How ZF improved their Innovation System.
Gandert van Raemdonck, Head of Innovation at ZF Commercial Vehicles, discusses how innovation drives the future of automotive by building the next generation of commercial vehicles.
Developing an Innovation Strategy
At the same time every organisation innovates, but approaches vary, and so do the results. In some cases, we see CEOs communicate the importance of innovation publically. This usually leads to well-intended but ad hoc initiatives but not the results that most expect. The world’s top performers approach innovation strategically, and during this webinar we’ll […]
Organizing for Game Changing Innovation
At Strategos we are often asked by our clients “how do I raise my game as an innovator” and more specifically “how do I organize for game changing innovation”? Highly effective innovation systems are usually based on a relatively small number of organizational principles. Here’s how to get started.
Making Open Innovation Stick
The publication, in 2003, of Henry Chesbrough’s book “Open Innovation” spawned a movement that has since swept across the industrial landscape and changed forever how companies think about innovation. The ideas were not new. In some cases they date back to the 1960s to the work in inter-firm R&D collaboration and they borrow from other […]
Nurturing Corporate Venture Incubation
How leading companies accelerate learning When innovating the “next big thing” is top priority, nearly a quarter of large U.S. companies now rely on in-house product or corporate venture incubation to lead the way, according to a recently published survey. In addition to creating a startup-like aura that attracts the best and brightest employees, the incubators […]
Collaborate when you innovate
In this first article of a two part series we examine collaborative innovation at the front end of the innovation process. We examine how bringing in new voices from outside your organisation can help to drive breakthrough innovation and push beyond the typical incremental thinking. In a second article in early 2012 we will look at the backend of innovation, i.e. how to use collaborative innovation to develop and experiment with new opportunities.
