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Do Wars Boost Innovation?

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War is a horrible thing. Images of killed, wounded, or orphaned Ukrainian kids, victims of Russia’s…

Is Culture the Silent Killer of Innovation?

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Corporate Explorers are managers who defy conventional wisdom to build disruptive innovation from inside…

Crossing Wires: Failing to Separate ‘Explore’ from ‘Core’ Business

Innovation Disruption
After decades of research into corporate innovation, one immutable rule stands out: never leave the business…

Closing the Innovation Zoo: Getting and Staying Healthy with SanusX

Innovation Implementation
UNIQA is a European insurance company with a big ambition to both reinvent its insurance business for…

The 5 Hidden Challenges for the Human Side of Innovation: Why scrappy innovation teams win every time

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Why do the under-resourced, scrappy teams ALWAYS beat the over-funded teams with all sorts of expertise,…

How not to invest ahead of learning

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We talk a lot of talk about creating ‘fail fast’ culture. However, the goal is not failure, it is…

Outside In Thinking is as Important as Inside Out

Innovation Disruption
Great innovation can come from technical brilliance – Inside-Out – but without customer validation…

How Can Leaders Find the Capacity to Act?

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One of the most vexing challenges for innovation executives is when a leadership team will not commit…

Ideation is NOT Innovation

Innovation Implementation
Breaking innovation taboos High-participation approaches to idea generation, like contests, hackathons,…

How to Escape Pilot Purgatory

Innovation Implementation
Moving from piloting to scaling a new venture is scary for Corporate Explorers – the training wheels…