Tag Archives: Innovation

What Can Dancing Teach Us About Innovation?

Posted on July 28, 2020 by

Many organizations treat corporate innovation as a child: unpredictable, capricious, and difficult to control. And as it often happens to us adults, we feel an irresistible urge to pontificate, to teach the child a lesson. I’m amazed at the popularity … Continue reading →

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Innovating With Competitors

Posted on July 24, 2020 by

(This piece was originally posted to the HeroX blog) With the waves of disruption rocking every corner of the global economy – dethroning powerful incumbents while skyrocketing to fame brazen startups – innovation isn’t a luxury anymore. It’s a means of … Continue reading →

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Innovation’s “Uncharted Waters”

Posted on July 20, 2020 by

(This piece was originally posted to the HeroX blog) A few years ago, Wazoku, a UK idea management software company, sponsored an innovation survey. The results of the survey are a cause of concern for anyone interested in corporate innovation.  Full … Continue reading →

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Innovation: The Role of Money and Government

Posted on May 25, 2020 by

Over the past couple of months, I have attempted to assess the role of a few major socio-economic factors on the national innovation potential. To do that, I ran a series of simple regression tests to estimate the correlation between … Continue reading →

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Innovation and Money

Posted on May 15, 2020 by

In my previous post, I further explored the notion that the ability of a country to innovate correlates with the level of political freedoms in this country. In particular, I showed that no such correlation exists for non-democratic countries (as … Continue reading →

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Innovation: Governments Matter

Posted on May 5, 2020 by

In a recent post, I presented evidence that the ability of a country to innovate correlates with the level of political freedoms in this country. To make this argument, I used innovation rankings from the 12th (2019) edition of the Global Innovation … Continue reading →

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Innovation and Freedom

Posted on March 24, 2020 by

With waves of profound technological change rocking every corner of the global economy, innovation isn’t a luxury anymore, not even a matter of choice – it’s a means of survival.  The mantra “innovate or die” may have become a cliché, … Continue reading →

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On Steve Jobs, Henry Ford, and Fast Horses

Posted on March 6, 2020 by

A solid consensus seems to exist that customer feedback, gathered through market research, is a key to successful innovation. And yet, I’m surprised how often one can hear dissenting voices. Some folks, especially not engaged in day-to-day innovation activities, claim … Continue reading →

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The Words We Choose

Posted on February 20, 2020 by

In a recent HBR article “Stop Calling It Innovation,” Nadya Zhexembayeva suggests ditching the term “innovation.” Her point? Employees hate innovation. Rightly or wrongly, they associate innovation with undue risk, extra work without reward, and even job loss. As a … Continue reading →

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United We Innovate

Posted on February 15, 2020 by

As I wrote on numerous occasions, in recent years crowdsourcing has become a popular topic in academic circles, business publications, and social media. Yet, its acceptance as a practical problem-solving tool has been relatively slow. There are a few reasons … Continue reading →

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