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Innovation Conversations

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

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Climbing the Innovation Maturity Ladder

Reading time 8 minutes. Innovation Maturity – How can it be measured? Questions you ask: How do I increase our innovation performance? How do move up the innovation maturity ladder? How do I measure innovation results? The first step to any improvement is the decision to take it. Like any business change, there needs to … Read more

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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

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ebook: Building a Growth Engine

Business innovation and growth Building a Growth Engine: The six things high-performing companies do to achieve innovation leadership eBook: 32 pages What Do We Mean By Innovation? Very simply, innovation is about the Making of the New. It is a vital business process behind the growth of companies and economies. Yet many businesses struggle with … Read more

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Your Roadmap to Technology and Innovation Mastery: How to become more innovative (Part 2)

Reading time 11 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 2: The roots of innovation improvement: Maturity to Measurement to Mastery In the first part of this article LINK, I … Read more

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Your Roadmap to Technology and Innovation Mastery: How to become more innovative (Part 1)

Reading time 9 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 1: The Roots of the Strategy Problem Summary – what’s this article about? For business and R&D leaders, making sense … Read more

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After the Roadmap: Implementing the Ideas to Deliver Results

Strategic roadmapping workshop-based processes give quick answers for innovative solutions. But do you have the organisational machinery to turn those ideas into value and realise the promise? Without implementation, the strategy is just a nice chat… You’ve invested time and effort in creating your strategic roadmap. You carefully selected the strategic topic: an imperative for your … Read more

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Building a Digital Innovation System for Remote Working

Learning from the UK Rail Demonstrator about what to do (and what not to). The use of digital technologies as tools has risen in prominence to become a new reality for innovations who still want to make progress in their growth plans. While organisations grapple with new realities about what works, foundational principles of good … Read more

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Innovation At Scale: Demonstrating a Digital Infrastructure for the Rail Sector

The UK rail industry is ripe for innovation. Challenges and frustrations faced by passengers are frequently hitting the headlines. But where should the industry start with making innovations to improve the customer experience? And how can it make sure customers are listened to as part of managing the innovation process? Rob Munro shares some insights … Read more

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Scaling up from Idea to Impact

6 minute read. In this article – one of 3 short articles about the Roadmap to Scaleup approach, my colleague in the Roadmap to Scaleup Peer Group Frank Mattes, Founder of LeanScaleup picks up the story and explains the key elements of the corporate scaling up solution. Previous articles on the corporate innovation situation in … Read more