Corporate Innovation Checklist
What you need for a successful corporate innovation program? First of all setting the right goals, information flows, and incentives. Here is a brief list. For the innovation to work you…
Corporate Innovation System, part 2
In a previous post I’ve highlighted the necessary functions that should exist in a corporation in order to fulfill the innovation strategy. These functions could be implemented as stand alone departments or…
Don’t Innovate Like a Startup
Dear Corporates, please stop trying to innovate like startups. You are not startups. Act your age and size. The difference between you and them is obviously not having ping-pong tables…
The Four Bridges to Growth
Many companies want to innovate, but only a few want to change. Without a commitment to change the innovation becomes decoration. Even if a company decides to change it is…
It Takes A Village to Disrupt An Industry
This post is not about the “18 Disruptive Technologies of 2018,” or, “How to Become a Disruptor in Three Easy Steps.” It is about the failing attempts of disruption in the…
When Innovation Fails: The Skills, The Wills and The Bills
Through my experience at Swisscom, I’ve worked to help our partners scale up their innovation initiatives. I’ve discovered that the following three factors can play a role in preventing this…
Bootstrap Your Corporate Innovation
How do you set up your innovation program? If you are reading this article, you have probably already struggled with this question. Should you set an idea funnel first or…
Corporate Innovation as a System
In a previous post, I went through several patterns of failing corporate innovation. In most of the cases, it fails not because of bad ideas but because of bad organizational support.…