Innovation

The Project Plateau; that moment in time when the execution of an idea swallows so much of your time that you lose all your enthusiasm and are looking for a way out.

Almost every manager wants to work in an innovative organisation. Unfortunately, truly innovative organisations are rare. This might seem curious… until you realise how easy it is to kill innovation.

Why would you take the risk of trying something new, when the current way of doing things works just fine? Well, here are six reasons...

Innovation doesn't have to be radical. In fact, even conservative, risk-averse organisations can be innovative.

A prototype is a great way to test your assumptions and the feasibility of an idea, whether your thinking about a product, a service, a process or a business model.

Some managers are very much driven to make their employees compete with each other. Does this stimulate innovation?

It's being said that one of the hardest things to change within an organisation is its culture. So how do you go about it when your business culture is hindering creativity?

Investing in a completely isolated innovation department is a terrible way to spend your innovation budget. Here's why...

The famous suggestion box can still be found in many organisations. It's a classic innovation mistake. While its principle is understandable, the system itself represents a very poor way of [...]

Sooner or later any company and any team is faced with setbacks. But not to worry, the famous Dutch football player Johan Cruijff was right when he said “Elk nadeel heb z’n voordeel.” (“Every [...]