Author Archives: Eugene Ivanov

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About Eugene Ivanov

I help mission-driven organizations, including nonprofits, solve persistent strategic, operational, and organizational challenges through AI-supported problem solving. As founder of INSILICONOVATION, I build and apply AI tools that think with you, not for you—helping uncover root causes, surface assumptions, and turn ambiguity into clear paths forward.

What Can Dancing Teach Us About Innovation?

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Eugene Ivanov

(This post originally appeared on Innovation Excellence) It’s remarkable how many different things can teach us about innovation: historic figures, such as Thomas Edison; outdoor activities, such as skateboarding; sports events, such as sailing competition The America’s Cup; consumer products, such as iPhone 5s and Spanx. And … Continue reading →

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Can Money Buy Innovation?

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Eugene Ivanov

(This post originally appeared on Innovation Excellence) Even in our money-driven society, the power of money has limits: there are certain things money can’t buy. Love and happiness come to mind first, but a popular list of things that can’t be supposedly bought … Continue reading →

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A Multiple Choice Test

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Eugene Ivanov

(This post originally appeared on Innovation Excellence) Everyone has his or her sense of order. My daughter, for example, arranges her clothes in the alphabetical order of brand names. The growing adoption of open innovation tools in corporate innovation practices has … Continue reading →

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On Cash and Praise: How We Reward Innovation

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Eugene Ivanov

(This post originally appeared on Forward Metrics) A good friend of mine works for a high-tech company in Massachusetts. Recently, the company’s new CEO, an avid fitness buff, has introduced an initiative: every employee who’d spend certain number of hours per … Continue reading →

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Customer Service

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Eugene Ivanov

(This post originally appeared on Forward Metrics) A new buzzword is coming into vogue in the media: the consumerization of healthcare. Pundits define this term as a shift in the way the healthcare industry operates: from the traditional B2B mode to … Continue reading →

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Want to be more innovative? Live in a free country!

Posted on May 31, 2014 by Eugene Ivanov

Last year, a consortium composed of Cornell University, European Institute of Business Administration and World Intellectual Property Organization unveiled the annual 2013 Global Innovation Index. It ranked the innovation capabilities of 142 countries by using 84 indicators, which included, among others, the quality of … Continue reading →

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