Why innovation partnerships should be more like a physio and less like a doctor.
So next time you are creating an innovation partnership, try a physio’s approach! How do you approach your pain points? Does your approach to innovation only address the immediate surface symptoms or the long-term company immune system to changing market trends and challenges? Either way, I’d love to hear your experiences!.
A new way forward, proposing the IEX way
I believe the strategic growth challenges faced by your company are inherently unique. In our collective experience here, successful innovation comes not from applying standard tools to the specific innovation problems our partners
How your process (might) get in the way of strategic innovation
There are changes you can make internally to your processes that can help the flow of creative ideas and strategic innovation.
Why is repeatable innovation so hard… (and what you can do about it)
“85% of companies say innovation is important. And 40% of companies felt they were at risk of disruption.” Interesting, the more senior the respondent, the more importance they place on innovation. Yet despite this focus, strategic innovation remains a considerable challenge for most organizations.
What can we learn about innovation from water lilies?
As the lily story illustrates, even for businesses where these technologies may seem to have little impact today, business leaders need to consider the future impact of these technologies carefully.
Toronto’s Innovation Explosion
Alan Cucknell led a workshop in Toronto last week exploring the need for strategic innovation and some approaches to help any business innovate better:
5 things that inspired us at Boston Innovation Festival 2019
If the best I’ve attended. In particular, here are five things that stayed with me looking back. I believe you should keep these key things in mind when wanting to grow exponentially.
Why Plextek created Ignite Exponential
We’re excited by this new stage in Plextek’s growth, and to be offering our clients fresh, powerful and original strategic and design thinking, backed by the technical expertise Plextek is renowned for.