1st Meeting of the BQF Innovation Unit
The first meeting of the BQF Innovation Unit will take place on 12 September. Venue and detailed arrangements are still to be finalised but the important thing is to put the date in your diary.
Equally important is the theme which will be ‘HOW TO IMPLEMENT IDEAS QUICKLY’. In our survey in October 2005, this was the number one issue.
The themes we have pencilled in for subsequent meetings are: ‘Idea generation’, ‘Idea evaluation’ and ‘Barriers to implementation’. We would welcome any views on whether these are good choices (the research says they are) and whether there are other subjects that we should tackle first.
October 25th, 2006 at 3:23 pm
Was inspired by all three talks at the BQF innovation event on May 16th. Think that all the future innovation titles look good. I guess fear will come under the one on barriers to implementation!
October 25th, 2006 at 3:24 pm
I would be interested in understanding what the key differentiators are between a company that innovates successfully and one that does not in terms of their approach to People, Processes and Technology. Also any examples of companies who have moved from being Laggards to Leaders in this area would I am sure be very inspiring.
October 25th, 2006 at 3:26 pm
All member companies of BQF have access to http://www.bpir.com as part of their membership. If they log in using their user name and password, which they were given, they will see at the bottom of the BPIR circle ‘Management Briefs’ listed. Hit that and ‘issues’ will appear in a box which when hit will take you to the Management Brief page. Listed amongst the topics down the left hand side of the page are the following, which should be of interest: Knowledge Creation;Managing Innovation;Employee Suggestion Schemes
October 25th, 2006 at 3:26 pm
Robin,’I would be interested in understanding what the key differentiators are between a company that innovates successfully and one that does not in terms of their approach to People, Processes and Technology.’There are a number of good books on this topic including works by Gary Hamel and Clayton Christenson. Also my book, The Leader’s Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills, addresses these issues.’Also any examples of companies who have moved from being Laggards to Leaders in this area would I am sure be very inspiring.’Nokia was a wood pulp company that transformed itself into a high-tech innovation powerhouse. A more local example is BT who have moved from public sector laggard to their dynamic status today.