Free innovation …….
We’re just beginning to appreciate the significance of ‘free innovation’ where users create innovations for their own needs and then...
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John Bessant
Mar 7, 20171 min
Platform thinking….
A powerful approach to innovation involves leveraging your knowledge base…… Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)...
John Bessant
Jan 19, 20171 min
Frustration as the Mother of Invention….
Looking again at the increasingly powerful role of users in innovation… Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click...
John Bessant
Nov 7, 20161 min
Knowledge as a social process
Innovation is all about converting knowledge to value – so it’s worth looking again at how knowledge operates as a social process and...
John Bessant
Oct 2, 20166 min
Creativity under constraint
It’s easy to think that innovation is about resources – throw enough money, smart minds and clever technology at the problem and the...
John Bessant
Sep 13, 20161 min
Making space for innovation
Innovation is all about making connections – but where and how can we help this process to happen? Share this: Click to share on Twitter...
John Bessant
Aug 23, 20161 min
Learning from the humanitarian innovation laboratory
Learning from the humanitarian innovation laboratory Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on...
John Bessant
Aug 4, 20161 min
Playing with innovation
The importance of experimentation and prototyping – click here for more Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click...
John Bessant
Jul 15, 20161 min
Bridging different worlds ….
Some thoughts on the power of recombinant innovation…. Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on...
John Bessant
Jun 8, 20161 min
Playing chess with the Red Queen…
Dealing with today’s innovation challenges has more than a little in common with the experiences of Alice in Wonderland, as this blog...
John Bessant
Apr 26, 20165 min
Frugal innovation
Say the word ‘frugal’ – and it conjures images of making do, eking out scarce resources, managing on a shoestring. And in the world of...
John Bessant
Feb 1, 20161 min
High involvement innovation
This site has some excellent videos and case examples of employee involvement in innovation….. http://uk.ukwon.eu/euwin-film-bank Share...
John Bessant
Jan 21, 20166 min
Once upon a time ……
Chances are that as you read that your body went into a well-rehearsed routine. You relaxed, your head perhaps cocked to one side, you...
John Bessant
Nov 1, 20153 min
Absorptive capacity for open innovation
In our increasingly open innovation world wouldn’t it be useful to have ‘‘the ability …. to recognize the value of new, external...
John Bessant
Oct 22, 20153 min
Sustainable innovation
These days the innovation agenda has a significant space devoted to thinking about the challenge of sustainability.  Maybe you’re a...
John Bessant
Oct 11, 20153 min
High involvement innovation
In an uncertain world there can’t be many organizations which don’t recognize the importance of innovation – and the need to mobilize as...
John Bessant
Sep 28, 20154 min
Accidents will happen……
Accidents will happen – and as far as innovation is concerned, that’s a good thing. Whilst much of our attention is on the focused...
John Bessant
Apr 21, 20154 min
Crisis driven innovation
Research in creativity suggests we’re good at solving problems – but we can also be a bit lazy! We satisfice, finding good enough...
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