The Innovation Blog

Leadership often involves making decisions in the face of insufficient information. This is especially true when it comes to enabling the pursuit of innovation. Doing nothing until the situation clarifies itself is in itself a decision. But, by the time the situation is clear the real opportunity has passed. As Will Rodgers once said “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”

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Topics: Jay Terwilliger, Future, trends, Innovation, Strategic Goals

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“You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you are going, because you might not get there.”

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Topics: Jay Terwilliger, Future, Future Pull, strategic innovation, strategy, Strategic Goals, Vision

 

1. No one knows why they’re there

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Topics: facilitation, Clay Maxwell, Jay Terwilliger, Ideas, creative thinking, Innovation, brainstorming

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Topics: Jay Terwilliger, culture, Creating an Innovation Team, Collaboration, 9 Critical Success Factors, breakthrough innovation

At Creative Realities, we have identified some critical ideation skills that anyone can develop to become better at creative problem solving.  The first one I will discuss involves the way we listen. 

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Topics: Chris Dolan, Jay Terwilliger, passive listening, critical ideation skills, creative problem solving skills, pay attention

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Topics: creativity, Jay Terwilliger, Ideas, groupthink, Collaboration, brainstorming

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Topics: Jay Terwilliger, groupthink, creative thinking, Collaboration, Championed Teamwork, brainstorming

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Topics: Jay Terwilliger, bizinovationist, Success Factors, breakthrough innovation

Innovation clients frequently ask us how to make better decisions when pursuing breakthrough innovation.  Decision making in pursuit of breakthrough and transformational innovation is significantly different that which is for sustaining or incremental innovation (where frames of reference, past benchmarks, etc. exist).  There are five key decision points along the journey.  At each point, beliefs, assumptions, SWAGS, etc. will get tighter, and more useful.  

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Topics: Jay Terwilliger, SNIFF test, Innovation criteria, selecting, selection, evaluating ideas, evaluating innovation, Innovation, Innovation Strategy, criteria for innovation

It's 2015, we posted this blog in 2010, five years ago.  How are we doing? Take a look at our predictions and decide for yourself how many are still viable and on-track!

 

Two weeks ago, I attended the PDMA 2010 Global Conference, where innovators gathered and traded tips on the latest in innovation business practices.  Several themes consistently emerged from the various presentations – the emergence of open source ideation, the importance of engaging the customer, and a shift toward business model innovation, to name a few.  Reflecting on the conference, I got to thinking about the business trends that seem to be unfolding.  Innovation is happening not just in product development, but in how businesses are run.  What does the company of the future look like?  Here are 10 predictions for 2020.  Some of these developments are a lready happening on a large scale, others are more esoteric.  Although stemming from things I have read or heard, these predictions are admittedly (un)educated guesses.  If any of these predictions came to fruition, they would undoubtedly bring with them new set of challenges, but I believe that in each case, the opportunity far outweighs the complications.

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Topics: Chris Dolan, Jay Terwilliger, Future, Stage Gate, trends, Open Source, 20% Time, 20 Percent Time, Innovation