By now, it’s a well-established fact that the COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting every aspect of society, including business. Companies are suddenly faced with a fully remote workforce, shifting corporate priorities, disrupted supply chains, and, in some industries, layoffs and dramatic drops in... Read More

In North America, the AUTM Licensing Activity Survey reports annual disclosures have increased 24% over the past 7 years, resulting in cumulative patents under management growing at an exponential rate. Simultaneously, universities and hospitals have not expanded staff systematically to oversee... Read More

Why do crises improve our ability and willingness to collaborate and innovate? And what can innovation practitioners learn from this situation? Experienced trainer and consultant Rob Sheffield shares his thoughts. Read More

In 2021 the European Union will levy its first fines on automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEM's) for failing to meet the European automotive fleet average CO2 target of 95g/km. [1] All OEM's have invested massively in the past five years in order to comply, introducing a whole range of... Read More

As the effects of COVID-19 continue to ripple through the economy, many tech scouting teams are facing a new and evolving reality. As a wide variety of industries are racing to keep the core business intact, new innovation projects have taken a backseat. We’ve seen many teams re-order their... Read More

As the world shifts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses must innovate harder than ever before to deliver products and services that feed drastically changing consumer demands and business needs. Read More

We caught up Jane Ginnever, a change management expert, to find out how innovation leaders can help organizations embrace change – during the Coronavirus crisis and beyond. 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

In my decade-plus years working with corporate innovation leaders, I’ve seen a variety of frameworks to explain what we mean by “innovation.” The most enduring of these has been McKinsey’s Three Horizons model – although there are plenty of others. These models – powerful though they are – have... Read More

It can be tough to embrace change – whether that means innovative ideas, new ways of working or sudden business disruption As we revealed in our Innovation Blockers report, introducing employees to new ideas and ways is one of the biggest challenges faced by innovation leaders. In this article, we... Read More