Business Innovation & Networking Blog
How a hackathon can encourage your employees to innovate
*Originally published as a Guest Column in The Globe and Mail on March 16, 2017: click here to access. Everyone in business has heard the expression that if you’re not disrupting your market, someone else will soon be disrupting you. But this raw challenge doesn’t...
5 Strategy Questions to Ask to Discover WHERE You Need to Innovate
Innovation is all about finding new ways to do things, whether you are implementing a new process, building a culture of innovation, creating innovative products and services, changing your business model, or applying new technologies. In today’s marketplace,...
New Video! What Is Innovation and What Does Innovators Alliance Do?
What Is Innovation and Why Is It Important? As an organization dedicated to facilitating innovation, this is a question we often answer. At its simplest, innovation is a new idea, device, or method. It can be a new product or a new way of doing things. It can be...
Developing a Culture of Innovation
Peter Drucker, the management consultant, educator, and author famously said, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast”. In my travels meeting with CEOs, one of the common refrains is that they would like to “develop a culture of innovation” within their organizations....
Digital Disruption Demands Innovative Business Models
Technology is a double-edged sword – creating opportunity for many businesses while wreaking havoc for others. Companies that adapt to the current rapid technological change are forging ever-larger gaps between themselves and their competitors. These forward-looking...
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History Reveals Innovation Needs Play [TED Talk Video]
Invention and innovation are closely linked concepts – invention is the creation of new ideas while innovation the application of those new ideas in new ways. Innovation is the life-blood of businesses big and small; you must consistently innovate to remain...
Why Your Company Is Failing to Innovate
An executive recently said to me: “Our company has become very innovative. We have hundreds of ideas that we have analyzed and know are right for our future. We just haven’t been able to bring them to market yet.” Strike one, strike two and strike three. This...
Top 3 Reasons Your Business Must Innovate (Yes: YOU!)
Why does innovation matter – more than ever – for businesses in today’s world? Innovation isn’t just a buzzword; it’s a powerful technique that growing, profitable, and forward-thinking businesses are using every day. It’s when you apply new processes, models, and...
Are you BIG in your organization? The Big Idea Guru!
The Big Idea Guru: it is no secret, there is always one who shoulders the burden within an organization, carrying the torch and manning the sails. Perhaps this is intentional, perhaps it is not, but sometimes those of us in this position get stuck in it, either by...
Sales Reps: Avoid the 20 Questions Approach to Business Innovation
Sales reps: when it comes to business innovation, those executives you are meeting with don’t have time to play 20 questions. Far too often, sales representatives fall flat in prospect meetings because of this approach – but sometimes all it takes to fix this issue is...
