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Don’t You Want 17% Growth in Earnings ?
I am frequently asked, “Why should my company adopt Open Innovation?” My new response will be, “Don’t you want 17% growth in earnings each year.” Let me explain.
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Tagged business, enterprise, growth, innovation, open innovation
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Invention is Reinvention
So, you don’t have a new idea for a wonderful product. Not a problem. Sometimes invention is reinvention. Many successful ideas are new ways of reusing existing ideas or new combinations of existing things. Here are three examples:
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Tagged aristotle, business, creativity, idea, innovation, invention, market, newton, plato, population, reinvention, socrates, target
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The Five Innovation Myths That Destroy Big Companies
Nokia is seen as a company that was innovative but is in decline. It was the company that made cell phones fashion accessories. In 2008 it had a 40% share of the global mobile phone market. Today it has just … Continue reading
Your Adjacent Possible – It’s Bigger Than You Think
Why didn’t Leonardo da Vinci invent the helicopter? In the 1480’s he drew a vertical flight machine. His notebooks reveal that he built small models of it. So why wasn’t he the first person to make a helicopter?
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Tagged adjacent possible, business, collaboration, communicate, innovation, network, open innovation, people, social, technology
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Innovation – Where Should You Invest?
Recently I visited a company that wanted to invest in innovation. They wanted to act, yet they were hesitating. They were thinking of innovation as the creation of totally new, game changing products that radically change the marketplace. They were … Continue reading
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Tagged adjacent, analyse, business, core, enterprise, innovation, Investment, portfolio, project, transformation
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The Benefits of Innovation – The 20:20:20 Rule
When I talk about innovation I usually start with an explanation of why innovation is important. To do this I use two reports, one published in 2000 by PWC, the other published in 2010 by DeBooz. Although the surveys were … Continue reading
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Tagged analyse, business, enterprise, innovation, investment; profit, productivity
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Tablecloths for Idea Generation
I recently organised a workshop with Sara Jones of City University, London. Sara wanted to use the Digital Shoreditch Festival as an opportunity to generate new and useful ideas on ‘How to foster a culture of collaboration between universities and … Continue reading
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Tagged business, communicate, creativity, dialogue sheet, idea, participation, people, tablecloth, university, workshop
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