by Drew Boyd | Jun 7, 2008 | Uncategorized
Web 2.0 social tools are swelling all around us, and the Fortune 100 are embracing them for two purposes – managing and engaging the internal employee base and managing and engaging the external customer base. Wikis, blogs, mashups, and social networks will...
by Drew Boyd | May 18, 2008 | Uncategorized
The best Fortune 100 companies see innovation as an ongoing capability, not a one time event. These companies work hard to build muscle around this capability so they can deploy it when they need it, where they need it, tackling their hardest problems. Companies do...
by Drew Boyd | May 4, 2008 | Evaluation Ideas
Professor Keith Sawyer makes a useful connection between innovation and learning when he writes, “What both innovation and learning have in common is adaptability and improvisationality.” He connects this idea with authors Joaquín Alegre and Ricardo Chiva...
by Drew Boyd | Apr 20, 2008 | Uncategorized
Innovation is a skill, not a gift. Top organizations drive growth by nurturing and investing in innovation as a competency. One way organizations make it real is by including innovation within formal competency models. Professor Rodney Rogers of Portland State...
by Drew Boyd | Apr 6, 2008 | Uncategorized
How do you innovate a business model? You can create new products and services within the current business model to drive growth. Or you can create a new business model and open up a whole new world of possibilities for the firm. Either innovate within the current...
