Practical Innovation Management
A Blog - Practical Tips & Articles on Managing the Process of Innovation. No Highfalutin Theories!
Super Bowl XLIX is coming up this Sunday. The Seahawks and the Patriots – and all successful football teams – have one main feature in common: each player has a well-defined role.
Teams pursuing innovation will also benefit from well-defined roles. In the book Employee Driven Quality, the authors identify four roles necessary to fire up your innovation management process. [Read more…]
In a previous post, I shared my view that “innovation management process” is not an oxymoron – and that innovation can indeed be managed as a process.
In fact, I believe innovation must be managed as a process – not as random Eureka moments. Research shows this is how “built to last” companies such as GE and P&G approach innovation.
Ok, that settles that! The next question is:
How do you start implementing an innovation process at your organization?
I’ll share my thoughts on this question today.
This is our first blog post, so let me start with the obligatory “Hello world!”
What is this blog about? It’s about innovation – specifically, practical tips & articles to help you manage innovation at your organization.
The word “innovation” conjures up many images. Creative genius. Eureka moments. Light bulb going off. Magical. Mystical. Accessible to only a select few blessed humans. You get the idea! Well, I’m not a big believer in this notion of innovation. Why not, and what do I believe then? [Read more…]
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