What is innovation management? Find out what Shumpeter thought about innovation; corporate innovation.
Registrants validate CIO’s rating of 3M. 3M is CIO’s choice for having the best overall innovation management policies and practices.
You can use use ‘CIO’s entrepreneurial and innovation questionaire‘ and note your most important issues and concerns. Rate the ‘degree’ of the issue so you can address the major concerns and focus the solution.
Thought starters
Envisioning to create innovation breakthroughs; Musk, Bezos, Lands End (a company), Edison, McKnight (of 3M).
Tolerance; an important ingredient of a culture for innovation; Tolerance for mavericks, failure, norms, uncertainty.
Management Practices for success in innovation (PPTX). Best practices; innovation process, climate, good/bad practices.
Gender issues. Male versus female opinion. Delegation ; females have a higher tolerance for uncertainty, want more input into decision making.
Financial services (banking) industry. Innovation management Segregated results. Looking for the source of ideas!
CEO thinking. Some surprises; style of communication and other factors.
Delegation; an essential part of good innovation practices; Google’s practices rely on delegation, Pasteur’s model.
Review ‘Ideas by Factor’ where you will find more ideas, categorizied similar to the questionaire noted above.
The ‘must haves’ for an effective innovation management system.
Highlights
India’s anufacturing sector has a long way to go. Based on CIO’s research on innovation management best practices.
The Adani message: no mention of R&D.
Review the report on ‘Registrant 311’ for ideas; example from an Indian company rates 25 Factors.
CEO manifesto for managing innovation. A focus on the importance of research and development investment.
Intrapreneurs need greater recognition; Article by Harvey Schachter.
The power of the printed word by Rick Lash. A powerful message for those who believe in the importance of reading.
Brain and culture mapping – similarities? Which is more of a challenge?
A tribute, to Clayton Christensen courtesy of the Globe and Mail
Book takeaways; Click for summary.
- How Google Works by Schmidt, Rosenberg, Eagle.
- Leonardo da Vinci, by Isaacson.
- The Everything Store by Stone.
- Detontate, by Tuff, Goldbach.
For fun!!
1. Where do ideas come from by Steven Johnson?
2. Innovation; a poem and pictures
3. Click on Even dogs innovate. for 2.17 minutes of dog bliss!