Category Archives: Innovation

How to Build Your Innovation Dream Team?

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Eugene Ivanov

The image was created with the help of Microsoft Designer This piece has been originally posted to Medium. You can hear this time and again: innovation is all about people. Even if you’re a great fan of AI, you’d hardly … Continue reading →

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Freedom to Innovate

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Eugene Ivanov

This image was created with the help of Microsoft Designer This piece has been originally posted to Medium. Did you realize that one of the most important drivers of innovation — and the one that draws surprisingly little attention — … Continue reading →

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The “culture of innovation”: a misnomer or oxymoron?

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Eugene Ivanov

This image was created by Tatiana Ivanov This piece has been originally posted on Medium. I’m amazed at our near obsession with the so-called culture of innovation, a topic whose popularity in business literature and social media can only match the … Continue reading →

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Will the Women Innovators Please Stand Up?

Posted on February 16, 2022 by Eugene Ivanov

My wife often complains that her hairdryer was designed by a bunch of bold males. True, it produces a stream of hot air. But the control buttons on the handle are arranged in such a way that the device is … Continue reading →

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Dose Is Everything: How Religious Diversity Affects Performance

Posted on February 2, 2022 by Eugene Ivanov

The idea that diversity boosts corporate performance and innovation is becoming mainstream. So far, the focus of attention has been mostly on factors of social diversity: the diversity of race, gender, and sexual identity. Unfortunately, less is known about the … Continue reading →

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Innovating in Your Dream and With a Drink

Posted on January 19, 2022 by Eugene Ivanov

There are a few reported approaches to boosting human creativity. Some of them are very proper. Perhaps the most popular is taking a shower — especially if followed by going to the garden and sitting under the apple tree. Another … Continue reading →

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How to Build Your Innovation Dream Team (Part 2)

Posted on January 13, 2022 by Eugene Ivanov

In Part 1, I described two potential approaches to building a corporate innovation team. One emphasizes specific individual skills of team members, the other focuses on the optimal mix of functional roles within the team. There is the third approach to the … Continue reading →

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How to Build Your Innovation Dream Team (Part 1)

Posted on January 10, 2022 by Eugene Ivanov

Do you agree that to pursue a corporate innovation project, you need a dedicated innovation team? Maybe not. We often hear that “innovation is everyone’s job” along with arguments that any structure kills creativity and stifles innovation. Why is the … Continue reading →

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Are You Free to Innovate?

Posted on January 4, 2022 by Eugene Ivanov

My search for factors advancing corporate innovation has led me to a somewhat unexpected conclusion: to innovate, you need freedom. This freedom can be realized at three major levels. The first level is individual, manifested as freedom from being discriminated … Continue reading →

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Location (Location, Location) and Innovation

Posted on December 22, 2021 by Eugene Ivanov

In my previous post, I discussed evidence indicating that liberal social policies make U.S. states implementing them more innovative. If so, one would expect that liberal U.S. states are in general more innovative than conservative. To see if there is … Continue reading →

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