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No Ordinary Bull: December 2012
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Applying systems principles to innovating practice. Thursday, December 27, 2012. If an idea, discovery or invention conceived by a corporation’s R &. D fails outside the corporation’s strategy or competencies but represents potential value to others in the industry, it is no longer dismissed as quickly as it may have been on the original criteria of fit. The innovation may represent new intellectual capital. In his new book, Intellectual Capital. Gordon Petrash, who holds the position at Dow, found that ...
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No Ordinary Bull: January 2013
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Applying systems principles to innovating practice. Tuesday, January 15, 2013. 30 Years of Innovating: Lessons Learned. Admired economist and innovation expert Clayton Christensen recently put his finger on why the current state of innovating is so weak. In articles in the New York Times. Are those that replace older products with newer, improved versions, create few new jobs and take much less time to move from conceptualization to commercialization. Most of what people think of as innovation are of...
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No Ordinary Bull: October 2012
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Applying systems principles to innovating practice. Monday, October 22, 2012. The Real Value of Innovating. Innovating is about value—either adding value or creating new value altogether. While the debate continues whether innovating is more about improvement or disruption, the more important question may be how we think about value. It is noteworthy that Smith thought his greater opus was not The Wealth of Nations,. To be his masterpiece. In Moral Sentiments,. Smith puts forward a morality based on prop...
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No Ordinary Bull: December 2013
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Applying systems principles to innovating practice. Tuesday, December 31, 2013. Myth #17: Innovating is about product differentiation. Myth: Innovating is about product differentiation.
. Reality: Innovating is about a lot more than a differentiated and superior performing product, including new ways of messaging, merchandizing, introducing, and monetizing.
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No Ordinary Bull: May 2013
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Applying systems principles to innovating practice. Tuesday, May 14, 2013. In moral matters, patience is a virtue. In innovation, patience is not only a virtue, it’s a necessity—a corporate “muscle” in need of constant exercise. In their impatience to make the number, many companies risk missing out on bigger numbers than can come from moments of discovery that precede invention and innovation—moments that require patience. Other issues of our newsletter, please. Innovationsthatwork.com or call (415).
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No Ordinary Bull: March 2013
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Applying systems principles to innovating practice. Tuesday, March 19, 2013. It is generally understood that an innovation effort, along with the innovator, in an established company needs protection. How. That protection is provided is another thing. Might many of us as innovators be guilty of something similar with innovations brewing in the labs and internal development efforts of our companies? One of our clients in the consumer food business looks to what they refer to as “discovery channels&#...
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No Ordinary Bull: September 2013
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Applying systems principles to innovating practice. Tuesday, September 24, 2013. Myth #5: Innovating is something you can broadly decide to do and then just expect it to happen.
. Innovating is something you can broadly decide to do and then just expect it to happen.
. Innovating requires deep understanding of specific problems and time spent trying to solve them. This is one of 20 misconceptions and realities about innovation revealed in our recent. We look forward to hearing from you soon. If you wou...
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No Ordinary Bull: October 2013
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Applying systems principles to innovating practice. Monday, October 28, 2013. Myth #9: Innovating can involve anyone and anyone can be innovative. Myth #9: Innovating can involve anyone and anyone can be innovative. Reality: Innovating requires perspectives that are, by definition, outside the norm.
. This is one of 20 myths and realities about innovation revealed in our qualitative survey report entitled, What Veterans of Corporate Innovating Are Saying. We look forward to hearing from you soon. Label...
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