Innovation experts Scott Anthony and David Duncan share insights on how to take a structured approach to innovation that pays off big. In this on-demand webcast, Anthony and Duncan, co-authors of the Harvard Business Press book, “Building a Growth Factory,” will discuss: how to create a growth blueprint that guides your innovation efforts; leadership being the key ingredient that can unleash or stifle innovation; practical advice on how to put this system into action at your own company; and how companies like Procter & Gamble and Citi stayed firmly on a path toward growth despite huge challenges.… Read More
At this year’s Sundance film festival, I caught the premiere of JOBS, the widely anticipated Steve Jobs biopic. Aside from the fact that Ashton Kutcher strikes an uncanny resemblance to the Apple co-founder in both looks and mannerisms, what struck me most about the film was that the primary conflict centers on “the innovator’s dilemma,” […]… Read More
For our HBR article, Innosight interviewed CEOs of two severly disrupted companies to discover what works when navigating transformation. Xerox CEO Ursula Burns and B&N CEO William Lynch offer up five strategic lessons.… Read More
Even the best-performing companies eventually stall. Sustaining momentum — and remaining a great growth company — takes a system. Scott Anthony and David Duncan call this system a “Growth Factory.”… Read More
Watch these videos to learn how Procter & Gamble built a successful growth factory.… Read More
It has been a rough few years for Research in Motion, the maker of the Blackberry line of mobile devices. Since Apple entered the mobile phone market, RIM’s financial situation has deteriorated and its market capitalization has plummeted by almost 95 percent since its mid-2008 peak of more than $100 billion. The company has brought […]… Read More
It’s a paradox of the information age. The glut of information that bombards us daily too frequently obscures true insight. Intelligence should drive better innovation, but unless it is strategically collected and used, it functions like a summer beach novel — an engaging distraction. Thoughtful companies intertwine customer intelligence throughout the three phases that characterize […]… Read More
As part of the showcase of award-winning products, Innosight created an Impact Story video about how the ChotuKool came to be, asking the question “How can you innovate to achieve inclusive growth?”… Read More
Here’s a quick quiz for you. Is it easier to get A: 1% of a huge, established market? or B: 100% of a completely new one? If you work for Apple, you might have picked B. But too often when companies embark on innovation projects, they pick A: that is, they start by believing that […]… Read More
A movement originating from the United States’ West Coast has sought to transform the creation of new businesses from an art to a science. The intellectual leader of the movement is Steve Blank, a serial entrepreneur who now teaches at Stanford and the University of California at Berkeley. One of Blank’s disciples, Eric Ries, turned […]… Read More