Organisational innovation has typically been the domain of marketing and R&D departments. However, considerable research has been conducted that suggests it is actually the HR department that can have the greatest impact on organisational innovation. Despite ‘organisational innovation’ being a buzz word from the 1890s that seems to have had a large degree of stayingRead more
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I know what you’re wondering. What kinds of spaces are optimal for innovation to flourish? How can you create an environment that boosts creativity? Is it even possible for individual creativity to flourish just by making some physical changes? You’ve seen the ‘labs’ with bean bags, the ‘hubs’ with a foosball table and theRead more
I’d like to think that I’m not easily surprised, but I recently came across an article that left me completely gob smacked. This article described a dark side of creativity that I never knew about – and this dark side is that creative people are more likely to be dishonest! After first reading this, myRead more
In case you haven’t heard, Tony’s ‘out’ and innovation is ‘in’. It’s the buzz word and policy brainchild that Turnbull hopes will tangibly boost our economy. No doubt there will be mountains and mole hills to overcome along the way – two standouts being Climate (aka Culture) and Capability. There’s a third cornerstone, Process, whichRead more
Think back to the last time you got people together for an idea generation session. Chances are the usual suspects were in involved, the same old people who are pulled on time and time again to solve problems. Perhaps they might be people from your team who are easy to work with, or perhaps theyRead more
Having the title ‘Inventiologist’ has a habit of getting you into some interesting conversations about how the Inventium crew help make innovation tangible, repeatable and profitable. One of the most common things I hear early on in these conversations is, “oh, so you help companies come up with ideas”. My favourite part of these chatsRead more
A friend of mine is starting his own business. His small team is in the prototyping phase, where they are building their innovative product and then gaining feedback from customers. Their first prototype involved a number of features and took them four months to complete. At first take, this seems diligent – but four monthsRead more
Brainstorming is Bollocks! Brainstorming – it’s a popular creativity technique that many (if not all) of us have used. And we tend to use brainstorming because it’s the best way to get the most out of a team when generating ideas, right? To throw a spanner in the works, at Inventium we like to sayRead more
If you’ve read our blog before, you’re probably familiar with us ‘nerding out’ on what we know about using neuroscience and psychology to make better quality decisions when it comes to innovation. For the uninitiated, you can read Dr Shelley Logan’s post about it here. Essentially, what we know is that the unconscious brain isRead more
At Inventium, one of the methodologies we use in the back end/implementation part of the innovation process is Lean Startup Methodology. The Lean Startup by Eric Ries is a New York Times best-selling book that was first published in 2011. Having worked on countless innovation projects, it has become clear to me that more oftenRead more