In these challenging times of staying home and virtual conferences, I think often now about something that has suddenly become much harder. Merriam Webster defines serendipity as “the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for.” The American Heritage Dictionary... Read More

Our latest report highlighted the need for a clear definition of innovation. Here, Cecilia Thirlway shares her thoughts on how businesses can define innovation with more clarity. Read More

At the beginning of lockdown, we reached out to our community and brought together a group of innovation leaders, consultants and specialists to chat about how the pandemic was impacting them, their businesses, and their clients. Read More

Every week, we meet a few more companies that are transitioning Technology Scouting from an implicit, under-the-radar activity into a formal, dedicated innovation practice. That’s a smart move – and long overdue for many old-guard corporations. The problem is that too many companies get stuck... Read More

As concerns for personal and environmental health continue to build, a growing proportion of consumers have chosen to replace traditional cleaning products with green, eco-friendly products. Despite early skepticism that consumers would actually change their purchasing habits, this shift in... Read More

The nature of warfare has changed. To keep up, governments and industry must work together to keep pace with the competition and meet today's needs for defense and security innovation. Read More

I recently read an interesting post speculating on the end of engine design and discussing not when the last internal combustion engine (ICE) will be sold, but when it will last be designed. I have been thinking about the same situation for some time and I would argue that, if anything, the end of... Read More

Innovation and IoT Champion Dave Locke draws on more than 30 years of experience at IBM to share some invaluable advice for businesses of all shapes and sizes. When it comes to innovation, businesses of all types and sizes face enormous challenges. In one of our Innovation Blockers reports, we... Read More

In business culture today, there is still a broad, albeit implicit, belief that innovation is innate. Whether you’re a person or a company, you either have it or you don’t. If Steve Jobs is your CEO, high-flying innovation is inevitable. Otherwise, you’re destined for mediocrity. Read More

Every so often we ask our community to sound off on popular topics in innovation and share their best tips, tricks, and advice in hopes that their answers may inspire others in the field. We’ve gathered these insights by email, over phone calls, at events and roundtables, and catching up with... Read More