A standard is an old word for a flag. Back in the days of sailing ships you could see a forest of them fluttering at the stern of ships...

How to unlock the power of recombinant innovation Wandering around Chicago in 1912 William Klann was a man on a mission. He was part of a...

Why high involvement innovation matters more than ever — and how to make it happen Autumn. Season of mists, mellow fruitfulness — and...

Why we need to rethink the story around responsible innovation High on mountain above Oslo you can see the strange angular shape of...

How one man’s innovation provided the missing link for 20th century agricultural revolution There’s a lot of good stuff which comes out...

It’s easy to take maps for granted — but we’d be pretty stuck without them. Maps have been one of the most important human inventions for...

Leveraging the power of large organizations for social innovation We’ve got a huge challenge around social innovation. If we’re serious...

Long fuse, big bang. A great descriptor which Andrew Hargadon uses to describe the way some major innovations arrive and have impact. For...

How to navigate the long winding road to high impact innovation What do you get when you’ve successfully developed and launched your...

Why change isn't always a good thing.... We spend so much of our time thinking about important innovation but maybe we should spare a...

Innovation is a multi-player game. The image of the lone hero innovator is a myth. Even celebrated soloists like Thomas Edison or James...

Another innovation song.... Last week I was helping run a series of workshops supporting social innovators from across the United Nations...

What have ollies, decks, trucks, popsicles, cruisers and kicktails got in common? If you’d asked me that back in December I would have...

One of our family traditions at this time of year is the big clear-up. There’s a time limit on our tolerance for the accumulated junk,...

Why planning your innovation expedition helps avoid a lot of windswept trouble on the journey… Taking an innovation from a small-sized...

We talk a lot about learning by doing in the agile innovation process, especially in the context of start-ups. But it’s hard to capture...

Innovation is all about trying to convince others — people to help develop your idea, sponsors to back you, markets to buy in to your...

Why evidence is so important for scaling innovation A good idea will sell itself, right? Unfortunately not – Emerson was spectacularly...

I'm running a course on entrepreneurship and was looking for a way to help students remember some key milestones on the journey - value ...

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...