incremental innovation the enemy of Breakthrough Innovation?"
Topics: Mark Sebell, Innovation, innovation consulting, breakthrough innovation, Championed Teamwork, leadership, strategic innovation, strategy, growth, Strategic Goals, criteria for innovation, decision-making, breakthrough, new product development, Essentials for Innovation, Risk, Management
Topics: Chris Dolan, Future, Stage Gate, trends, Open Source, 20% Time, 20 Percent Time, Innovation
On Day 2 of the PDMA2010 innovation conference Dan Pink gave a fascinating talk about motivation in the workplace. Pink is the best-selling author of Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us. Coincidentally, he is also a man with an understated sense of humor and tone that is vaguely reminiscent of Kevin Nealon. Unfortunately, he did not do any Weekend Update style under-his-breath uttering of his inner thoughts, however he did offer several counterintuitive insights on motivation.
Topics: Chris Dolan, Motivation, Passion, Innovation, leadership, Management
What starts off as a well-intentioned gesture- to invite some friends out to dine and catch up on our busy lives, to relax- almost always becomes a source of anxiety and frustration for me and, I’d be willing to bet, for a few of you reading this as well.
Topics: Amanda Hines, Innovation, decision-making
Product launches are complex. That was the main takeaway of the PDMA 2010 Lab E – Launch for Commercial Success which I had the privilege of attending today. The session kicked off with an apt and literal example: a NASA shuttle launch. When NASA launched the Saturn V rocket, its engineers were depending on the successful integration of 2 million distinct systems. 2 million! And, as Richard Koppel pointed out, NASA operates in a space (get it?) where getting it right the first time is “mission critical” – if something goes wrong, not only are millions of dollars wasted, but people die. Fortunately, product launches are not as high stakes as shuttle launches, but you still want to ensure your innovation is brought to market as seamlessly as possible. So how do you launch successfully given all of the variables, risks and uncertainties inherent in the process? Here are the top 7 themes of the day which will help you make sure all systems are go when you blastoff.
Topics: Innovation Roadmap, Launch, Product Launch, Design, Brand Experience, Chris Dolan, Innovation, Cross Functional Teams, Risk, M.A.S.H
At Creative Realities, we have identified five essentials for innovation. These are attitudes and behaviors that will make even the best-planned and best-executed innovation processes easier to pursue. In our experience, no innovation effort can reach its full potential without these five innovation essentials:
Topics: Learning From Failure, Educated Gut, Innovation, Cross Functional Teams, Pursuit of Ideas, Essentials for Innovation
Where do ideas come from? I recently came across this fascinating interview from Wired Magazine in which authors Keven Kelly and Steven Johnson discuss the "natural history" of innovation and technology. Together, Kelly and Johnson provide what I can only describe as an evolutionary/biological/anthropological perspective on the history of new ideas. I highly reccomend reading the entire article, but here are a few key insights to keep in mind in any pursuit of innovation.
Topics: Chris Dolan, Core Competencies, Innovation, Collaboration, connection making
Topics: Clay Maxwell, Innovation, innovation consulting, breakthrough, new product development
Topics: Amanda Hines, critical ideation skills, creative thinking, breakthrough innovation, creative problem solving skills, creative thinking skills, developmental thinking
Understanding what's working and what's not, to improve and refine your creative thinking and to solve problems.
Topics: critical ideation skills, creative problem solving skills, developmental thinking
