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There’s No Substitute for Doing the Work

By on 1 April 2013 in innovation strategy

People are often looking for a quick way to become more innovative. The problem is that there are no quick fixes. Overcoming the obstacles to innovation is one good way of knowing that you’re on the right track, but it takes time.

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A Brief Introduction to Uncertainty in Business

By on 26 March 2013 in book riffs, complex systems, experiments

Risk and uncertainty are two different things. Mixing them up causes problems. Here are some ideas for dealing with uncertainty in particular.

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There’s No Innovation Without Uncertainty

By on 19 March 2013 in complex systems, experiments

Frederick Douglass said “Those who profess to favor freedom and yet deprecate agitation are men who want crops without plowing up the ground…” He was talking about political reform, but this is also true of innovation as well.

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Here’s One Good Way to Kill Innovation

By on 13 March 2013 in book riffs, Management

If all new ideas get killed as soon as the first see the light of day, you will never be able to build an effective innovation culture. Here are some thoughts on how to work around this problem.

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Sticky Innovation

By on 10 March 2013 in connect, innovation

A medical emergency for my cat Wallace leads to surprising discoveries about a common household product, which teach some useful innovation lessons.

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Strategy Outside the Zone of Mediocrity

By on 7 March 2013 in Leading Strategic Conversations

Hardly a year goes by without several new books that ambitiously outline ‘the recipe’ for organisational success. Somewhat less frequently, someone focuses on what constitutes good or bad strategy and what part strategy plays in recipes for success. It’s tempting to believe that we can quickly distinguish between good and bad strategy, especially when we’re [...]

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When is an Innovation an Innovation?

By on 3 March 2013 in innovation

Greg and I have been talking about whether or not innovation needs a purpose.  While we agree on many points, we can see two differing views on the question.  I will argue that within an organisation, innovation does need a purpose, and here is Greg’s post arguing the other side. Let’s start by looking at [...]

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Culture Provides the Beat for Your Organisation

By on 26 February 2013 in experiments, innovation

Kristin Hersh’s two bands sound very different. Why? Because they have two different drummers. Culture plays that role in organisations. An idea that works great in one culture may fail miserably in an organisation with a different culture.

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Integrative Innovation

By on 22 February 2013 in innovation

This post was first published as opening post to my new blog, titled Integrative Innovation.   Some people I’ve been collaborating with have recently encouraged me to open up an own blog. After having given it some thought, I decided to do so. I’m launching a new site and platform titled “Integrative Innovation” to share ideas [...]

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We’re All in the Knowledge Business Now

By on 19 February 2013 in business models, evolving economic entities

Many people think that their industry is immune from the disruption that we are seeing in music, news and books. However, we are not too far away from seeing every industry becoming knowledge-based. This has big implications.

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