John BessantApr 9, 20218 minInnovation - a question of balanceImagine the scene. Crowds looking up, craning their necks to see against the blinding sunlight glistening in the spray. The roar of...
John BessantMar 4, 20218 minA curious blend of innovation….The kitchen blender has a lot to answer for. These days there are plenty of experiments with what you can cram into the jug and then...
John BessantFeb 4, 202111 minStriking an innovation chord…I don’t know about you but I’m spending a lot of time listening these days. As my physical room to move about contracts (thanks to...
John BessantJan 5, 20219 minBags of ideasDavid Attenborough was on TV last night, another wonderful documentary called ‘ A perfect planet’. The core theme is how diverse forces...
John BessantNov 30, 20209 minPartying with innovationThere haven’t been many winners during the Covid-19 pandemic. Businesses, particularly in travel and entertainment have been hit hard. ...
John BessantNov 7, 20207 minPeanut-powered innovationTuskegee, Alabama. Not the world’s most attractive farming country. And certainly not in the view of a young man looking out of the...
John BessantOct 6, 20209 minLondon Bridge isn’t falling down…London bridge isn’t falling down…. London Bridge isn’t falling down. In fact it’s in excellent health considering it straddled the river...
John BessantAug 17, 20209 minThe birth of the internet …No-one knows exactly but it’s a pretty fair guess that at any moment several hundred million people are communicating with each other,...
John BessantJul 31, 20208 minAn innovation birthday card…(Video version here…) We’re cutting it fine but right at the end of July it’s still worth pausing for a moment to think some ‘Happy...
John BessantJul 5, 202013 minThe birth of the bike…Bicycles are big business. It’s hard to get an exact figure but estimates suggest there are around 2 billion bikes in the world today –...
John BessantMay 28, 202012 minSweeping the floor with innovationWhen did you last use your Spangler? That’s a question designed to stop most people in their tracks and likely to be met by mystified...
John BessantApr 18, 20205 minPlatform innovationWatch any group of kids playing with Lego and you’ll quickly get the idea behind platform thinking. A small number of standard modular...
John BessantApr 3, 20201 minHigh involvement innovationRight now we need all the creativity we can get. The good news is that organizations have huge innovation potential already available...
John BessantOct 31, 20197 minExperience innovationRight now there’s a bit of a struggle going on in the UK and it’s not about Brexit. There’s great concern in the arts world that a...
John BessantMar 19, 20197 min‘The best thing since sliced bread…..’People often use this phrase when talking about an innovation and the impact they hope it will have. But what’s the story behind sliced...
John BessantSep 18, 20188 minNo man is an island…..‘No man is an island….’ – networking matters! In his day job as Dean of St Pauls cathedral in 17th century London John Donne would have...
John BessantJul 10, 20186 minSurprising innovation…..Image- charlietanksley ‘Listen to the voice of the customer’ – pretty clear advice delivered in thousands of business classes all around...
John BessantJul 1, 20186 minGetting fit for innovation….Innovation practice makes perfect? I’ve just returned from the ISPIM conference in Stockholm where around 500 people spent several days...
John BessantJun 6, 20187 minThe power of problem exploration…..‘Houston, we’ve had a problem here’. John Swigert’s famous words, delivered in a voice as calm and clear as the mountain air in his...
John BessantMay 24, 20181 minInnovation Management Challenges: From fads to fundamentalsNew paper reviewing current innovation management challenges… Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share...