We have already explained that innovation is everybody’s work. The problem is that it is also nobody’s work. In an ideal world, innovation would be each manager’s and each business unit’s responsibility. That’s not the reality we live in.
Purpose first in innovation management, says Skarzynski
To create a successful innovation challenge, ‘you need to be very clear on the purpose for which you are launching the challenge and on the process that suits that’, Peter…
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TIP: Lacking resources – how to cook an omelet with few eggs
We will not insult you by lecturing on the importance of having people and capital to run an innovation program. This is obvious and we’re sure you’re taking care of that. What sometimes is not […]
And you, what goals can you achieve?
Innovation has to deliver tangible outcomes. That is the promise we stand up to with a new Results Guaranteed Idea Management offer. By implementing our solution and complying with the…
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What role is left to managers today?
Even today, Charlie Chaplin’s ‘Little Tramp’ feeding a giant machine on an accelerating assembly line remains the classic image of a savage and industrialised world. Modern Times exposed the obsession of early twentieth century Taylorists and ‘scientific managers’ with achieving maximum efficiency in the […]
Skarzynski reveals principles and practices for insight enabled innovation
In a special Exago Webinar, top innovation strategist Peter Skarzynski explains how you can pull together the most valuable asset to succeed in your innovation initiatives: the ideas and experience…
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Collective Intelligence – making it real
We’ve seen that, collectively, each organisation has the answers to many of its current challenges. That we, as managers, sit on an untapped potential of key importance: the ideas and experience of…
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Sitting on untapped potential – The power of your organisation’s collective intelligence
In the autumn of 1906, 85-year-old Sir Francis Galton made a fascinating discovery on the judgment power of crowds: The accuracy of groups is far greater than of individuals. It’s…
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TIP: Are top leaders tuned in?
If you have already started your innovation programme, you most likely have a mandate from top management. But do you have their attention? These days you rarely find an organisation…
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Going on an innovation journey? Pack your bags with the 7 must-haves
Every day, Earth´s rotation speed only changes slightly, by up to milliseconds. Yet the business world just keeps spinning faster and faster. In this interconnected age, organisations have long realized…
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