Innovation competencies should not be practiced as stand-alone methodologies. Just as incremental learning needs to be integrated with a prior knowledge base, innovation competencies need to be integrated with other competencies in an organization. More STRATEGY
All Solutions Are Not Equal Commentary by Michael S. Slocum
Regardless of how extensively you deploy TRIZ, or some other systematic innovation engine, one of the first steps you take is to define your ideal state. In TRIZ, this is your Ideal Final Result (IFR), a philosophical construct that provides a measurable framework within which you can gauge progress on...
The Customer-Centered Innovation Map Commentary by Ellen Domb
Harvard Business Review’s “Tool Kit” article this month (May 2008) is “The Customer-Centered Innovation Map” by my colleagues Lance Bettencourt and Tony Ulwick. With all the soft (squishy?) “how to be innovative” articles and books getting published these days, it is a real pleasure to read a clear method that...