All Posts Tagged With: "Innovation Management"
A Two-day Innovation Masterclass “Eight strategies for Innovation Success”
Pure Insight is pleased to announce a Two-day Innovation Masterclass we will be hosting in Johannesburg, South Africa. This Masterclass will take place on April 12-13 2011 and it will be led by internationally innovation expert, Dr Jay Paap. Dr Paap is based in the USA and regularly lectures at MIT and Caltech. His is [...]
14Feb2011 | Saine | 0 comments | Continued
THE CHALLENGING PARADIGM CALLED MANAGEMENT
article written by Jac Spies “The Internet, the fall of the Berlin wall and the lifting of the Bamboo curtain propelled management into a world of real time communication and co-existence that changed management thinking for ever” Ancient man survived as an individual by his brawn power and little brain power, which over millennia evolved [...]
3Nov2010 | Saine | 2 comments | Continued
Why I’ve banned brainstorming in my business – by Gavin Symanowitz
This week’s topic is by Gavin Symanowitz, he is challenging the commonly held perception that brainstorming is the best way to generate new ideas. He also challenges the “Golden Rules of Brainstorming”, read his piece below and challenge HIM. Why I’ve banned brainstorming in my business Brainstorming is the oldest and most widely used creativity [...]
16Aug2010 | Saine | 13 comments | Continued
WHAT DO WE REALLY WANT FROM INNOVATION?
by Rishab Rao and Jac Spies Innovation Practitioners at BMGI South Africa Abstract What do our customers really want? Who are the customers we should concern ourselves with? How do we get the right voice of the customer? Do our customers really know what they want? Have these questions ever sparked debate within your organizations? [...]
4Aug2010 | Saine | 0 comments | Continued
CORPORATE DECISION MAKING: Effect on Continuous Innovation Efforts in Firms
by Peter J. Jansen van Nieuwenhuizen © July 30, 2010 ABSTRACT – Stress inhibits creative thinking in the twenty-first century firm. As firms increasingly form part of the knowledge economy, lower creative thinking can, eventually, make the firm competitively irrelevant. Managers must understand the link between creative thinking and stress. 1. INTRODUCTION Decisions and actions [...]
4Aug2010 | Saine | 1 comment | Continued
10 Types of Innovation by Doblin
Most organisations think innovation applies only to the development of new products when it actual fact innovation can be implemented throughout the whole business process. Doblin developed 10 Types of Innovation Framework that can help organisations to identify new opportunities in finance, process offering and delivery. Organisations that are able to simultaneously innovate across multiple [...]
8Jul2010 | Saine | 0 comments | Continued
Da Vinci Institute Research: Maturity of Innovation Practice in SA – Study
Stifling innovativeness within a company ensures a slow and painful death. Yet this is exactly what companies are doing, sometimes inadvertently, sometimes deliberately in small ways without seeing the long term systemic impact. To find out where companies are in their innovation practice The Da Vinci Institute is running a broad based survey within its [...]
17Jun2010 | Saine | 0 comments | Continued
