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Monthly Archives: March 2011

2011 Trends in innovation

Like any industry or concept things fall in and out of fashion. Recently back from the Front End of Innovation show in Berlin, here are our eleven thoughts about innovation trends, in no particular order. Have a scan of the ...More >

We heart IMS

All this talk about ideas has given us an idea. Time to explain why we love Idea Management Systems. They make the perfect mate when it’s time to ideate.

An eighth of a cent an idea? You gotta be kiddin’

Where are ideas a dime a dozen? Where are these places where ideas flow so fast and furious that were people’s time the room the utilities, meaning lighting/heating/cooling/wi-fi’ing the post-its where they’re captured all priced: the sum cost for each ...More >

Are ideas really a dime a dozen???

There is a pervasive and growing cliché in the innovation business, and it’s starting to drive me a bit nuts, ready? “Ideas are a dime a dozen” and it’s usually coupled with the thought “it’s not about ideas, it’s about ...More >

Survey shows the pain points in the corporate innovation cycle

Planview just published its 2nd Annual Benchmark Study for Product Portfolio Management (PPM). It’s a public document. For students of innovation, darn fascinating reading, rich with data about innovation.  Now, Planview’s “lens” on the data is around the need for ...More >

Heston’s Innovation Case Study with British Airways

Last night I happened upon a Heston Blumenthal TV program on Channel 4. Kudos to Channel 4 for producing Heston’s Mission Impossible. It’s a must watch for those interested in innovation. Period. The program is all about Heston’s efforts to ...More >

Innovation: strategic AND creative

When ever he was given an either/or choice, my late father’s answer was always: Yes. Underlying this was a belief that the logic of either/or was one based on scarcity, and that a truer response to the world was to ...More >