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Concept Cards™ – Innovation Tool for Developing Insights

August 14, 2010

In a recent newsletter I wrote about one of the tools we use in innovation consulting engagements to help client teams develop insights. The following short video will introduce you to Concept Cards™ – single frame documents that make complex concepts accessible and usable in the planning process. Imagine having a hundred or several hundred [...]

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Innovation in Social Action

July 9, 2010

What happens when 1000 innovators and community leaders get together?  Great things can! For the last few years, InnovationLabs has partnered with CFED, an organization that has for more than 30 years dedicated itself to expanding economic opportunity for all Americans.  We’ve shared lessons and methods in innovation with CFED and its broader community, and [...]

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Two New Publications

April 11, 2010

Managing Innovation Portfolios Langdon Morris has recently written a companion to his Innovation Metrics white paper entitled Managing Innovation Portfolios. The purpose of this white paper is to explore the elements involved in optimizing innovation investments while laying out a process recommended for Innovation Portfolio management. Some of the topics covered include: Purpose The “Innovation [...]

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How to Create a Winning Business Model

February 5, 2010

As a critical source of competitive advantage, innovation certainly deserves the attention it receives.  But innovation is also notoriously difficult to manage.  And while recognized innovators are widely admired for their achievements, every business leader knows that the pursuit of innovation is exceptionally challenging even as it is entirely necessary. The roots of the problem [...]

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The Future of Business Education

January 25, 2010

There has been a lot written about the rate of change and how the speed of change isn’t going to slow down any time soon. One of the impacts of this condition is the complexity of doing business in any industry or sector of society has increased. This complexity challenges every leader to develop new [...]

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Celebrating Failure (Intelligent Failure that is)

December 3, 2009

The Tata Group is one of India’s most successful and most admired companies.   From its founding in 1868, the company has grown to encompass about 100 different corporate entities, and employs tens of thousands.  The firm’s business units make cars & trucks, steel, tea, electricity, chemicals, consulting services, software, and just about everything else.  You [...]

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