Innovation in the New Year

Jack Hipple

We head into 2010 with uncertainty. Things look like they may be turning up a little, but many people are still cautious, considering all the financial turbulence. In times like this, it’s always best to fall back on things … Read More

What Isn’t Innovation

I get so tired of seeing the word innovation applied to things that are not innovation. Anyone else?My favorite recent example? A magazine that said cooking with margarine was innovative. What? It&#3Read More

National Innovation Initiative (nii)

Fellow RealInnovation Posters, Hello!Have any of you been involved with and / or aware of the work of the “National Innovation Initiative” (NII), led by the Council on Competitiveness:http://www.coRead More

6 Sigma or Innovation

isixsigma.com discussion forum has a thread going on the relationship b/w innovation and 6 sigma. http://www.isixsigma.com/forum/showmessage.asp?messageID=123645Read More

Sustained Innovation and Creativity Training

 It is self evident to many of us  that training has a positive correlation with organizational performance.  However  to reinforce our faith in the  ability of training toRead More

Do You Generate Employee Creativity and Innovation?

Or do you cause your employees to refuse to use their natural creativity and innovation?This is a simple test of 10 questions. Rank yourself on a scale of 1 to 10 for each question, 10 being the bestRead More

Innovation Classes

Are there schools for innovation that anyone knows of? Specific programs that teach tools for innovation? Thanks for your help, GiselleRead More

Systematic Innovation: in Which Way?

Systematic Innovation is often used as a label for the best ever thought about innovation. But what does it mean exactly? Is it another title for TRIZ (see Terninko/Zusman/Zlotin) or, even, DFSS? Is iRead More

Valuing a Company’s Innovation Capability

Is the innovation capability of an organisation measurable as a financial  asset and is it typically valued during due diligence at the time of acquisition? We all know that a Brand has a vaRead More

Please Suggest a Review on Innovation Methodology

Just begin to pay attention to this issue.It seems there are a lot of innovation methods, brainstorming, HRP, TRIZ. Any suggestion about a review (or reviews) on these methods, differeRead More

Top Innovation Methodologies?

What is usually considered the top innovation methodologies?For example, StrategynÕs outcome driven innovation ?? Some others great ones would be?—MikeRead More

Measuring Innovation

The Measuring Innovation ni the 21st Century Economy has comments from individuals, businesses, government, academia, organizations and associations posted on its Web site (in response to an earlier rRead More

Integrating Innovation

Can QFD, VOC, TRIZ, Six Sigma, etc. all work together? Is it a question of plug and play experimentation or are there specific paths to follow?Read More

Modelling for Innovation, Invention and Discovery

Hi,Apropos you  discussion on  Discovery, Innovation and Invention  may I opine 'My (your's) Open Description Of Exemplary Logics  (Model)  about them is perhapsRead More

Do You Generate Employee Creativity and Innovation?

Or do you cause your employees to refuse to use their natural creativity and innovation?This is a simple test of 10 questions. Rank yourself on a scale of 1 to 10 for each question, 10 being the bestRead More

Group to Decide How to Measure Innovation

New Forbes article tells of a U.S. government-sponsored group that's going to decide in the next 2 years. Apparently in the first meeting all of the members had different ideas about how to measurRead More

Innovation and Creativity Dissertation

Hello,This is my first posting with this forum, so please bear with me… I am a director for standards and strategy for Texas Instrument. I am currently working on my PhD in Organization and ManageRead More

Innovation Conferences

If you could only attend one innovation conference (aside from TED), which one would it be and why?Read More

How Corporate Innovation Champions Win

“Life of a Heretic: Strategies for the Creative Personality” — Author Genrich Altshuller & others. Commentary by Richard Platt (former) Intel Corporate Innovation Program Manager and Senior InstructoRead More

Apple– California’s Master of Innovation

FYI, “The Economist”, in its June 9, 2007 issue, features “Lessons from Apple: What other companies can learn from California's master of innovation” — the article can be accessed at this link:hRead More