by Drew Boyd | Jun 20, 2008 | Evaluation Ideas
Relying on mergers and acquisitions for growth sends a signal that you don’t know how to innovate or how to manage it. M&A has other problems, too. Companies tend to overpay which actually destroys shareholder value. At best, firms end up paying full value,...
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 | Dec 26, 2007 | Evaluation Ideas, Innovation Method, Jared Diamond, Multiplication, The Wheel
The Marketing Science Institute has formed a new Innovation Roundtable to explore common issues and challenges in the world of corporate innovation. The roundtable representatives are from Johnson & Johnson, GE, P&G, Diageo, Eastman Kodak, AT&T, Kraft,...
by Drew Boyd | Dec 21, 2007 | Evaluation Ideas, Innovation Method
Jeffrey Phillips makes a nice distinction between the various ways to adopt ideas of others outside your organization in his post, The sincerest form of flattery: If you are copying ideas in your industry, you’re a follower If you adopt ideas from other...
