This is Part II of the report on Thursday’s innochat where a group of innovation experts and practitioners tackle some of the innovation challenges facing organizations. Part I is here. Turning to her third question, moderator Gwen Ishmael (@Gwen_Ishmael) asked how the different types of innovation being discussed — incremental, breakthrough and transformational — impact [...]
04.26.12 | Innovation, Management, Strategy | John P. Muldoon
Companies can face different challenges in their markets and with their customers depending on how they position themselves strategically on the innovation spectrum.
04.26.12 | Innovation, Organisation, Strategy | John P. Muldoon
Best known to non-bluegrass fans as the composer of the Beverly Hillbillies theme song, Earl Scruggs pioneered a style of banjo playing that has since become the norm in bluegrass music. To mark his passing the day before, last week’s innochat looked at the influence of Scruggs on banjo playing. (Innochat is a weekly Twitter [...]
04.2.12 | Innovation | John P. Muldoon
If necessity is the mother of invention, then curiosity is the father. But can it also be a wayward parent when it comes to innovation?
03.19.12 | Fun stuff, Innovation | John P. Muldoon
Part I of this innochat can be found here. It sounds initially like it might be too much of a good thing. A bit like over-indulging at Christmas or Thanksgiving. Over-eating. Over-indulging. But over-innovating? Is such a thing possible? Normally, I’m happy to sit, listen in on the weekly innochats, and then maybe write up [...]
03.12.12 | Innovation, Management | John P. Muldoon
This is the first of a two-part post. Part II is here. Ever walked in to a store to buy something only to become overwhelmed or annoyed when a simple errand turns in to a headache of decision making? Have modern product ranges become so vast that the manufacturers have over-innovated? That was the prime [...]
03.8.12 | Fun stuff, Innovation | John P. Muldoon
It is a huge area, but education needs to be fixed in many areas. This weeks Innochat looks at how innovation can be brought in to the educational system.
03.1.12 | Education, Innovation | John P. Muldoon
This is Part II of this week’s innochat on Twitter. Part I is here. Leadership Traits Marshall’s next question was what are the traits of leaders of those innovative enterprises that people admire? “Innovative leaders adopt a ‘beginner’s mindset — open, collaborative and deeply curious,” said Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar). They are “guided by imagination first, [...]
02.25.12 | Innovation, Management, Organisation | John P. Muldoon
Against the backdrop of the Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs and a framing post here, innovation practitioners from around the globe tackled the question of “what does it take to build an innovative enterprise?” The discussion came on this week’s innochat, which was moderated by Andrew Marshall (@drewCM) of Primed Associates. (This is Part [...]
02.24.12 | Innovation, Management, Organisation | John P. Muldoon
Does a shortage of resources hurt innovation? And what can innovation practitioners do to ensure companies are ready for the upturn?
02.9.12 | Innovation, Management, Organisation | John P. Muldoon
