The entrepreneur's journey - the musical!
I'm running a course on entrepreneurship and was looking for a way to help students remember some key milestones on the journey - value ...
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John Bessant
- Sep 7
- 2 min
Working out at the creativity gym
Imagine: · An artist sitting in front of her easel, mind focused as she faces a blank canvas and thinks hard and long about where and how...
John Bessant
- Aug 22
- 2 min
The power of position innovation
How creating experiences for underserved markets can be a key innovation strategy It’s summertime, at least here in the northern...
John Bessant
- Aug 14
- 1 min
Crystallising the spirit of innovation
An interview with Hannes Erler, Strategic Director for Innovation Ecosystems, Swarovski You can listen to it here as a podcast Or watch...
John Bessant
- Jul 14
- 1 min
Scaling innovation through value networks
There comes a time in innovation when you realise you might have taken on something a bit too big. No matter how hard you throw yourself...
John Bessant
- Jun 28
- 16 min
Cracking the innovation code
An interview with Robyn Bolton It's hard to disagree with the idea that innovation-led growth is of paramount importance, but how often...
John Bessant
- Jun 13
- 2 min
It's about time
Why keeping an eye on the clock matters in the world of innovation On 29th September 1707 a fleet of 21 ships under the command of...
John Bessant
- May 20
- 2 min
Cooking up some innovation magic
How to manage innovation spaces for impact Once upon a time there was a Brazilian entrepreneur, Antonio Jacob Renner. Who in 1912 founded...
John Bessant
- Apr 25
- 1 min
Underground innovation
We know today that smart companies who care about innovation invest in the capacity for innovation — R&D and market research, future ...
John Bessant
- Apr 12
- 8 min
Making an IMPACT
Building values-based innovation cultures for sustainable business impact Sustainability matters - of course. You'd have to be living in...
John Bessant
- Mar 22
- 2 min
A flop is not a failure
Why innovation thrives on being able to reframe Mexico City, Olympic Games, 1968. The stadium is packed, the wider world looks on via TV...
John Bessant
- Mar 13
- 1 min
Innovation - we've got it taped!
Why the old ones are (sometimes) still the good ones Close your eyes and imagine for a moment a computer room in the early days of the...
John Bessant
- Feb 20
- 2 min
An innovation love story
Another innovation song, inspired by an article in the Journal of Product Innovation Management by Frank Piller and colleagues, in...
John Bessant
- Feb 2
- 1 min
Innovating innovation
How machine learning is transforming the innovation game Machine learning has its roots back in experiments with ‘artificial ...
John Bessant
- Jan 9
- 1 min
Delivering innovation
How the history of mail order can help us think about managing innovation at scale Image: @buravleva_stock on Freepik 2022 was a record...
John Bessant
- Nov 28, 2022
- 2 min
A letter to Innovation Santa
Ten essentials for an innovator’s Christmas list… Christmas, as my 6 year old never tires of reminding me, is coming. Never mind that...
John Bessant
- Oct 20, 2022
- 2 min
Playing the innovation game
Birds do it. Bees do it. Even educated fleas do it….. Well, I’m not sure about the last one but someone somewhere has probably done...
John Bessant
- Oct 3, 2022
- 1 min
ice cream dreams
The surprising innovation stories behind that sunny afternoon delight.... Season of mists, mellow fruitfulness — and those rare but...
John Bessant
- Sep 14, 2022
- 2 min
Don't kick the copier...
Image: @thidarat.suteeratat on Freepik Have you ever felt the urge to kick the photocopier? Or worse? That time when you desperately...
John Bessant
- Aug 10, 2022
- 2 min
Open innovation - the musical...!
Another innovation song....this time about open innovation. Written as part of the celebrations for Henry Chesbrough's retirement, you...
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