Archive of Innovation Archives – The Strategy Group
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Should we all model ourselves on Steve Jobs?
Posted on April 27, 2012 by Jeffrey Tobias in Culture of innovation, InnovationDo we all want to be like Steve Jobs? Well, yes I do. Steve was a visionary, a driver, a huge intellect, a successful entrepreneur and implementor. And he built an empire that not only innovated, but delivered. When the...
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How to Build a Culture of Innovation – Fire those who are not!
Posted on April 27, 2012 by Jeffrey Tobias in InnovationVery interesting view proposed recently by Maddock and Viton in Businessweek. At first I was dismissive - fire people? Fire people who are not innovative? Innovation can happen everywhere...... so why should we discriminate? But look at what Maddock and...
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Why Ideas Get Stuck, Languish and Die
Posted on April 25, 2012 by Jeffrey Tobias in InnovationMost smart organisations today realize that they need to source ideas from employees, partners and customers. As Henry Chesbrough often puts it “That’s now the table stakes”. Corporations are getting better at filtering ideas, using some form of ideation platform...
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Innovation, Aneesh Chopra and Open Government
Posted on April 25, 2012 by Jeffrey Tobias in InnovationI found it interesting and extremely exhilarating to read the interview in The Atlantic with the outgoing CTO of the USA. I had to remind myself that this was a CTO talking, not a CIO (Chief...
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What is Innovation?
Posted on April 13, 2012 by Jeffrey Tobias in InnovationThe Economist spoke to entrepreneurs and people on the streets of New York City and asked: what does innovation mean to you? This video aired at the Ideas Economy: Innovation 2012 event in Berkeley, California on March 28th 2012.
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New Innovation Leadership Study from Capgemini
Posted on April 8, 2012 by Jeffrey Tobias in InnovationThis innovation leadership study carried out jointly by IESE Business School and Capgemini Consulting is Capgemini’s third report in the innovation leader versus laggard series. It aims to understand how those leading and managing innovation in their organizations think about...
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The Innovation Garage at HP
Posted on April 8, 2012 by Jeffrey Tobias in InnovationHewlett-Packard has long been using Brightidea software to drive innovation management at every level.The Garage, an internal innovation platform accessible to all 300,000 employees is designed to maximize the flow of new ideas on virtually anything and route them to where they...
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Gary Hamel’s New Book – What Matters Now: How to Win in a World of Relentless Change, Ferocious Competition, and Unstoppable Innovation
Posted on April 8, 2012 by Jeffrey Tobias in InnovationI am a real fan of Gary Hamel - and he has just release a new book "What Matters Now". Here is a short video with Gary talking about his book.
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Connectedness – Is it Doing Us and Good?
Posted on April 5, 2012 by Jeffrey Tobias in InnovationDo you think increased connectivity is a good thing? Or not? As a believer that innovation is created by the collision of ideas, my view is that without connectedness how will we achieve the collision? However, watch this video and...
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Global Innovation Policy Report Ranking 55 Nations’ Capacities for Economic Growth
Posted on March 25, 2012 by Jeffrey Tobias in Innovation, Public sectorIn the midst of intense global competition for innovation supremacy among countries, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation released today one of the most comprehensive assessments ever undertaken of countries' innovation policies. The...
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