Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2018

Despite good intentions—and widespread acceptance of the importance of innovation—efforts to innovate at large companies often lack a clear mission and framework, and as a result, they go off the rails. At Samsung, the other aspects of the innovation process are relatively well managed at the operating level.

Innovation 10

Innovation Incubator Stage-Gate Idea Generation 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2018

The healthcare industry has long relied on traditional, linear models of innovation – basic and applied research followed by development and commercialization. An alternative emerging at healthcare institutions worldwide is human-centered design and co-creation, a set of approaches that can accelerate and humanize healthcare innovation.

Health Care 10

Health Care Innovation Mayo Stage-Gate 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2011

I had just begun to get to know the company, and it seemed to me to be brimming with innovation energy, particularly among young employees who would regularly throw out creative "What if's" during casual conversations. A month later, it was clear that the problem — as is almost always the case — wasn't a lack of raw ideas.

Stage-Gate 15

Stage-Gate Venture Capitalist Idea Generation Document 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2015

The fear of getting Netflix-ed or Uber-ized is spurring big companies to dial up their investment in innovation. But as investment increases, many companies are struggling with a challenging question: how do you know whether your chosen innovation strategy is actually bearing fruit? Number of projects in the innovation pipeline.

Metrics 8

Metrics Innovation Company Stage-Gate 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Innovation is one those evergreen themes: it is a rare CEO who doesn't list innovation as one her top four or five priorities. But innovation is an elusive beast. We can look to companies renowned for innovation — like Apple and Google — and try to learn from them. So what to do? But that's a flawed approach.

Company 8

Company Stage-Gate Innovation Bureaucracy 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Billed as a set of tools for innovation, design thinking has been enthusiastically and, to some extent, uncritically adopted by firms and universities alike as an approach for the development of innovative solutions to complex problems. When it comes to design thinking, the bloom is off the rose. A New Name for an Old Method.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Proposal Politics Policies 8