One of the challenges for creating a culture of innovation within an organization is the ability to get along with others.  Innovation is about constant change which is uncomfortable and stressful.  The result is that some individuals/groups will not respond and actually become quite negative (corporate anti-bodies) to the innovation effort.  What are you to do?  How...

This podcast is made possible by support from thenextbench.com and the Heritage of Innovation interview series. Many people think touch is a “new” thing as result of products introduced in the last few years.  In reality, touch is just one example of innovations building on top of previous innovations.  This weeks interview is with Jim Sutton.  Jim led...

Many believe that the CIO’s role is to keep the IT “lights” on.  Given the I’m a former CIO, I understand and appreciate the challenges of the CIO job.  Below is the link to a video of some of my thoughts on how IT and the CIO can play a key role in driving the innovation agenda within their organization. Forbes.com video: CIO’s Lead In...

  As part of the continuing set of interviews with innovation thought leaders, this weeks podcast is part 2 of a 2 part interview with Geoffrey Moore. As with any interview, I came in with a set of planned topics that I thought were interesting.  Within the first 5 minutes, they were thrown out the window and we went “off script”.  Geoffrey’s thinking...

Note:  The following are the show notes from the Killer Innovations Podcast for July 13, 2008.  To listen to the podcast, click here. Segment 1: Lessons Learned From Creating Innovation Teams Changing the organizations culture People will resist Be prepared for corporate anti-bodies Secure deep management support Win by example Find/train/support innovation...

  Segment 1:  Why do current methods not work? Most ideas are either incremental or unrealistic Not confidence that there aren’t better ideas Lack of follow-through form the list of ideas generated Lack of executive and management support   Segment 2: Is there a better way? Killer Innovation Approach Tools Focus the innovation search Ideation...

In this month’s Visions Magazine, a publication of the Product Development & Management Association (PDMA), Mike Docherty authored an article “A Primer on Open Innovation“. In it, he predicts that ‘open innovation’ models will increasingly be recognized as the next big thing in innovation management practices. Beyond just theory, the...