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What Innovators Can Learn from Design History
Read moreMany of us have had a boss tell us that we should be more innovative or “think out of the box”. Let’s assume we want to be more creative and innovative – where do we start? Are there some widely used models that can guide us in the right direction? After all, step-by-step process models are widely used in most professions as they break complex procedures into
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The Frustrated Innovator
Read moreTo be an effective leader of innovation in an organization requires very large doses of patience and persistence. While we all like to hear about great innovators and their success stories, the reality is that the vast majority of innovation initiatives fail– some say up to 95%. Here’s a warning. If you’ve been tasked with innovation in your organization, the odds are very stacked
What is innovation?
Read moreUnderstanding how to positively drive innovation, whether at the organizational, city, national, regional or global levels, remains an elusive goal. Specific initiatives can be difficult to articulate because our concepts of what is innovation and how it can be measured are continuing to evolve over time. For example, as noted by authors of the Global Innovation Index, the evolution of what constitutes innovation can be discerned in subsequent versions of