A Better Way To Think About Success With Innovation

In the corporate world, a lot of people feel that they should be putting their best foot forward. No one wants to admit failure. Such a culture is a problem for innovation. Leaders need to redefine what it means to put your best foot forward. In the best-selling...

Is Your Innovation Project Condemned To Succeed?

The idea that any project might be condemned to succeed sounds like an oxymoron. But when it comes to innovation, the expectation that any one specific project should succeed can feel like condemnation. This is because the best way for companies to find good...

Do Corporate Innovation Programs Produce Results?

There are very few companies that lack innovation programs. Innovation programs are often bigger than innovation projects and will house more than one innovation project. There are many different examples of corporate innovation programs including idea competitions,...

Is Your CEO A World Class Innovation Leader?

Without leadership support, most corporate innovation programs are dead on arrival. Grassroots movements can have some early success. However, if they remain within the grassroots, their long term prospects are poor. The corporate antibodies that attack innovation...

The Problem With Idea Competitions

Innovation success is, to a great extent, driven by having value propositions that resonate with customers and business models that are scalable and profitable. However, having cool breakthrough ideas is an important ingredient of the innovation process. To drive...

Four Good Reasons To Kill Innovative Ideas

Dr Samuel West, the psychologist who created The Museum Of Failure, argues that the best way to drive innovation within organizations is to remove the fear of failure. The fear of failure can lead corporate innovation teams to only pursue safe bets. When...