As the methodology partner behind the AFR’s Most Innovative Companies List, Inventium has access to a whole heap of data about how Australia and New Zealand’s most innovative companies manage their innovation programs. We gather information from hundreds of companies about aspects relating to their innovation process, their innovation skills and capabilities, their organisational culture, theirRead more
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It seems logical to think that the more resources you have available for creativity (be that time, money, people, scope etc.) that the more creative you will be. I mean, why wouldn’t you be more creative without limitations? That’s what blue-sky thinking is all about, right?! Interestingly, research tells us that the opposite is actuallyRead more
Innovation is a word at the tip of almost every CEO’s lips. However, despite the best of intentions, many organisations are killing innovation. There are several issues that these organisations have in common. Leaders don’t walk the talk While the majority of CEOs and their leadership teams talk about innovation, many unfortunately don’t doRead more
I was raised to have a healthy sense of curiosity. For example, my dad – being an engineer – decided that playtime was the perfect opportunity to show me how to disassemble our family computer and put it all back together again, just to see how it worked! The residual effect this has had onRead 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
Most companies define their business in terms of what they make or sell. And you can’t blame them. After all, we talk about Ford and Toyota as automotive companies that sell cars and trucks, not companies that sell freedom or mobility. But defining the company in terms of the value it creates for customers canRead more
Virtually every company innovates, but few do so in a predictable, repeatable manner. Successful innovations often require the heroic efforts of a handful of extremely driven individuals, and typically follow an invisible development process. Great ideas remain captive in the heads of employees, and those that do see the light of day do not necessarilyRead more
It’s getting close to Christmas, which means that January is just around the corner. And January tends to go hand in hand with 2014 strategic planning sessions. Unfortunately, what tends to happen in a lot of these sessions is one of the following: 1. People tend to go Blue Sky. That is, there is noRead more