By: Dr. Evans Baiya The pandemic has given us all an opportunity to build a new business future. Market disruption equals opportunity for those willing to look and work for it. This is the time to adjust and innovate your business model to market conditions.  During COVID and the VUCA season it has created, we have seen ample reason for…

By: Sarah Stone As the director of the IdeaScale Crowd community, I recently had the opportunity to share some insights and best practices for innovators who are new to crowdsourcing, and may not have conducted their first campaign yet. We discussed five questions to ask as you prepare for your first campaign, why those questions are important, and some examples…

By: Dr. Evans Baiya While the pandemic has been difficult for all us economically, as business owners, we never run out of opportunities. No matter the business climate, there is always a chance to do something new and something better—you just have to find it. This has never proven truer than now, with the way business has been forced to…

By: Chris Griffiths Everyone has the power to be creative, but how can you bring your innovative thoughts to life? Discover how Mind Mapping can unlock your creative potential in this article. The is no denying the power of visual thinking. With our brains processing visual information 60,000 times faster than text, it is an extremely effective way to generate…

By: Dr. Bethany Valente National cultures and policies influence innovation rates, approaches to innovation, and funding. Here’s what innovation leaders need to know. People often incorrectly interchange national culture and national policy. Here’s how they’re different: National culture is the norms, behaviors, beliefs, customs, and values shared by the population of a nation. It is morally neutral, as societies themselves will…

By: Rob Hoehn The term “innovation management” has been around for a long time (at least since the 1980s – if not before), but for many business leaders establishing a sustainable innovation management program is still a new concept. Executives aren’t sure what skills they need, who should be on their team, what activities are essential to success, and who…

By: Pearl Zhu The leverage point is to let innovation shine via effective governance discipline, but not adding too much complexity. In this article, we’ll look at what innovation governance is, and practices to help you manage a successful innovation program. Governance is by definition a framework of principles, practices and indeed ethics; separate, different and outside the setting and…

By: Dr. Robert G. Cooper / Peter Fürst For the manufacturer undertaking new-product development, Digital Transformation means smart new products with embedded software. Digital products in turn require software and hardware development teams to work together – a hybrid project – which ultimately leads to combining software development methods with the more traditional gating process that manufacturers use. The result…

By: Paul Sloane In times of severe recession should you cut costs and focus on survival or take the opportunity to invest in innovation so that you can benefit from the eventual recovery? Let’s have a look at a case study of Kellogg’s, which took a leap to invest in a new type of cereal – and that paid off…

By: Dr. Evans Baiya Avoid these four communications landmines as you navigate the stages of innovation. Innovation can sometimes feel like a winding journey that includes steps forward, backward and sideways. There are even landmines along the way that can stall or derail the process. These landmines are often communication points that, if not properly structured, will cause dysfunction, disengagement,…