Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

While I thought many of the ideas were legitimately interesting, after a few hours of working together, a nagging concern began to creep in: that the team hadn't quite formulated what question it was seeking to answer. It's natural for people pursuing innovation to jump into idea-generation mode.

Power 15

Power Constraint Transportation Price 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2013

Idea generation will improve as people problem-solve together at meals. But Nancy DiTomaso, a professor at Rutgers Business School, found that many professional networks are still not particularly diverse, with the result that white people tend to recommend other white people for competitive positions. Stock ownership among U.S.

Advertising 15

Advertising Idea Generation Innovation Diversity 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

At Apple (or at any innovative company), they take a little bit of this, sprinkle in a little bit of that and that and that to churn out market-busting ideas such as iTunes, and the iPod, iPhone, and iPad (along with a few market disasters like the G4 Cube computer). Yet compared to innovators, they just don't do it as often.

How To 16

How To Innovation Creativity Disruptive Innovation 16

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

workforce — and companies will increasingly grapple with how to accelerate the development of those individuals for leadership positions. They convened the program’s top 75 performers — many still fresh out of business school — for a three-day stint of idea generation and problem solving.

Development 12

Development Participative Conference Innovation 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

They have responded to these changes in their competitive environment and have started to position themselves as the most innovative firm in their market. But because the industry’s margins are so low, this strategy carries real risk. Backing up this claim will take significant investment to build the skills they need.

Innovation 9

Innovation Strategy Execution Idea Generation 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2012

He lays out the theory that has changed the way we think about innovation: disrupters enter the market with low-end or new market innovations and eventually upend an industry. Formative for me on this front was William Ury's The Power of a Positive No. Steve Jobs said, "innovation requires a thousand no's." So does leadership.

Books 13

Books Christensen Ries Disruptive Innovation 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2016

When a company has a clear strategy for a new product launch, for example, a leader needs to provide firm directives to get the marketing, distribution, and sales people working together and moving in one direction. This creates a safe environment where team members feel respected and free to innovate and generate creative solutions.

Leadership Styles 8

Leadership Styles Leadership Peer Review Influence 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2018

While this “lab-bench to bedside” approach has improved healthcare globally, it can take years, even decades, for an innovation to get to market, often with limited input from patients themselves.

Health Care 10

Health Care Innovation Mayo Stage-Gate 10

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Adjustments must be periodically made to target markets, definition of terms and modification of strategies. Doing the things necessary to assure revenue (billings, sales, add-on’s, marketing). Creative new ideas generated. Supply chain management should be implemented. Quality management should be implemented.

Strategic Planning 70

Strategic Planning Budgeting Planning Competitive Advantage 70

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

In his story about software company Rite Solutions' innovation engine, a stock market-like forum for new ideas and collaborative platform for channeling development effort around the best, Lavoie suggests that it's not technology but first principles that make every person feel relevant and fully invested in the future of the company.

Management 8

Management How To Innovation Bureaucracy 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

The criticisms are several: that design thinking is poorly defined ; that the case for its use relies more on anecdotes than data; that it is little more than basic commonsense, repackaged and then marketed for a hefty consulting fee. In some ways, that’s a good thing.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Proposal Politics Policies 8