Tag Archives: R&D processes

Are you bored to death and procrastinating? Good for you!

Posted on January 23, 2021 by Eugene Ivanov

In my two previous posts (here and here), I argued that the wide-spread belief that we are swimming in an ocean of cheap innovative ideas–solidified in a popular slogan “ideas are a dime a dozen”–is a myth. Available evidence suggests … Continue reading →

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Five Barriers to Adopting Open Innovation and How to Overcome Them

Posted on August 23, 2020 by Eugene Ivanov

(This piece was originally posted to the HeroX blog) A friend of mine, an innovation consultant, likes to joke: “Innovation is simple…but not easy.” The same can be said about open innovation. Henry Chesbrough, who introduced the concept of open innovation … Continue reading →

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If not Google, then who?

Posted on December 11, 2019 by Eugene Ivanov

Is Jeff Bezos upset with the U.S Department of Defense’s decision to award a lucrative $10 billion contract not to Amazon but to Microsoft instead? You bet. But he still firmly believes that U.S. tech companies must work with the … Continue reading →

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Innovation and U.S. National Security

Posted on December 4, 2019 by Eugene Ivanov

The important role innovation plays in economic growth and prosperity of the world’s nations is well documented. A recent report by the Council on Foreign Relations, a think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs, highlights the crucial … Continue reading →

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A board game

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Eugene Ivanov

Blaming the CEOs for all real and imaginable transgressions is a common thing these days. I’m not an exception myself: on more than one occasion, I argued that all major problems of the corporate innovation process stem from the lackluster … Continue reading →

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Innovation: for and against

Posted on April 28, 2018 by Eugene Ivanov

I like Jeff Bezos’ line: “Good intentions don’t work, mechanisms do.” To me, it sounds like a full support of my conviction that endless talks about establishing a “culture of innovation” is a distraction, rather than an enabler, in fostering … Continue reading →

Posted in Innovation | Tagged Bankruptcy laws, Culture of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Innovation Management, Labor Laws, R&D processes, Rewards and Recognitions, Startups | 2 Comments

Innovate today, get paid tomorrow

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Eugene Ivanov

Theoretical analysis conducted by Gustavo Manso in 2011 suggests that the optimal incentives motivating employees to innovate must include a combination of tolerance for failures in the short term and reward for success in the long. Tolerance for early failures allows … Continue reading →

Posted in Innovation, Rewards and Recognition | Tagged executive compensation, Innovation, Innovation Management, R&D processes, Rewards and Recognitions, stock options | 3 Comments

The numbers game

Posted on October 13, 2017 by Eugene Ivanov

In my previous post, I argued that a popular in the corporate innovation circles belief that ideas are plentiful and cheap (“a dime a dozen”) doesn’t withstand scientific scrutiny. A joint Stanford/MIT research team has presented a wide range of empirical … Continue reading →

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The wisdom of crowds in a flash

Posted on July 25, 2017 by Eugene Ivanov

(This post has originally appeared on Edge of Innovation) There are two important rules of running a successful crowdsourcing campaign. First, a complex problem or a task should be divided into a set of smaller, more manageable pieces; each of them … Continue reading →

Posted in Crowdsourcing | Tagged Crowdsourcing, Edge of Innovation, Flash organizations, Innovation, Innovation Management, innovation tools, Open Innovation, Open Innovation Tools, R&D processes | 1 Comment

Matching crowdsourcing to specific stages of business model innovation

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Eugene Ivanov

(The original version of this piece was posted to the Qmarkets blog) I like to argue (for example, here) that one of the major reasons crowdsourcing has not yet become a mainstream innovation tool is a paralyzing uncertainty over the question … Continue reading →

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