I firmly believe we are on the cusp of a new innovation era. When you step back and recognize all the different advancements we have been making in designing tools and frameworks, and in understanding innovation, it holds promise. Yet it is this recognition that the present is not working anymore with existing innovation systems, … Continue reading “Relating to the New Innovation Era”
So if there was ever a time to clear the existing innovation agenda and rework the entire space for innovating, it is about to become the pressing reality as we enter into 2017. There are so many forces coming together that require this reworking. We are moving from diverging into one of converging, we are … Continue reading “The Perfect Conditions for Entering A New Innovation Era in 2017”
I wrote this recently in a post entitled “Bringing New Innovation is Stretching the Mind“. It opened with this view: “There is a profound shift taking place, relating to innovation. Increasingly we are seeing a growing dissatisfaction on the impact that innovation is having; in growth, in returns, in market and customer impact. There is … Continue reading “Why We Are Entering A New Innovation Era In 2017”
Braden Kelley wrote an article entitled “Is the era of Innovation Over?” ( http://bit.ly/h9FCr6) which I would like to build upon. Braden is the author of “Stoking Your Innovation Bonfire” from John Wiley & Sons and is also the editor of Blogging Innovation (http://bit.ly/d2c9aW ). Braden picked up on an article lamenting the seemingly poor state of … Continue reading “The beginning of a new era for innovation, truly global.”
Approaching innovation through the lens of innovation ecosystems Approaching innovation through the lens of innovation ecosystems is a strategic and holistic way of fostering creativity, collaboration, and value creation within a complex network of interdependent players. This perspective shifts the focus from isolated efforts to a more interconnected and dynamic approach where multiple stakeholders—such as … Continue reading “Approaching innovation through the lens of innovation ecosystems”
So after working through the values of the Innovation Ecosystem over a series of three posts I asked Chat GPT to help me in making a pitch for the change from existing internal orientated innovation processes and structures. I wanted to go way beyond just “open innovation” here, I wanted to provide a compelling set … Continue reading “Pitch me on why Innovation Ecosystems are better than my present open innovation approach”
Following on from my last two posts related to recognizing the importance of Innovation Ecosystems we need to ask what makes these dynamic, interconnected and engaging, from a diverse groups perspective? An innovation ecosystem becomes impactful and particularly effective in driving growth and value creation because it aims to leverage the collective strengths of its … Continue reading “Innovation Ecosystems need you to engage and openly embrace?”
Within a short series about Innovation Ecosystems this post asks what really are the distinct differences within innovation ecosystem thinking and design, to provide a set of common distinguishing points to move from “just” open innovation. What distinguishes an innovation ecosystem and makes it a must-have, is its ability to create a highly interconnected, dynamic, … Continue reading “Recognizing the distinguishing points of Innovation Ecosystems”
How do we differentiate (traditional) approaches of Innovation to (evolving) Innovation Ecosystems? Is your innovation process closed only to you? Or have you gone to being more open in innovation with outside selected partners? Well we do need to move beyond both of these and start thinking and designing with Innovation Ecosystems. I would argue … Continue reading “Moving from Open Innovation to Innovation Ecosystems”
A suggested journey outline for that helps contextualize the Innovation Ecosystem in a suggested Nine Stages build. This came out of some original work I did on building the innovation fitness dynamics for the landscape design. Working on the same stages or steps here is my suggested journey for Innovation Ecosystems, aimed to trigger the … Continue reading “Innovation Ecosystem Journey Outline”
