There is a great divide between creating/imagining a new idea or invention and crossing over to launching it as a successful innovation in the marketplace. One way this divide can manifest is between the innovation team and the commercialization team in a large...
Recently I was conducting a training on innovation at a client and was bombarded with questions about how to create innovations in an established business. These were important questions which many people share. In his book, The Innovator’s Dilemma, Clayton...
Are you and your people fully engaged? A typical reaction is “YES” but in reality many of us are not. If you are multitasking, you may be busy, but you are not fully engaged. Why does this matter? In today’s world, people are proud of how many...
Recently, I had a chance to participate in a new learning format, a MOOC at University of Cincinnati. MOOC stands for Massively Open Online Course, where anyone can sign up and take virtual free instruction on a topic. At UC, they offered an Innovation MOOC this past...
When I was a child in school, we looked forward to the snow day, the day of freedom from responsibility and the unexpected joy of spontaneous play. While I don’t want to sound like the Grinch, I wonder if the Snow Day is outdated and if even the institution of...
Seeing is believing. That is why a picture is worth a thousand words and a prototype is worth a thousand pictures. There are times you just cannot visualize what you might need until you see it. I often hear the complaint about how consumers don’t know what...
