Innovation Archives

There’s Gold in Repurposing Intellectual Property

Several times a month, I’d have lunch with one of my CEOs, and each time we’d find ourselves digging into the intellectual property developed by the company over the years, just to refresh ourselves about…

How is a Business Ecosystem a Key Driver to Success?

Innovation | SmallBizClub

In a Harvard Magazine interview, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Chair and Director of the Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative, explained: “In Silicon Valley, there is a sense that you prosper only because you’re surrounded by lots…

What Uber Is and Isn’t—and How You Can Benefit

Innovation | Susan Solovic

Uber is celebrating its fifth anniversary and it certainly has accomplished a lot in five years. It’s hard to imagine another company that has so quickly established a global presence. The last figures I saw…

Changes in the Manufacturing Industry: What Product Companies Must Do to Survive

Innovation | Redshift

I’m talking about every product company in every industry—toys, medical devices, cars, electronics. . . . They’re all facing disruption, and it’s very real because what businesses used to do before will not help them…

Are You Blockbuster or Netflix?

Innovation | Redshift

Kodak missed the digital revolution, and, like aging photos, faded with time—despite the fact it actually invented the first digital camera in 1975. Meanwhile, new and dynamic product categories for cameras, printers, accessories, and more…

Will My Job Be Completely Different Very, Very Soon?

Innovation | Mike Maddock

You may have noticed that Napster Moments are happening more and more often. You also may have noticed that many executives don’t see them coming until it is too late.

How Innovative Does Innovation Need to Be?

Innovation | Susan Solovic

When we think of innovation, our minds usually wander back to the great inventions that we believe changed the course of history, or at least the course of commerce.

Don’t Fear Transformation, Fear Irrelevance!

Innovation | Dave Brock

A reader asked how to overcome individuals’ and organizational fear of transformation. My knee jerk reaction was that irrelevance is much more scary than transformation.

When Your Business Outgrows Your Skills

Innovation | Jerry Osteryoung

Every person starting a business thinks they will be able to run it no matter what. Whether annual sales are $300,000 or $30 million, they all believe there is no one who could run their business better.

Tapping Into Our Creative Mindset By Pushing Past the “No”s

Innovation | YEC

We tend to approach choices in black and white: “A” or “B,”this way or that way. You process choices this way because it’s easier, simpler, and helps you finish this whole decision-making thing quickly.