We continue to explore the innovation blockers raised by our second report. Read on for solutions from our experts. In our Innovation Blockers Report, we revealed five major blockers to innovation that businesses face. We’ve discussed four of these blockers in detail over on our blog, and now it’s... Read More

Hear from innovation specialists about how to combat one of the biggest blockers to innovation within organizations – the issue of conflicting goals. In our second Innovation Blockers Report, we identified and analyzed five different obstacles that organizations face when trying to innovate. We’ve... Read More

A few years ago, I was involved in a two-day boardroom session at a respected company – let’s call them Acme Corporation. They’d asked for help with their innovation strategy. Read More

The pandemic and economic depression the world faces is a dark period for all businesses, but there are also opportunities. The companies that see the opportunities, and pivot to exploit them, will succeed, while those that fail to innovate will fade away. Read More

We’ve brought back our innovation experts to delve deeper still into a major innovation blocker – a lack of specific skills within organisations attempting to innovate. In our second Innovation Blockers report, we explored five different barriers to innovation that organisations may face. One such... Read More

In these challenging times of staying home and virtual conferences, I think often now about something that has suddenly become much harder. Merriam Webster defines serendipity as “the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for.” The American Heritage Dictionary... Read More

Our latest report highlighted the need for a clear definition of innovation. Here, Cecilia Thirlway shares her thoughts on how businesses can define innovation with more clarity. Read More

At the beginning of lockdown, we reached out to our community and brought together a group of innovation leaders, consultants and specialists to chat about how the pandemic was impacting them, their businesses, and their clients. Read More

Every week, we meet a few more companies that are transitioning Technology Scouting from an implicit, under-the-radar activity into a formal, dedicated innovation practice. That’s a smart move – and long overdue for many old-guard corporations. The problem is that too many companies get stuck... Read More

As concerns for personal and environmental health continue to build, a growing proportion of consumers have chosen to replace traditional cleaning products with green, eco-friendly products. Despite early skepticism that consumers would actually change their purchasing habits, this shift in... Read More