This is my last post before I take a short sabbatical from this exciting ‘weekend-activity’ of writing posts about Innovation. It has been a very satisfying experience since July 13, ... Read More
Most established companies see startups as competition. It is a natural instinctive reaction for them. Some companies who ask their managers to work with startups find their managers running a ... Read More
What is common between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs? They are founders of most innovative companies. What is common between Jeff Bezos and Wright brothers? They appear in the list ... Read More
Design-thinking and innovation are two different sides of the same coin (For those who have seen the Hindi film ‘Sholay’ would remember the coin used by Amitabh Bachchan that had ... Read More
In the previous post, I discussed that for emerging trends like Blockchain, IoT, Machine learning to become true, a few breakthroughs will happen. In this post I have discussed yet another ... Read More
In 2018, the predicted technology trends like IoT, augmented/virtual reality, video streaming, social networking, mini-drones, electric vehicles, block-chain, robotics and artificial intelligence point to one more trend – explosion in ... Read More
Innovation is an end result of a product or a process that a person would have thought. Scope to further improve the final outcome becomes evident as one starts approaching the end result. Use of Design thinking in the process of achieving end result helps in making the innovation last longer. ... Read More
In one of my earlier posts I discussed that Innovation is generally understood as an end outcome – mostly as a product, sometimes as a service and rarely as a ... Read More
Getting involved in innovations is a wonderful solution to avoid or resolve the midlife (or mid-career) crisis. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a midlife crisis as, “A period of emotional turmoil in ... Read More
Driving continuous improvement in processes and products is one of the most important roles of managers but improvements cannot replace the need of innovations – incremental or breakthrough. When it ... Read More
In two of my previous posts (Innovation is an organizational Sport, How do startups and established companies play this sport?), I had explained that innovation is a risky organizational sport in ... Read More
In my post a year ago, I explained that Innovation is an organizational sport. I explained that the starting point for this sport are innovation bets which one places based on ... Read More
If one asks someone in Pune – “Where is Dagdu Seth temple?” The likely answer would be, “It is close to Shaniwar Wada”. And if you were to ask a follow up question, ... Read More
April is the month for Performance appraisal in many countries including India. Having gone through the process for several years, I would like to challenge its usefulness in spurring innovations. ... Read More
This article explains a few changes in Management Accounting to help drive innovation. This is relevant for following audiences: If you are a bold leader or a manager and are not happy ... Read More
In the previous three posts, I had explained how absence of an innovation culture bothers top leaders and why they aren’t able to do much about it. We also discussed how cultures ... Read More
In the previous two posts I discussed why leaders feel helpless about the improving the innovation culture. I also explained what the culture is and how it can be shaped ... Read More
In the previous post I defined ‘culture’ and explained how a specific element of culture can be built or shaped by persistent use of processes in the organization. The innovation enthusiasts wanted ... Read More
‘We don’t have a culture of innovation’ is the most common reaction that one gets from leaders and managers who are not happy with the intensity of innovations in their ... Read More
In the previous post I explained why Innovations are always top-down. They are never bottom up. I also explained that every manager is at the top of his/her organization and hence can ... Read More