Business Innovation

A lot of people tell you they can provide innovation. Hogwash. It's all about you.

A boy from Malawi teaches us how to tackle socio-economic issues with innovation.

The epic innovation mojo of Steve Jobs and Thomas Edison transformed the relationship between people and technology. But their style of working with employees was vastly different. Still, would we really change anything about Jobs or Edison?

A.G. Lafley and Ram Charan from the book The Game Changer: How Every Leader Can Drive Everyday Innovation on why innovation matters.

Jeff Bezos, always had the spirit of lean management, since the day that he created Amazon. Amazon is a natural place to see lean principles at work.

The biggest challenge to innovation is not how to generate new ideas and opportunities. It’s how to make innovation a deeply embedded capability in the organization.

Changes in technology, new customer behaviours and regulation are disrupting the business and global landscape. Creating value through innovation is a challenge that resonates with businesses across the globe.Our recent private equity survey in Asia found that amid continued slow growth in the region, private equity firms are working to find new ways to improve their […]

Let’s do some word association. What’s your first thought when someone talks about “innovation” at your company? You probably think of “ground-breaking changes” and “drastic overhauls.” Gmail, the XBox, Nike Air, the Post-It Note. “We’re gonna make millions…” Yes, those certainly fit the definition of innovation. But there’s something to be said for getting the innovation ball rolling…

Texas A&M professor Venkatesh Shankar on how emerging markets are reshaping the global innovation architecture.

No, we won't all be working from home. The surprising reasons why Google's bee keeping group and Instant Messengers are so powerful.

Unfortunately, there is no universally accepted definition of the word innovation, and there have even been multiple articles written by the Doblin Group, Geoffrey Moore and others about how many different types of innovation there are and how you must choose which types of innovation to focus on. When it comes to innovation, individuals speak about it differently and there are lots of misunderstandings.

A series of personal innovation stories from a new book by Luis Solis,

Regardless of type, my 25 years working with companies large and small, and with all manner of industry groups shows consistently that winning firms are those that don’t get trapped into conventional wisdom. Their leaders make it job one to challenge assumptions. They take time regularly to rethink. Use this list below to start a rethinking revolution in your firm: