Innovation Coaching in a Chaotic World: A Call for Change I believe that in today’s turbulence, innovation is not a luxury. It is the critical change agent. We face interlocking crises in climate, inequality, technology disruption, and social instability. The old systems simply cannot solve the complex challenges of now. And yet I see it … Read more
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In Times of Crisis: Build Business Resilience Through Innovation
How can you build resilience through innovation? Resilience isn’t about bouncing back. It’s about launching forward—stronger, smarter, and more strategically aligned. When disruption hits; pandemic, war, inflation, AI shocks, supply chain breakdown, it exposes what a business really runs on. Is it inertia, or intent? Flexibility, or fear? Strategy, or scrambling? The past few years … Read more
Rethinking innovation with Domino Printing: A video case story of innovative growth and resiliance
An Innovation Transformation project from start to finish This video series takes you from start to finish on a transformation project. Explore how Domino Printing Sciences transformed its innovation system, bringing excitement and collaboration and driving impactful results across a range of new technology and innovation projects. IfM Engage’s Associate, Rob Munro, talks to Domino … Read more
Innovation Trends in 2025: Challenges and Emerging Themes from the Innovation Roundtable
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
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
Organize for Breakthrough Innovation with the Breakthrough Innovator’s Operating System
Reading Time 9 minutes About: The Breakthrough Innovator’s Operating System [BTI-OS] 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 … Read more
Innovation is (mostly) a losing game: How to fail well not fast
IMAGE: theblowup at Unsplash Reading Time 9 minutes About innovation, failure comes with the territory, a bit of fun about the Museum of Failure and how companies create psychologically safe innovation environments for Good failure. Value: Understanding how to create a better working approach to failure that serves us all well. Innovation Failure: Why … Read more
eBook – Innovation Leadership: Its contribution to high performing innovation results
Innovation Leadership: Its contribution to high-performing innovation results eBook: 43 pages Learn about The Four Levels of Innovation Leadership The Seven central ideas in the custom and practice of leading innovation The Ten Innovation Killers. How the Innovation Leadership MapTM guides an improvement agenda How to develop organizational behaviours and routines that put Learning at … Read more
Let’s have a conversation – An Innovation Conversation
Why should you read The Innovation Conversation? So, I’m in. It’s been 8 years in my head; far too long if I am being truthful to myself. I’d like you to be In too. Why not join me to share one idea about innovation management, once a week that just might help us all improve? … Read more
Your Roadmap to Technology and Innovation Mastery: How to become more innovative (Part 3)
Reading time 10 minutes. Questions you ask: How do I increase our innovation performance? How do I become more innovative? What do the best innovators do to succeed? What are the barriers to innovation? PART 3: Delivering Innovation Improvement The pathway to improvement must always start with a first step. This can be the decision … Read more
