Grow 20 Times by 2020? How Innovation Immersion Helped a South African Company
What company wouldn’t want to grow 20 times by 2020? It’s happening at a South African company. Our client there needed an innovation immersion, but the obstacles were immense. Could this organization...
View ArticleThink Innovation is Risky? So is Coming in Second Place
Risk concerns caused 39% of U.S. CEOs to change strategy last year, but only 19% say risk is a driver of change this year, reports PwC’s 15th Annual CEO Survey. CEOs are more open to pursuing new...
View ArticleWant Innovation? Stake It Out!
The new focus group is the unsuspecting public. When innovation hits a stalemate, a stake-out may be the solution. It’s like unintentional crowdsourcing. Years ago when Honda wanted market research on...
View ArticleWhy Your Innovation Budget is All Wrong
The numbers are compelling. Innovative companies report higher sales and profits from new products compared to less innovative peers, a difference of about 48 percent vs. 21 percent, according to an...
View ArticleSales doubled after this superstition was deflated
Corporate superstitions can be dangerous to innovation and enterprise growth. “The economy is the reason I am not selling well right now,” for instance. That doesn’t sound like a superstition to you?...
View ArticleHow U.S. Energy Producers Outflank OPEC
By all conventional market measures, the U.S. shale oil and gas revolution should be sputtering in its tracks. OPEC’s output-generated price slump has mercilessly battered U.S. producers. They’re...
View ArticleCulture and Innovation: Are you really listening to your Gen Y employees?
Culture and Innovation: Are you really listening to your Gen Y employees? Creating the future of our organizations is a vital role that we often assign to our most senior and experienced leaders. We...
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