The America’s Cup & Innovation
February 09, 2010, 5:00 PM
The innovation that will be most apparent this year is the winged sail USA-17 has extending 223 feet above its hull in place of the traditional mast. This winged sail is basically the largest aviation wing around with built in ...

Disruption, Apple-Style
January 28, 2010, 5:00 PM
Apple has always strived to change the game with their products, some of them worked while others were duds but they always kept trying. Here are a few examples and how these products disrupted markets and competitors, or in some ...

Priming the Idea Engine
January 21, 2010, 5:00 PM
Commit to continuously generate new ideas, evaluate them quickly and pick the ones to explore further. Don’t try to find the best idea, let customers and the market tell you which ones work and are in demand. Prepare for a ...

Connecting Innovation & Business Strategy
January 14, 2010, 4:00 PM
Either approach can be followed successfully but companies need to be selective in terms of the approach that is likely to work best for them and also be aware of the risks and pitfalls that either approach may bring.

Linking Innovation & Profitable Growth
January 07, 2010, 4:00 PM
Question: What is the real goal of Innovation strategies for most businesses? Answer: Profitable and sustainable Business Growth ...

Developing an Innovation Process
December 30, 2009, 4:00 PM
The goal of any Business Innovation Process is to find new ways to grow profitably. This will likely be a combination on the following: * New products & services * New strategies for existing customers and markets * Finding new ...

Assessing Your Innovation Culture
December 18, 2009, 12:00 PM
Any business can move toward developing an overall Innovation Strategy by answering the first three questions. But to actually execute an Innovation Strategy a business’s people and culture must be aligned with the plan for it to work.

Welcome to Business Innovation & Growth
December 10, 2009, 12:00 PM
For businesses to successfully grow profitably they must be innovative. Most business owners and executives understand this linkage all too well. The problems arise when considering how to actually develop a plan to grow via innovation strategies.

Why Innovation Matters Now
December 02, 2009, 4:00 PM
Translate that definition into a business context and you have a more useful definition: “to create something new and of value that generates profitable growth and improves competitive advantage”. Taken in this context, most business leaders inherently understand why innovation ...

Removing Obstacles to Planning - Part Three
November 25, 2009, 4:00 PM
In this third part of this series on Removing Obstacles to Planning, I’ll cover a few tools any company would benefit from using during the planning process to ensure internal alignment is achieved before the plan is executed.