January 2017

Official Top 20 most influential innovation blogs & bloggers: 2016

By |2017-01-13T16:36:27+01:00January 13th, 2017|gijs van wulfen, jeffrey baumgartner|

Here is the only impartial list of the best Innovation blogs by the world’s most influential innovation bloggers. Ladies and Gentlemen, I know you care about innovation. But with all of the hundreds of writers out there, it can be tough to know who’s insights and advice are worth your attention. So over the past few […]

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2016’s best innovation blog articles, from the top influential innovation bloggers

By |2017-01-06T16:21:37+01:00January 6th, 2017|Uncategorized|

Sometimes, it is important to take a step back from your own work, and highlight some of the best work from other people around the world. This is especially true in the field of innovation management, which are so broad that it would be impossible to highlight every diverse opinion on how to approach the […]

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December 2016

How Steve Jobs predicted what would cause Apple to lose its innovative edge

By |2016-12-30T14:41:20+01:00December 30th, 2016|Uncategorized|

One of the most misunderstood concepts in innovation management is why some companies can bring their ideas to life and continue innovating, while in other companies good ideas get no traction and die. Apple has long been seen as one of the world’s most innovative companies, but since the passing away of Steve Jobs in […]

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November 2016

FREE Webinar: Becoming even more creative (detailed training with Q&A)

By |2016-11-11T18:09:43+01:00November 11th, 2016|Uncategorized|

Hi everyone, I want to say a big thank you to everyone who has signed up so far for the How to become even more creative training. It’s been such a delight to see how much people love it and the messages I’m getting about how it has cleared up a lot of confusing topics around […]

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October 2016

Microsoft retakes the innovation crown with its new focus on creativity

By |2016-10-28T13:51:48+01:00October 28th, 2016|Uncategorized|

Up until a few years ago, experts in the innovation space were using Microsoft as a case study for failing to innovate. They showed how Microsoft had “missed the boat” on several important technological trends, including losing search to Google, smartphones to Apple, operating systems and Office to Web 2.0 applications and apps to both […]

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A tribute to Robert Brands, one of our authors who sadly passed away

By |2016-10-28T12:21:32+01:00October 27th, 2016|Uncategorized|

This week, I received the sad news that the innovation community has lost a dear colleague. I recently found out that Robert Brands passed away on an All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) weekend, doing what he loved: being adventurous. Robert was a frequent writer for Idea to Value, and a much-loved member of the worldwide innovation […]

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How China’s Shenzhen became the world capital of hardware innovation

By |2016-10-28T12:21:33+01:00October 14th, 2016|Uncategorized|

When people talk about innovative cities, most people think of Silicon Valley near San Francisco, Berlin, London or Singapore. But hardly anyone usually thinks of anywhere in China. Most people still think of China as a technology copycat, stealing intellectual property and designs from western companies and producing inferior but cheaper knock-offs. Yet what most […]

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September 2016

Why I have a problem with the Global Innovation Index

By |2016-10-28T12:21:33+01:00September 23rd, 2016|Uncategorized|

INSEAD Business School, along with Cornell University and the World Intellectual Property Organisation have just released their analysis of the world’s most innovative countries for 2016. Together, this is called the Global Innovation Index and aims to objectively measure several dozen indicators to assess which countries are comparatively more innovative than others. You may have seen graphics […]

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Leaders agree: Creativity will be 3rd most important work skill by 2020

By |2016-09-16T16:28:53+01:00September 16th, 2016|Uncategorized|

According to a new report from the World Economic Forum, it is clear that creativity at work is going to be one of the most important and in-demand skills in the next 5 years. In fact, it is going to be the third most important skill overall. This comes from a new Forum report, The […]

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10 Famous inventions that were the culmination of other people’s work

By |2016-10-28T12:21:34+01:00September 2nd, 2016|Uncategorized|

A dirty (yet open) secret about innovation is that most great breakthroughs don’t happen thanks to a single lone genius. While history is full of stories of famous inventors, who are often national heroes, in almost every case they were just the first people to improve an existing system to the final stage where it […]

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