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A guide to measuring innovation: which metrics to use

September 02, 2021
Find out why innovation is so hard to measure, the issues with current innovation metrics, and how to measure what really matters. Read More

The 4 Practices of High-Growth Innovators

September 01, 2021
Findings from the 2021 “R&D and Innovation Agenda” research study Read More

Simplify Resource Planning with These Suggestions

August 24, 2021
If you’ve ordered furniture this year, there’s a good chance you’re still waiting on it. A significant talent resource shortage in almost every industry is making it more challenging to meet customer expectations. How significant? According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were a... Read More

Assessing and Ranking Competing Projects and Opportunities

August 23, 2021
Oftentimes in large organizations and F500 companies, innovation and R&D are treated like a shared service, with the majority of initiatives originating from outside the function. Other business units and product lines, inspired after an ideation session or hackathon, come to the innovation team... Read More

How do businesses aim to achieve net zero by 2030?

August 13, 2021
We asked 22 innovation and sustainability leaders how UK businesses can help reach 2030’s net zero goal. Here’s what they said. Read More

Win at New Product Development: Become Agile and Adaptive in Exclusive Seminar with Dr. Bob Cooper, Father of Stage-Gate

August 13, 2021
Stage-Gate® is a gated process that has become the backbone of innovation for many companies. Dr. Bob Cooper has continued to introduce new generations of Stage-Gate over the years to reflect updated best practices like agile iterative feedback loops, describing these new generations in each new... Read More

Rethinking Innovation Investment: Where CFOs Should Start

August 09, 2021
This article was originally published on Strategic CFO 360, a Chief Executive Group community. For CFOs, one of the murkiest decisions on a quarterly—and yearly—basis is what they plan to do about their organization’s innovation investments. To really get innovation correct organizations must... Read More

How to create a successful innovation strategy

August 09, 2021
You most likely already know that you need an innovation strategy. To get you started, here are some important considerations. There’s no one size fits all approach when creating an innovation strategy, and it’s also impossible for us to fit every possibility into a single guide. Read More

How to create a great innovation process

August 06, 2021
Here, we describe what an innovation process is and why it is so important, as well as detailing a few different approaches to creating a process that works for your business. Read More

Returning to the Office vs. Working Remote: Is Innovation Impacted?

July 22, 2021
I wrote a blog post about Innovation Serendipity, which I described as innovation arising as a result of making a fortunate discovery "by accident." In that article, I raised questions of if, and how, social distancing was stifling innovation and discussed things we might do to enhance the... Read More

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