Knowledge as a social process
Walker’s Wagon Wheel tavern in the 1970s has a particularly important place in innovation history. Its name provides a ...
On superbosses, mentoring and other prerequisites for innovation
“The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to cr...
Creating the Physical Space for Innovation
Building spaces for innovation is a hot topic these days. Whether you call them innovation hubs, maker-spaces, fab-labs,...
Bridging different worlds – the power of recombinant innovation
Wandering round Chicago in 1912 William Klann was a man on a mission. He was part of a team set up to explore ways in wh...
Exploring the Intrapreneurial Way in Large Organizations
Are we seeing a change in mentality within large organizations towards encouraging individuals to ‘break out and become ...
The value of failure in innovation
Accidents will happen – and as far as innovation is concerned, that’s a good thing. Whilst much of our attention is on t...
Experimenting with change before it happens
The value of experiments for innovation is a topic we’ve previously covered here on the blog, and for good reason: if do...
Understanding Your Innovation Culture – A Business Insight From Swisslog
How do your company’s employees react when asked to participate in enterprise collaborative innovation? Do employees ch...
Why You Shouldn't Call It Innovation
In 1860 Swiss historian Jakob Burckhardt released his book The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy. Up until that p...
Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation
During my life both professionally and personally when I have completed a project, people would often make comments like...
Play vs. work mode
The other day I was playing a board game with my kids and I honestly can say I had the time of my life. Later, I did som...
