I finished my last post, “Are we EVER going to embrace innovation?” With the argument, we need to change the innovation narrative and significantly update the innovation approach and processes to meet today’s and tomorrow’s business challenges. I am working through what I think this should become in design and application, involving providing the key … Continue reading “Recognizing the Building Blocks of Innovation”
Innovation often fails to align with strategic needs. It is a known, well-discussed fact. This is often not the fault of the innovator but the very people designing but not sharing the strategy or failing to recognize all the implications this might mean in shifting resources, investing money or simply under-appreciating the complexities that often … Continue reading “The needs of Innovation Coherence”
Applying the three horizon framework to innovation and change I will always recommend this three horizon framework for shaping innovation. So much of our need to think about innovation is about managing differently the today, the tomorrow and the future, these need to be thought through in very distinct ways, to clarify the innovation levels … Continue reading “Most corporations don’t understand how much change is created by innovation. “
Innovation is the key driver to turning our world from a fossil-led one into one based on renewables and technology is the enabler. For this to happen, our focus today should be fully on low-carbon technologies and their technical realization. We should be looking at applying the three horizon methodology here to determine a pathway … Continue reading “Phasing the Energy Transition by Technology and Horizon Management”
The critical interplay among innovation, business models and change Jeffrey Phillips and I have collaborated over a number of years and I have always felt these have been highly productive, original in thinking and truly valuable. One such collaboration was around the interplay of innovation with business models and change. I wanted to extract part … Continue reading “The critical interplay among innovation, business models and change”
I have just finished the second of a planned series with one of my favourite long-term collaborators Jeffrey Phillips. The link to this conversation is here, it is just over 15 minutes long. as a conversation between us, where we emphasise the important linkage between innovation and strategy. You might believe this is a no-brainer … Continue reading “Innovations linkages to Strategy is vitally important”
Sustainability is near top or close to the top of a board’s agenda. The growing concerns of several intertwined issues need addressing as they will initiate a significant change to the Business and how it operates and presents itself to the world. Boards are asking where our business fits within and alongside society, both in … Continue reading “Thinking sustainability needs a mix of future scenarios.”
There are so many places where innovation is essential within the Energy Transition due to the magnitude, size, and complexity of the change needed to achieve a decarbonized world. There is a world of innovative possibilities. One of the most important catalysts for changing the energy system into a sustainable green one is by taking … Continue reading “Going beyond the known of today”
Finding opportunities for Innovation and Growth is hard work. It is the value of having good, interactive, highly participative workshops that breaks much of those initial barriers to allow the hard work to begin more cohesively and collaboratively. I believe any workshops design must meet your needs, push the thinking, and generate new returns in … Continue reading “Designing unique innovation workshops is hard work”
Backcasting is a planning method that starts with defining a desirable future and then works backwards to identify policies and programs that will connect that specified “future to the present”. The fundamentals of the method were outlined by John. B. Robinson from the University of Waterloo in 1990. The fundamental question of backcasting asks: “if … Continue reading “The art of backcasting needs care in innovation activities”
