Getting started with Innovation Metrics
It seems an oxymoron to some that, a process as spontaneous and creative as innovation can and should be measured. Here at Strategos, we firmly believe that innovation can be taught, learned and...
View ArticleEveryone’s an Innovator
Who’s doing the innovating in your company? A central innovation group? R&D? marketing? Or, is everyone expected to be an innovator ? For many companies, the Holy Grail is to have the entire...
View ArticleFraming Innovation Challenges
Framing innovation challenges is of critical importance when leadership decides to engage their employees in innovation activities. Crowdsourcing ideas is a popular, energizing way to solve a wide...
View ArticleAchieving an Innovation Culture
“Culture eats strategy for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.” The famous quote is attributed to Peter Drucker, who pointed out that culture is a strong driver of how a company behaves and plays to win. We...
View ArticleHow to quickly align your management team around objectives for innovation
Studies have shown that creating alignment is one of the five most essential capabilities to increase return on your innovation effort (BCG, 2020). Despite this awareness, 56% of globally surveyed...
View ArticlePreparing for recovery before it’s too late
While COVID-19 is still impacting our society, the consequences for our economy are starting to become more visible. Not all companies will be able to survive, but history shows that those who come out...
View ArticleBeyond the Immediate Pandemic – Create a Minimum Viable Plan
While many companies are past the initial emergency response, they now need to start looking ahead as well. Business requires a proactive and agile approach to business performance to address the...
View ArticlePortfolio Management – broadening the impact of Innovation
Did you know that 84% of executives believe innovation is key to their company’s success and that 41% believe they are at risk of being disrupted, yet 78% of companies focus only on incremental...
View ArticlePrevent your Innovation from being Shelved Forever
How many of your company’s ideas are stuck? How often does the exuberance of ideation become the fatigue of realization? We often see this. Great ideas turn into great innovations, but if they do not...
View ArticleEmployee Inspired Innovation
As always, business is changing. Ever since the middle half of the last century, we have continued to shift our economy from agriculture -> industrial -> services. And underneath this evolution...
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