Comments for BQF Innovation Blog

Comment on Issue a Declaration of Innovation by chrishakes

chrishakes — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:36:52 +0000

Great article and list for declarations. Many organisation also emphasise a need to work on role-modelling leadership behaviours (to align/support the declarations, create the right culture, etc)… -To provoke further debate, some insights on leadership behaviours that may drive innovation can be seen at http://bit.ly/sqB4rG

Comment on The Inexorable Rise of Open Innovation and Crowdsourcing by jnoble10

jnoble10 — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 17:11:56 +0000

GE also recently embraced open innovation heavily with the Ecomagination Challenge. It was, in terms of scale, prize dollars, and overall partcipation, one of the largest open innovation challenge’s ever.

See http://bit.ly/c7hwDn for more on GE’s campaign.

With such great success, it will be interesting to see how GE follows this up and how soon they will launch another campaign.

Comment on Three things the Government can do to boost Innovation by Kristine Karlsen

Kristine Karlsen — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 09:05:31 +0000

Thank you for this post. I think it’s spot on.
With public spending cuts and large organisations having to downsize and some even be bailed out by government, any growth & new jobs will probably come from start-ups and SMEs.

To add to your 3rd point, I’d suggest that universities should also educate students about innovation and creativity right from the undergraduate level. It could benefit them in their studies and apparently one of the skills most highly valued by employers is creativity. So is enough attention given by HE and by employers themselves to develop this skill?

Frank – Thank you for this website – very interesting, might try reporting the pond sized pot hole at the end of my road. Will the council take any notice I wonder?

Comment on Three things the Government can do to boost Innovation by Frank Calberg

Frank Calberg — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:59:40 +0000

Reading your posting, I cam to think of another concrete example generating added value: http://www.fixmystreet.com/

Comment on ‘Your Concerto is Worthless and Unplayable, Mr Tchaikovsky.’ by Paul Sloane

Paul Sloane — Thu, 13 May 2010 12:13:23 +0000

Silence is worse as you do not know the reason for the resistance.

Comment on ‘Your Concerto is Worthless and Unplayable, Mr Tchaikovsky.’ by Frank Calberg

Frank Calberg — Thu, 13 May 2010 08:39:49 +0000

A thought provoking blog posting, Paul. I came to reflect on a couple of questions:

Do you know the underlying reasons for a) Mr. Rubinstein’s silence and b) Mr. Rubinstein’s negative remarks?
Choosing between the 2, what type of resistance do you think is worse: Silence or negative remarks?

Here are 5 reasons why people resist change:
http://www.slideshare.net/frankcalberg/5-reasons-why-people-resist-change

Comment on Praise the Behaviours you want to see by Frank Calberg

Frank Calberg — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:38:55 +0000

I find your posting valuable, Paul. Regarding the point you make, I came to think about this essay:

http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Motivating_people_Getting_beyond_money_2460

Comment on 21 Great Ways to Innovate by George Rathbun

George Rathbun — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:57:31 +0000

There has to be some irony in #1. Although, I think that copying might apply, I think most great innovators start from a copied idea and make it better.

(BTW, I just found this blog today and am really enjoying it. You have some great posts.)

Comment on What would you do with a Radical Idea? Reject it of course. by George Rathbun

George Rathbun — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:34:43 +0000

(I will keep Brand and model out of this post) This is about as true a statement I’ve heard in years. Reminds me of a ‘crazy’ idea I once had when we had a very loud hydraulic pump used to actuate the liftgate and only 2 months to get the problem fixed before launch. The SUV this pump was for had a $2000 audio system with microphones in several spots throughout the car. I suggested that with that much hardware, we should consider implementing noise cancellation software to make rides quieter and to eliminate functional noise issues. I can still hear the laughs today.

George Rathbun
http://www.leanideamanagement.com

Comment on The ‘Break the Rules’ Exercise by Frank Calberg

Frank Calberg — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:58:20 +0000

It’s quite eye-opening to read that the people, you do workshops with, “can break some 40% to 50% of the rules beneficially.”