Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

One of the quickest ways to sort innovation ideas is to use the McKinsey Three Horizons Model. Horizon 1 ideas provide continuous innovation to a company’s existing business model and core capabilities. Department of Defense and Intelligence community have also adopted this model as the Hacking for Defense process.).

Process 13

Process Innovation Incubator Committee 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2014

In our work at Change Logic, we’re finding again and again that established leadership practices, corporate cultures and identities, and organizational structures are far bigger obstacles to successful innovation than whether or not you can train a small and talented group to identify and prove market traction of a minimum viable offering.

Company 8

Company Advertising Business Model Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2016

How Digital Business Models Are Changing. Many big organizations even help incubate startups in their industry. New talent is one of the first requirements, but companies that want to adapt their business model to digital platforms need the willingness to build and manage an entirely different sort of asset.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Business Model Incubator Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

As the decade wore on and its core business continued to deteriorate, Kodak brought in a new leadership team, downsized its core operations, and began placing bets on even more radical ideas , such as a line of printers with low-cost ink. It's the business model, stupid. What lessons can we take from Kodak's struggles?

Gilbert 15

Gilbert Film Incubator Business Model 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

But even a business model innovator like Zipcar must eventually respond to a changing world. Zipcar did several things to jumpstart its new mobile model, but one of the first actions orchestrated a surprising employee experience that would immediately become a symbol of its new mobile-first mindset.

Innovation 8

Innovation Business Model Incubator Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Innovation, in operations, products, business models and ecosystems, isn't merely a competitive advantage, it's the competitive advantage. It's the only antidote to margin-crushing competition, the only hope for out-performing a dismal economy, and the only way to truly amaze your customers.

Innovation 15

Innovation Process Competitive Advantage McKinsey 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Our analysis suggests that big companies should focus instead on what we call "innovation at scale" — that is, achieving repeatable and sustainable organic growth from new products, services and business models that build on the core business. Stay "open" longer. Structure to execute. Hand-pick talent.

Innovation 9

Innovation Incubator Disruptive Innovation McKinsey 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2012

That spirit is displayed by the leadership team of Village Laundry Service , a business our venture investment and incubation arm started in 2008 (I remain on the Board of Directors after we brought in a full-time professional leadership team and attracted outside investment).

Incubator 8

Incubator Banking Hotels Workshop 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2017

In our experience, managers tend to focus their innovation efforts on processes that are either large in scale (new products and business models ) or swift in development (hackathons, rapid prototyping, or emerging platforms). Their extended timelines struggle to weather leadership change. Paul Garbett for HBR. Start small.

Innovation 8

Innovation Long-term Trends Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2011

They go by names like corporate social responsibility, sustainability, shareholder advocacy, social assessment and auditing, consumer action, government regulation, leadership development, ethics, realignment of incentives , attracting long-term investors , creating shared value , and more. Educate and Motivate Others.

CEO 11

CEO Incubator Supply Chain Entrepreneur 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

Talented founders know that corporations simply cannot replicate the deep experience private VCs have in starting companies, nor their expertise in assisting startups with complex challenges such as deal making, business modeling, resolving disputes among founders, executing a successful IPO, and so on.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

IBM leadership must have the courage to quickly modify or even eliminate the ones that aren’t working according to plan. This strategy is natural since revenue reflects a mature business with established products and business models that can scale up. Acquire ideas, not just revenue.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Short-term ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

The issue arose as a result of changes to IBM’s business model for software. Hugh Molotsi , vice president, Intuit Labs Incubator, told us that in the early days (the 1990s), founder Scott Cook taught employees about observing customers and finding real problems in their lives and solving them.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Customer Intimacy Software 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

We met with leaders at private equity funds, venture capitalists, and incubators, including Andreessen Horowitz and Playground. Use strong leadership to enable true collaboration. Yet while that kind of leadership is crucial, it’s the ability to tap the collective minds of the organization that drives the business.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Succession Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

Trouble is, it’s hard to think of any business challenge where real pro­gress has been harder to come by. You have to be tracking trends your competitors haven’t yet noticed, then figuring out ways of using them to upend traditional business models. Leverage embedded competencies and assets.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8