R&D
The Innovation Metric Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard Used
HP used this R&D benchmark for decades and still managed to forget it. Most companies never found it.
The R&D Metric Mark Hurd and HP Got Wrong
How one flawed benchmark drove years of R&D decisions and quietly drained HP's innovation pipeline.
Elliott Is Inside HPE. We All Know What Happens Next.
The hidden ways activist investors destroy innovation, and what CEOs, Boards, and shareholders can do about it.
The WSJ Got Quarterly Reporting Wrong: A Corporate Executive's Response
Why James Mackintosh's defense of quarterly reporting ignores what actually happens in corporate boardrooms.
Groupthink is a Leader's Worst Enemy
During the Great Recession, top tech companies that defied groupthink and continually invested in R&D emerged as leaders. Leaders must recognize that they must seize opportunities and innovate, or their competitors will leave them behind.
Innovation Reform
When you are going to reform something, the goal is to change it to something better. It is to reshape or correct something. It comes in cycles. We see it in the financial industry through Wall St. and the many government regulations. Policies, rules, regulations, laws, etc. all drive reform.
Idea Hacking: Feature Innovation Versus Function Innovation
What do you think about when looking at innovation? Most organizations look at innovation as the process of coming up with new products. This statement is only partially correct. How do you achieve innovation success? The innovation world is continuously moving. Finding the best way to innovate products and services
4 Challenges Facing Innovation
What can derail the innovation journey? Recently, I finished a 3.5-day Innovation Bootcamp. In the end, I was asked an interesting question with a different look and perspective of innovation, now and in the future. The participant asked what challenges are facing innovation. After answering the question for the
Forget the obvious solution
One of the first products I created as a software developer was a touch-typing program called Typing Instructor. This was back in 1985, and at that time there was no such thing as a standard PC. Instead you owned a specific brand and had access to the programs that had been written specifically for
8 Bad Habits That Impact Your Creativity
Learning to think creatively is a critical part of creating change within your industry that could go on to change the world. If you’ve been chugging along using the same routine you’ve always used and stumbling past opportunities to be creative, make sure that you aren’t engaging in these eight bad
