We’re all familiar with the concept of getting in the way of our own success. Unfortunately, I’ve seen many companies struggle with this same impediment when it comes to innovation performance. Yes, your organization has great ideas, but are your internal structure, culture and priorities... Read More

According to a recent Accenture report, 75% of global consumer packaged goods (CPG) executives say the stakes for innovation have never been higher. And there’s good reason for these big company executives to feel that way. The report found that large and mid-size CPG companies had seen their... Read More

In the early days of the Covid pandemic last year, sudden shifts in consumer purchasing habits caused an unexpected demand for many goods. This resulted in significant supply chain disruptions and a lot of empty store shelves. While frustrating, it was easy for people to understand why a... Read More

The chemical industry is growing at a rapid rate, but market expansion doesn’t necessarily mean new opportunities for all parties. Read More

Collaboration is everywhere these days in chemical industry innovation efforts, and in many cases it has moved beyond the walls of a single company. When managed properly, the results of these endeavors can benefit everyone - the companies, consumers and the planet. Read More

Failed product launches that don’t live up to revenue projections can have dire downwind implications for Consumer Packaged Goods organizations. Getting the right products to market in the right time frame is critical to improving initiative success rates and building market share. Read More

Microsoft recently published a study in the journal Nature regarding the effects of remote work on collaboration among information workers. The results show that “firm-wide remote work caused the collaboration network of workers to become more static and siloed.” Researchers claim the potential... Read More

Many people in our marketplace associate the word “governance” with bureaucracy, administrative overhead and sluggishness. However, this couldn’t be less true. This article argues that the contrary is the case: without a good governance system innovation is unpredictable, slow, not agile and... Read More

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

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