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Do innovators operate in chaos? Is innovation all about action? While many interviews would lead you to think that innovation is all...

Have you ever wondered why TESLA and BYD succeed while Big Auto fail to innovate? We have heard about the McKinsey survey (2019) where...

The Jobs-to-be-Done framework, championed by innovators like Tony Ulwick and endorsed by the eminent Clayton Christiansen, provides...

A series of articles identifying why innovation fails and what leaders can do about it In today's corporate landscape, almost every...

Should we or should we not invest in Innovation? Magnus Penker has this interesting take when it comes to cleantech and sustainability;...

For a long while, I have been preaching the idea of innovation sprints to unlock the innovation potential of an organization's employees....

Innovation can be a key driver of growth for businesses and organizations. It can help organizations introduce new products or services,...

Check out this recommendation before you speak to a consultant When I joined the consulting industry, my guru's taught me an important...

The words innovation and creativity are often used interchangeably. Are innovation and creativity two different things? If so, what is...

9 Keys for innovation from idea to scaleup The opinion and belief of many are that innovation is a game of chance. They believe that a...

In his book “The Concept of Corporate Strategy”, Andrews (1987) defines corporate strategy as the pattern of decisions in a company that...

What can we learn from innovations in photography? Taking a photograph of your little daughter cutting cake is a breeze today, whip out...

Why do we need an innovation strategy? During my conversations on innovation, I have come across two common questions. Isn't innovation a...

Henry Chesbrough wrote one of the defining research articles on open innovation in 2003 (MIT Sloan Management Review, April 2003)....

Ideation is not equal to creativity Shark tank is a wonderful television program and seems to be inspiring a lot of corporates to emulate...

What is stopping you from innovating? Analysis of data from over 5000 organizations that have taken the InnoSurvey(R) reveal common 8...

Do you have a portfolio of initiatives that cover both today, the future and the space in between? The three horizons of growth was...

The speed of change, especially climate-related, means that the future of the planet and companies are changing very fast. How does your...

Most successes, if they have to be recounted, start with a story that goes "once upon a time ...". Here is my little story. In 1997 I was...

2021 saw the developed world and some of the developing countries succeed with the massive rollout of vaccination to deal with the COVID...