In this webcast, Innosight’s Robyn Bolton and Innovation Leader’s Scott Kirsner explore the results of our recently released 2015 Innovation Benchmarking Report. Based on a survey of nearly 200 innovators at some of the world’s leading companies, the report provides an eye-opening look into the state of corporate innovation programs today – including what types of innovation are being pursued, how projects are funded and measured, and where ideas get sourced.… Read More
Last week I had the pleasure of attending Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies’ Summer University, “The Future Consumer and Marketplace[1].” CIFS is an international, apolitical, and not-for-profit organization that is one of Scandinavia’s largest Future Studies think tanks. Founded in 1970 by Thorkil Kristensen, a former OECD Secretary-General and Danish Finance Minister, the Institute is […]… Read More
In this interactive webcast, Scott Anthony shares lessons on how the right leadership and tools can help boost your company’s strategic agility and increase your odds of success. Learn how to accelerate ideas in innovation’s “first mile” – and avoid the most common pitfalls; Build a corporate culture of experimentation and learning and increase your company’s curiosity quotient; Use tools to successfully manage strategic uncertainty; Develop leadership and secure the right talent by organizing and building new skills around innovation.… Read More
Three ways the Internet of Things is changing the game for industrial companies.… Read More
What the media industry can teach us about digital business models.… Read More
In this webcast, Innosight’s Jenny Chung and Annabel Tio, authors of the new briefing “Disruption Ahead: Financial Services in Asia,” discuss disruptive trends in the Asian banking sector.… Read More
What should leaders do to boost their organization’s ability to innovate? There’s a seemingly endless list of options to consider. Set up a new-growth group. Launch an idea contest. Change the reward systems. Run an action-learning program to develop the top leadership team’s ability to confront ambiguity. Form a venture investment fund. Take a road […]… Read More
In this Harvard Business Review post, Scott Anthony shares how Singapore has become an entrepreneurial hub.… Read More
First, a confession. I am not a member of the Cult of Apple. Yes, I own an iPhone and an iMac and use a MacBook Pro and, occasionally, an iPad. But I own them primarily for practical reasons – I needed a portable device (iPod then iPhone) to listen to my playlists, and my husband […]… Read More
“You will never find them,” said a senior leader in a multibillion-dollar IT company. The “them” the leader was referring to were zombie projects: the nefarious enemies of well-intentioned innovation efforts around the globe. Zombies are projects that, for any number of reasons, fail to fulfill their promise and yet keep shuffling along, sucking up resources […]… Read More