Posts by Kevin McFarthing
When it’s time to think inside the box
It’s a common call – we want more innovation, disruptive innovation, new options. We need to think outside the box. It often makes sense to think outside the box. When the usual thinking hasn’t solved the problem, new approaches are needed. After all, if the same people are sat at the same table trying to…
Read MoreThe ISPIM Grand Prize 2018 – Open for Business
Innovation management is a broad topic, so we’ve decided to stay broad in our acceptance of applications for the Grand Prize. The 2018 competition is now open, with a closing date of 27th April. See details here…
Read MoreThe Efficiency of Innovation
Effectiveness is doing the right things, efficiency is doing things right. Innovation efficiency is simply the output produced from the resource invested. Increasing the former while reducing the latter increases efficiency.
Read MoreThe Ideas Problem
Ideas are the problem. I suspect many of you have heard this statement as often as I have. It’s usually translated as “we don’t have enough ideasâ€. Yet when you dig beneath the surface, you find that the bald statement isn’t always as it first appears. In this post, I’d like to offer some different translations of “Ideas are the problemâ€.
Read MoreMarketing and Innovation are Inseparable
So, how does your Marketing serve your innovation? Does it define clearly and collaboratively? Does it integrate desirability, feasibility and viability in an optimal manner? Does it communicate with clarity and impact?
Read MoreISPIM Grand Prize 2017 – we have a winner!
Wow, so close! We are delighted to announce that, by a single vote, the winner of the ISPIM Grand Prize 2017 for Excellence in Innovation Management is Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), with the Fraunhofer Institute a close second.
Read MoreISPIM Grand Prize 2017 – Finalists Announced
Innovating innovation management itself needs to be recognized, which is why ISPIM, the International Society for Professional Innovation Management, launched the Grand Prize in 2015, to recognize excellence in innovation management.
Read MoreChasms, Criteria… and Innovation
The concept of the ambidextrous organization is gaining traction. It describes companies who can innovate in the current business at the same time as creating new business options for the future. This is achieved through…
Read MoreRecognizing Excellence in Innovation Management: ISPIM Grand Prize 2017
ISPIM, the International Society for Professional Innovation Management, is delighted to announce the launch of the ISPIM Grand Prize 2017, for Excellence in Innovation Management. This will be the third competition, building on the highly successful 2015 and 2016 events, won by the US Department of Energy and Orange respectively.
Read MoreDoes the new need to be new?
Does every innovation need new technology, or a new manufacturing process, or a new patent? Does it need to be new for the sake of it? Not if you understand exactly what you have before you start, and how it can be exploited further to meet new demands in the marketplace.
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