Posts by Costas Papaikonomou
Why Innovation isn’t as Sexy as Business Books Promise
As a rule of thumb, there are only two routes in innovation. One is about sleepless nights, pain and hardship. The other is about sleepless nights, pain and hardship, plus divorce and financial ruin. This is not what the business books are promising.
Read MoreWhat 'Asset-Out Innovation' Actually Means
In the typical operational view on Sweating assets, the goal is to optimize production and cut cost out of the product without any (perceivable) change for the consumer. Which in practice always leads to iterative loss of product experience & quality.
Read MoreTicking Outside The Box
Paraphrasing Albert Einstein; we cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. That paradox sits at the core of creating processes for embedding an innovation culture and capability into any corporation.
Read MoreFour Steps to Correctly Betting Your Innovation Budget
Where to place your bets, when it comes to investment in R&D and innovation?
Read MoreImplement Creativity like a Religion and You'll Need Miracles to be Successful
Every solution has a problematic history, by definition. In that sense, the skills behind successful innovation could be framed as the ability to create solutions for problems before anyone realizes what a nuisance they are. Successful innovation is not about dreaming up what would be science fiction today, but about foreseeing what will be plain vanilla tomorrow.
Read MoreThe Evil Twin Of Operational Excellence
Operational Excellence have fallen prey to its stillborn twin: Systemic Inertia. In a quest to raise profitability and short term reward, companies everywhere have been over-optimizing their business processes and ignoring an ancient planning truth
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