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Nine Short Innovation Lessons from Lego

Destination Innovation

He created a sense of urgency to undertake the changes ahead. David Gram, Head of Marketing at Lego’s Future Lab, said, “We only develop the few key features that are really needed. We throw it into the market and get feedback from consumers.”. In a brilliant stroke of marketing Lego licensed Star Wars characters and vehicles.

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Does the Stock Market Inhibit Innovation?

Destination Innovation

His 2014 report, Does Going Public Affect Innovation? At the same time, he found no change in the scale of innovation, as measured by the number of patents. Going Public: How Stock Market Listing Changes Firm Innovation Behaviour is a 2015 paper by Simon Wies of Goethe University, Frankfurt and Christine Moorman of Duke University.

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So Where Is Innovation Heading?

Paul Hobcraft

We are in the middle of it, some of you may not have noticed its impact and change but it is significant on the understanding of innovation, in it’s future design. Often this era of change is not as well-recognized or being faced up to, as you would expect. It will fundamentally change the type of resources innovation requires.

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Summaries of the 50 Best Business Books

Destination Innovation

Would you like to have read the best 50 books on sales, marketing, leadership, innovation, entrepreneurship and self-improvement? Just imagine all the insights and lessons you would have learned and how that would have helped you in your business career. But how much time would it have taken?

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Why We Are Entering A New Innovation Era.

Paul Hobcraft

Increasingly we are seeing a growing dissatisfaction on the impact that innovation is having; in growth, in returns, in market and customer impact. Before I move forward I first wanted to look back and reflect on my path of growing realization that innovation was changing or needed to change. Posted on November 22, 2014.

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Why we should focus on Innovation Governance

Paul Hobcraft

Be the warning point of change- be that in scope, markets, delays or changes. I do recommend a really excellent book, brought out in 2014 that provides a really detailed look at Innovation Governance. Let me provide a list here to trigger what it needs to recognize and attempt to resolve.

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The Case for Dual Innovation

Tim Kastelle

Let’s sum up some relevant findings of these studies, making the case for dual innovation management: BCG: Most Innovative Companies 2014 . This trend is even more pronounced among strong innovators, with those pursuing a centralized approach rising from 68 percent in 2013 to 71 percent in 2014. Source: Accenture.