Metrics for Innovation

Let’s return to a topic we have discussed before – How do you measure the return on innovation?

Here is an interesting article by Chris Pentilla. 

‘Eight months ago, employees at Handango had tons of concepts and plans but only few completed projects. “Very little was actually getting out to the consumer,” says Bill Stone, [...]

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Organising for Innovation

I am speaking on Organising for Innovation at an event for the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Construction Industry Group, on Jan 29th 2009.

http://www.cimcig.org/events.php?id=211

It starts at 6.30 at the Building Centre on Store Street, WC1.  Non-members are welcome though there is a small charge.  If you are free after work that evening why not [...]

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Innovating in a Recession – Special Report

Chuck Frey and Rennee Hopkins Callahan have put together an impressive report.  They recently contacted a diverse collection of innovation experts and practitioners to learn more about the strategies they recommend for maintaining innovation during these challenging times.  Respondents include some of the best and brightest innovation authors, bloggers, consultants, and practitioners.

You can download [...]

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We need to Challenge our Children

A Personal Story

I went to a Catholic boys grammar school in Blackpool, in the North of England.  In my first year in the senior school I was a nerdy kid, with spectacles and short trousers.  For one hour a week the class had elocution lessons from an old, portly teacher called Mr Priestley.  He had [...]

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Resistance to Change

We had a lively meeting of the BQF Innovation Group yesterday.  It was kindly hosted by MITIE at their offices in the Counting House near London Bridge.  They presented a case study on overcoming resistance to change in a major corporate outsourcing project.  We then had a workshop session where we discussed change initiatives and [...]

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