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How to Do a “Blue Ocean Strategy®?”: Step 1

How to Do a “Blue Ocean Strategy®?”: Step 1

After completing my three-day intensive certification as a practitioner of “Blue Ocean Strategy®,” it became clear that the one chapter really missing from the Read More

What Drives Innovation and Who Owns It?

What Drives Innovation and Who Owns It?

Ownership is one of the key imperatives of Robert’s Rules of Innovation. Most would agree that innovation is everyone’s responsibility, but employees can’t innovate Read More

Why is Innovation so Difficult For Privately Held Businesses?

Why is Innovation so Difficult For Privately Held Businesses?

There are times when larger companies have a distinct competitive advantage as a function of their systems or scale. It is intuitive to entrepreneurs that Read More

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MOTIVATE Your Inner Innovator: Kickstarting Growth in a Stale Economy

Many organizations have enjoyed continuous growth despite the challenges of the current economy. The problem is, the genesis of their organizational growth has been driven Read More

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DON’T Rest Easy … Change It Up Before You Hear: ‘Checkmate!’

Customer attitudes, preferences, and behaviors naturally change over time. But in the last few years — given the enormous economic and political uncertainties we now Read More

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Don’t Stop Playin’ Those Games! Top Companies Drive Innovation With Gamification

I’ve spent 20 years as an innovation strategist, and it still amazes me just how naive some organizations are about what it takes to drive Read More

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What Comes After ‘Start-Up’? Building a New Strategy for Innovation

[EDITOR’S NOTE: Vistage Connect contributor David Shedd wrote this three-part series in response to issues raised for an virtual CEO peer session on entrepreneurship Read More

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I’m (Not!) With Stupid: 5 Stupid Things Companies Do to Mess Up Innovation

Even after 20 years as an Innovation Management Consultant, I continue to be amazed at the failure rate of innovation. In fact, some studies suggest Read More

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Avoid an Epic Fail: Your Company’s NEW Secret Weapon Is Netnography

Eighty percent of new product and service introductions fail in the marketplace. This failure isn’t for lack of innovation and creativity — instead, it represents Read More

Innovation Democratization: How to Get the Most Out of Your Team

Innovation Democratization: How to Get the Most Out of Your Team

One of the first steps of achieving Innovation in the new product development process is to assemble a team. While the organization’s leader may be Read More

Set the Stage for Action: The Innovation Audit

Set the Stage for Action: The Innovation Audit

As a leader in your organization, you know how important sustainable Innovation is for increasing profit and shareholder value. It is time to take action Read More

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Oh, You Knoooow … Just Passion Thru: Four Characteristics of Innovation

Four characteristics define a company’s cultural excellence: collective passion, craftsmanship, “fear no more,” and the right team. But unfortunately, each Read More

Do Your Innovation Emperor, Rules & Idea Management Help or Hinder the Process?

Do Your Innovation Emperor, Rules & Idea Management Help or Hinder the Process?

In the pursuit of innovation, many “enlightened” companies try to follow what they believe are established morays and best practices.

They install someone to manage Read More