What are the Innovation Trends for 2025? There are many innovation conferences, but an interesting one is the Innovation Roundtable. This year, it took place on the 5-7 November in Copenhagen and gathered over 700 innovation leaders to network, share experiences and create a strong foundation for their innovation strategy. Although I didn’t attend this … Read more
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10 Use Cases for Strategic Roadmapping: The Innovator’s Best Friend
Strategic Roadmapping examples in ACTION The strategic roadmap is one of THE best tools for strategic planning. It’s fast, flexible and agile to many needs. This article outlines ten Use Cases and their success factors. If you are a business leader who wants to create options of map uncertainty; it works. If you are a … Read more
Does Innovation need a Rethink?
As an innovation leader, I found that finding high-quality learning events was always a challenge. After 11 years of running my consultancy, the offers have improved in number and depth. The professionalisation of the Innovation Manager role is gaining momentum. Just before the summer, I was host of a Roundtable at the Innovation Rethink in … Read more
Don’t leave innovation to chance: the role of serendipity
Photo by Austin Chan on Unsplash. The role of serendipity in innovation roadmapping In the summer of 1926 an American husband and wife, Mr and Mrs Stimpson visited Kyoto. They loved the ancient city with its architecture and history and it made quite the impression. Nineteen years later, Henry Stimpson was Secretary of War under … Read more
Why we made The Breakthrough Innovator’s Blueprint
Introducing the Breakthrough Innovator’s Blueprint. In this article discover, Why do you need a Breakthrough Innovator’s Blueprint? Who is the Blueprint for? What will it do for you? What Innovation Leaders said about the Blueprint How can you get help? Reading time 6 minutes. Let’s Celebrate the Breakthrough Innovators Picture the scene. You’ve just … Read more
What is Disruptive Innovation?
Disruptive Innovation: A true story of disruption What do you think you know about the Kodak story? It’s a commonly told tale that Kodak was disrupted BECAUSE it failed to spot the rise of digital camera technology, failed to invest and, the rest is history… Expect that story, that myth is wrong. Kodak engineers were … Read more
Does diversity drive innovation?
Is there a link between diversity and inclusion for better innovation? Reading Time 15 minutes About: Is there a link between diversity and inclusion and better innovation results? The Insight articles explore why and how that might be the case. Value: A summary of the evidence for increasing diversity and three practical ways innovation managers … Read more
Global Innovation Index 2023: Highlights and Commentary
Reading Time 14 minutes About: The findings from the Global Innovation Index for 2023 have been released. The GII was first published in 2007 but is now produced by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). I’ve read it so you don’t have to and have summarised it here. It makes for intriguing findings and several … Read more
Organize for Breakthrough Innovation with the Breakthrough Innovator’s Model
Reading Time 9 minutes About: The Breakthrough Innovator’s Model is a total system of innovation guiding firms towards creating radical – breakthrough solutions that customers will reward you for. Value: recast your innovation organisation by mastering nine key elements. Watch the video or read the transcript. What story do you tell yourselves about innovation in … Read more
Implementation of the strategic roadmapping toolbox for innovation and technology mastery
Reading Time 14 minutes About: This article gives your a framework for the implementation of strategic roadmapping. Success comes not only from the techniques and processes but from good planning and change management. Value: Get faster results from your strategic roadmapping, create more momentum and a virtuous circle of delivery. Strategic roadmapping – implementing the … Read more
