To boost innovation just keep the boss away!

Billions of dollars are spent on developing and launching new consumer packaged goods (CPG) products each year, and some companies see tremendous success while others – don’t.  Why?  One secret appears to lie in the degree of senior management involvement in the creative process, according to a study by The Nielsen Company. 

Nielsen’s research of [...]

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Next Meeting of the Innovation Unit

Innovation in a competitive environment – BQF seminar kindly hosted by Glaxo Smith Kline at their Weybridge offices on 3 Nov.  Non-members are welcome http://ping.fm/O2Nt6   The speakers are from the consumer products division of GSK and include:

Simon Gunson, VP, New Product Development and Site Director

Alexis Roberts-Macintosh, VP, Aquafresh Future Team R&D

Peter Harding, VP,  Aquafresh [...]

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Ask – ‘What Business are we in?’

The CEO of Black and Decker once said, ‘People don’t go into a DIY store because they need one of our drills. They go because they need a hole in the wall.’ Wonderbra in their internal communications to staff say this, ‘We do not sell underwear. We do not sell lingerie. What we sell [...]

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