September meeting of the Innovation Unit

Implementing Ideas Quickly

There were 22 delegates at this meeting of the BQF innovation unit. We had an excellent talk from Ian Clarke of Siemens Medical on how they drive innovation. Over 70% of their product portfolio is under 3 years old. One of the metrics they monitor closely is the time to market for [...]

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Collaborate to Innovate

Many CEOs now see collaboration as key to their success with innovation. They know they cannot do it all using internal resources. So they look outside for other organisations to partner with. A good example was previously quoted as a weird combination – Mercedes and Swatch who collaborated to produce the Smart car. Each brought [...]

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