Innovating Series Episode 15
By C&J In any bureaucracy, over time, the people devoted to the benefit of the bureaucracy itself always get in control, and those dedicated to the goals the bureaucracy is supposed to accomplish have less and less influence, and sometimes are eliminated entirely. Jerry Pournelle Public Sector O
Innovating Series Episode 14
By C&J “Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things.” — Theodore Levitt The aphorism ‘Publish or Perish’ has long surrounded the work within research and academic environments, where it seems reasonable that one of the objectives of that laborious work
Innovating Series Episode 13
By C&J Open innovation, a concept coined by Henry Chesbrough in an MIT Sloan Management Review article 20 years ago, involves tapping into external sources — such as customers, startups, crowdsourcing platforms, and universities — to generate ideas for new products and services, or what he c
Innovating Series Episode 12
By C&J Disruptive innovation is a term coined by Clayton Christensen to describe a type of innovation that creates a new market and value network and eventually displaces established leading companies, products, and alliances in the market. The opposite; sustainable innovation. That is why it sh
Innovating Series Episode 11
By C&J The impact of innovating is what truly gives meaning to the process. Innovating connects problems with solutions, and these connect with society in a process of scaling and entrepreneurship (Innovating Series Episode 10) So, the actual impact will depend on how able we are to understand a
Innovating Series Episode 10
By C&J We anticipated back in the 4th Episode of this Series how unbridled resources in the early stages of the innovating process can eat up the real need and, then, creativity is weakened at the end of the day. But there comes a time when additional resources are necessary, in the creation of
Innovating Series Episode 9
By C&J To navigate the context of accelerated change in which we find ourselves, it is necessary to accelerate the transfer of knowledge to society (Innovating Series Episode 8). On the other hand, the circular economy has emerged as an indispensable means of our own survival. With these two pre
Innovating Series Episode 8
By C&J Times of change are coming, or should they. We face a future where resources, their efficient use and management are going to be strategic elements. Before this scenario, we must ask ourselves whether traditional approaches to technological innovation based on growth are going to be susta
Innovating Series Episode 7
By C&J Innovating is an exciting journey towards connecting real problems with impactful solutions (Innovating Series Episode 1). We then can define that dynamic exploration region in the middle as ‘the space of opportunity’, an actual playing field for creative exploration. Christen
Innovating Series Episode 6
By C&J According to “The Innovator’s DNA”, there are five capabilities demonstrated by the best innovators: they must be able to associate and establish connections, to experiment, to meet people with different ideas, to ask questions, or to observe and examine our environment,
Innovating Series Episode 5
By C&J The distinction between innovation and invention is often confused in modern debate, despite their clear differences. Thus, it is common to see, in references, regulations or forums, that both concepts are used interchangeably. And that is a problem. In the past it seems that they had it
Innovating Series Episode 4
By C&J Innovation is often perceived as a luxury reserved for large corporations, especially in economies dominated by small businesses, such as Spain. However, this vision may be partial, if we confuse innovating with R&D. The true essence of innovating lies in the fact that it is a process
Innovating Series Episode 3
By C&J In our quest to innovate, it is common to get lost in the maze of brilliant ideas. Often, by the time we get out of it, when we have finally managed to understand the concept, it has already darkened, time and resources-wise. We need, then, to give continuity to this work, to give [&helli
Innovating Series Episode 2
By C&J The journey of evolving is an exciting one, which clearly distinguishes between the process of innovating and the innovations themselves: an innovation is one of the possible outcomes of innovating, and innovating is the process to get through. If we are not clear about this, it happens a
Innovating Series Episode 1
By C&J Do the following exercise: type the word “innovation” in your search engine and select the “news” tab. It will be difficult for you to find references that do not talk about technology, digitalization, Artificial Intelligence or Research. Innovation is often mixed up with terms su
Jordi Albó, innovation and business generation at the MIT
By CyJ On February 20, within the framework of the Innovation, Strategy and Growth seminar at Harvard Faculty House organized in Boston by Lead to Change with Xavier Marcet at the helm, we attended a module where we were able to delve into the functioning of the innovation ecosystem of Boston, where
Luis Pérez-Breva and the Factory of Innovation. Kill your Ideas!
By C&J 'A leap of imagination': Products are the result of innovation, but problems are really the beginning. Luis Pérez-Breva On February 21, within the framework of the Innovation, Strategy and Growth seminar at Harvard Faculty House organized in Boston by Lead to Change, led by Xavier Marcet
Jay Rao and the Culture of Innovation
By C&J Think to act in new ways, and act to think in new ways. JAY RAO Last week, as part of the Innovation, Strategy and Growth seminar at the Harvard Faculty House organized in Boston by LTC with Xavier Marcet, we had the very special opportunity to listen to innovation expert Jay Rao, [&he
