Identify the sources of innovations: beyond R&D

R&D is not enough. Significant R&D spending might be necessary for some firms to develop new technologies but certainly …

Harvest and protect organizational knowledge assets

To identify attractive opportunities, organizations must systematically manage their explicit and implicit knowledge assets, finding ways to share, combine, …

Integrate external sources of knowledge

On top of their own R&D activities and operational improvements, firms must develop the ability to proactively harvest technology …

Encourage people to innovate: corporate entrepreneurs

Innovation is made by people. But innovators are not natural born entrepreneurs. They are not lone heroes creating single-handedly …

Develop innovative networks and collaborations: never walk alone

Partnerships offer opportunities to capture unique competitive advantages, by gaining scale and speed – pooling resources – and by …

Create innovation ecosystems: lands of opportunities

The strength of a regional innovation ecosystem is driven by the combination of effective infrastructures and institutions with the …

Build and manage innovation-ready organizations: how some elephants can dance

  Innovation-ready organizations are not innovative for the sake of it. They combine operational efficiency with both the corporate …

Build and lead effective innovation teams: balancing acts

Organizations can successfully manage innovation only if they have the ability to build and lead effective project teams around …

Innovation typology: beyond new products

NEW: Watch the executive summary Voir la vidéo Innovation is about both making new things (“what”) and making similar …

Innovation strategies: beyond new product development

NEW: Watch the executive summary Voir la vidéo The first way to develop an innovation strategy is to (re)define …