Flying the flag for innovation

A standard is an old word for a flag. Back in the days of sailing ships you could see a forest of them fluttering at the stern of ships of all shapes and sizes, proudly declaring their allegiance to...

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Continuing continuous improvement

Why high involvement innovation matters more than ever — and how to make it happen

Irresponsible innovation anyone?

Why we need to rethink the story behind responsible innovation

Hitching a ride to higher productivity

How one man’s innovation provided the missing link for 20th century agricultural revolution

Striking an innovation chord…

Some innovation lessons from six strings and a lot of creativity

Navigating uncertainty — you need a map!

Why map-making skills matter in innovation

Impact intrapreneurship

Leveraging the power of organizations to enable social innovation

AI is a no-brainer for innovation

Long fuse, big bang. A great descriptor which Andrew Hargadon uses to describe the way some major innovations arrive and have impact. For a long time they exist but we hardly notice them, they are...

scaling value

How to navigate the long winding road to high impact innovationWhat do you get when you’ve successfully developed and launched your great idea, managed to turn it from a value proposition into a...

Irrelevant innovation

Why change is not always a good thing….

It’s not (only)what you know…

Successfully scaling innovation depends on working with value networks

Beating the innovation scaling blues…

A checklist for climbing Scale mountain

Peanut-powered innovation

How to spread good ideas for real impact

Changing the world, one innovation at a time

Mobilising the power of social innovation

Sometimes a skateboard is the best teacher…

How learning about innovation can come from unlikely directions…

Innovation is rubbish!

One of our family traditions at this time of year is the big clear-up. There’s a time limit on our tolerance for the accumulated junk, the temporary displacement of furniture to make space for...