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Image: @macrovector on Freepik One of the huge cast of characters created by the wonderful humorous writer P. G. Wodehouse was Wilmot...

Image: @chaded on Freepik Innovation is all about knowledge spaghetti. Just like a plate of pasta innovation involves many different...

Why healthcare innovation is increasingly going to depend on the insights of patients... These days there are very few certainties but...

The suggestion box sounds like a very old approach to the challenge of high involvement innovation - how to engage the majority of...

Image: Vectorpouch on Freepik Innovation is all about uncertainty - no-one knows quite what's around the corner. So there's a limit to...

The great management writer W. Edwards Deming had a powerful introduction to his talks on quality management. Pulling out a dollar bill...

Why letting go is sometimes the hardest part of innovation History is full of examples of innovations which, despite their promise, have...

Here’s a challenge. Close your eyes and try to visualise an entrepreneur. There’s a good chance that what you’ve come up with will be...

What kinds of skills are going to be needed in organizations as they move towards an increasingly ‘phygital’ (= hybrid physical and...

The challenge of digital innovation is everywhere. It’s hard to escape the talk of ‘revolutionary impact’ or ‘digital disruption’ or the...

This is the story of the development of porcelain, a series of innovations which enabled the creation of beautiful artefacts and a global...

The development of skills and capabilities to work with innovation is becoming essential — they are no longer the province of...

Image: Kvalifik on Unsplash You don’t get to be 150 years old just by being lucky. German pump-maker Wilo is paused to celebrate its big...

Innovation matters — of course. It’s the driving force behind economic and social change and underpins our evolution as a civilised...

Image: Robert Collins on Unsplash I’ve just come back from a workshop held at the FlyingLab — a simulator/ lab/play space set up by the...

How great ideas sometimes come from following the natural flow of things….. Image: James Homans on Unsplash Sometimes it’s the simplest...

Image credit — Unsplash (This is the first in what will be a series of guest blog pieces, picking up on key themes in innovation...

The sustainability challenge. Maybe you’re a pessimist, seeing dire threats in global warming, worrying about the rate at which we’re...

How psychological safety can help foster innovation Try this. Get hold of a group of people, mostly strangers, and have them gather at...

Image: @pisarovski on Freepik It’s sometimes easy to forget that even the world’s largest companies were once start-ups. And a key ...