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Question – “What are washing machines used for?”Answer – “(Duh!) Washing clothes…”Result – “WRONG Answer!” Explanation – “In the northern part of India, most people consume buttermilk made out of…

Any kind of Innovation involves a level of uncertainty. (Any kind of change involves some level of uncertainty.) But Radical Innovation involves the maximum level of uncertainty on four major…

According to Drucker, writing in the Harvard Business Review (June 2004), the best CEOs he encountered in the 65 years of his work were “all over the map in terms…

We all now know and realise that Creativity is crucial to our business’ success. There’s potential for creativity everywhere. Every business needs to be looking for creativity in everything it…

Impossible is Nothing. The ad campaign by Adidas. My version for Organisational Innovation: “It is easier to live in the organisation from the traditional era (use the same methods, procedures…

Excerpted from Heads-Up! on Organizational Innovation Professors Christopher Lovelock and George Yip noted the four essential differences between products and services back in 1961. The following 4 points use Sasser’s…

Military Innovation: Hurdles, Bumps and Jumps by Girish Luthra Abstract Military innovation is peculiar and distinctive, and has no direct parallels.The military environment itself, with focus on hierarchy, discipline and…

Pictorial representation by Naina Redhu of the Six Pillars of Innovation by Rich Duncombe, Senior Director, Advanced Products and Device Lab, HP and Joanne Hyland, President and Founding Partner, Radical…

“The degree to which the opportunity to use power effectively is granted to or withheld from individuals is one operative difference between those companies which stagnate and those which innovate.”…

Leader Behaviors and the Work Environment for Creativity: Perceived Leader Support-by Teresa Amabile, Elizabeth A. Schatzel, Giovanni B. Moneta, and Steven J. Kramer Employees’ perceptions of team leader support POSITIVE…

You could try ORKUT. Ask someone to invite you because you can’t join without someone already on Orkut inviting you. Two communities that I have started there concern the Design…

The latest on Innovation is the Fuzzy Front End of Innovation Conference happening just outside of Boston. Last year there were 140 attendees. This year 400! Check out the Heads-up…

Communication and Confidence The Speaking Tree Evolution No Time!? Holiday in Goa Creative Destruction Capturing Creativity Innovation Scenario Planning Innovation Roadmapping How Companies Turn Customer’s Big Ideas into Innovations Ideabroker…