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Maintaining the Innovation Momentum
It happened a few months ago, when I was meeting with some top people from one of the world’s leading consumer goods manufacturers. This is a company where you’d expect innovation to have been honed down to a fine art because there are a slew of successful innovations it has launched over the course of its long, proud history. But these executives candidly admitted they had a problem. Three year....more |
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Author: Rowan Gibson Tags: ideas | innovation | Innovation E-Space |
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Innovating Healthcare
The first modern hospitals were founded in Europe and America in the 18th century. About a hundred years later, both the pharmaceutical industry and the health insurance industry began to emerge. So it’s safe to say that, in much of the developed world, the healthcare business has been around for about two or three centuries. And, over time, like most other businesses, it has become bigger, better and....more |
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Author: Rowan Gibson Tags: pharmaceutical innovation | healthcare innovation | business model innovation |
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How is your organization handling its innovation efforts during this economic crisis?
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Adding Innovation To Your Continuous Improvement Portfolio: Fatal Flaws and Rules to FollowIs your company grappling with an urgent need to innovate during this economic crisis? Want to know how to approach innovation in a systematic way and integrate it within your continuous improvement program? Then listen to a thought leader in the newly emerging business process, systematic corporate |
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The Innovation "War Room"
There are three ways to react to an economic crisis. One way is to bury your head in the sand and hope the whole thing just blows over (good luck!). Another way is to run around in a panic-induced, cost-cutting frenzy that could seriously impair your company’s long-term growth potential. The third and, of course, smartest way is to recognize the impending threat the economic crisis poses to both your ....more |
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Author: Rowan Gibson Tags: innovation | strategy | Innovation War Room |
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Six Sigma and Innovation
In the performance improvement arena and business in general, today's most commonly used buzzword is undoubtedly “innovation.” In fact, “innovate or die” is sometimes referred to as the mandate of the new millennium. Since Six Sigma (also meaning Lean Six Sigma and Design for Six Sigma for the purpose of this writing) has been the key driver for performance improvement for man....more |
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Author: Mark Kiemele Tags: DMAIC methodology | TRIZ | disruptive innovation |
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Does Your Firm Have an “Innovation Czar”?
It never ceases to amaze me. I’m meeting with the executive committee of a major global company. I’ve just asked if innovation is one of their top strategic priorities. Their unanimous answer is “yes.” I then ask about their individual responsibilities. “Which one of you is the CFO?” “Who is head of HR?” “Where’s the CIO?” One by one their ha....more |
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Author: Rowan Gibson Tags: Six Sigma | innovation | corporate innovation |
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