Tag: Innovation

A lot is at stake for companies as digital transformation takes hold, and in this super-charged environment, acquiring your way to innovation no longer works — the only way to stay innovative is to invest in R&D.

A recent interview shares insights into how Jeff Bezos thinks about strategy and innovation, and structures his personal activities and those of the company to get done what he wants to get done. Here are five useful takeaways.

With today’s digital economy perpetuating the notion of “disrupt or die,” simply saying you are innovative or lumping innovation efforts in with R&D and product development are not enough. To survive and thrive, all organizations need an innovation program.

Want a crash course in coping with technology-driven change? Learn from the master and serial disruptor Dean Kamen.

Every time an organization successfully leaps into a new knowledge base, the CEO and senior leaders need to go beyond formulating a strategy and should get their hands dirty during its implementation.

Innovation is changing the way manufacturing looks, and while it may appear on the surface that jobs are going away, they’re shifting to roles that require new sets of skills.

In order to stay in front of the curve you need to be willing to try new innovations, fail and learn in incremental ways from the information you’ve gathered.

As with insurance and telecommunications, the closely related defense and aerospace industries are grappling to find ways to spur greater innovation.

The experience of two different CEOs running two very different kinds of companies suggest how leaders can create a road map to innovate.

The Impediments Universities, federal labs and research institutes do not have adequate incentives to commercialize ideas. These “idea factories” have an incentive to charge...