Tag Archives: Innovation Management

12 Thoughts About Crowdsourcing

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Eugene Ivanov

The image was created with the help of Microsoft Designer This piece has originally been posted on Medium. The following are twelve thoughts about crowdsourcing taken from my recently published book “We the People of the Crowd…” and summarizing my … Continue reading →

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Innovation and Freedom

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Eugene Ivanov

This article has originally appeared in the International Market & Competitive Intelligence magazine (July/August 2023) With giant waves of technological change rocking every corner of the global economy, innovation isn’t a luxury anymore, not even a matter of choice; it’s … Continue reading →

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The Inverted-U Law of Innovation (and Life)

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Eugene Ivanov

The image was created with the help of Microsoft Designer This piece has originally appeared on Medium. I like to argue that providing workers with immunity for failed innovation projects is a much better way to promote corporate innovation than by “celebrating … 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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Do Wars Boost Innovation?

Posted on July 24, 2022 by Eugene Ivanov

A slightly different version of this piece was originally published on Change Logic’s Viewpoint Blog. War is a horrible thing. Images of killed, wounded, or orphaned Ukrainian kids, victims of Russia’s barbaric aggression, leave little room for the belief that … 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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Innovation do’s and don’ts

Posted on December 8, 2021 by Eugene Ivanov

Jeff Bezos once said: “Good intentions don’t work, mechanisms do.” I interpret this line as implicit support for my conviction that chasing the chimera of “culture of innovation” is a distraction, rather than an enabler, of corporate innovation. Instead, firms … Continue reading →

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3 Ways to Boost Innovation through Diversity

Posted on December 4, 2021 by Eugene Ivanov

Have you ever heard about Employment Nondiscrimination Acts (ENDAs)? I suppose not. An obscure and boring subject. And yet, you might be surprised to learn that ENDAs, the U.S. state-level laws that prohibit discrimination based on sexual and gender identities, … Continue reading →

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Opening open innovation toolbox

Posted on November 19, 2021 by Eugene Ivanov

Proposed by Ralph-Christian Ohr model of integrative innovation management is a set of practical recommendations helping firms adopt a disciplined approach to innovation. Central to the model is the idea that firms must build a balanced portfolio composed of both exploitation and … Continue reading →

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