What It Takes to Make ESG Happen in Your Company

Posted by Dan Toma
On 06/11/2024

Organizations committed to serious ESG investments and profitability should focus on fostering innovation capabilities rather than establishing a distinct ESG function.

The Art of Corporate Spin-Outs: When to spin-out? How to spin-out?

Posted by Dan Toma
On 14/11/2023

In the volatile economic environment of today, if done right, innovation isn’t just a buzzword; it’s the lifeline of the company. Corporations are constantly seeking ingenious ways to breathe life into groundbreaking ideas, and spin-outs are just one of many ways in which companies can make innovation a viable proposition. “Spin outs” typically refer to […]

Moonshots are Nice, but do you Have a Space Program? Building an Innovation System.

Posted by Dan Toma
On 19/04/2023

We believe that any company in the world can launch a moonshot providing that the project is sufficiently supported by the leadership of the company. But few companies have an innovation system able to constantly launch new innovations in the market.

Three Organizational Designs for Innovation

Posted by Dan Toma
On 30/01/2023

The design/structure of an organization can help or hinder its progress toward its goals. Independent of size and industry, organizations can achieve their goals by properly matching their needs with the structure they use to operate. Here are three ways in which innovation can be organized.

Why build a system for innovation

Posted by Dan Toma
On 07/07/2021

While the debate of innovation being art or science is still raging on we have to admit that not everyone in a large company is going to be a ‘Steve Jobs’. And nothing’s wrong with that. Also, independent of how much your HR department is struggling to attract the best innovation talent, the company will […]

The Startup Collaboration Maturity Assessment

Posted by Dan Toma
On 17/05/2021

Understanding the current maturity of a corporation's startup collaboration process is the key to making further improvements.

Strategy ahead of the technological curve

Posted by Dan Toma
On 11/12/2020

Most established organizations tend to be a bit more prudent when it comes to new technologies and integrating them in their strategic options, however totally ignoring these is not an option either. Technology developments influence our lives. They bring about disruption by enabling business models that weren’t previously possible. Business models which squeeze out the […]

The First Step in Improving an Ecosystem

Posted by Dan Toma
On 13/10/2020

In 1878 Leo Tolstoy released what would become one of his most acclaimed works, the novel Anna Karenina. The book starts with a quote, that over the centuries will transcend disciplines: “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Taken literally, the quote is a good reflection on family […]

Identifying your innovation ecosystem red flags

Posted by Cris Beswick
On 11/08/2020

Innovation doesn’t work; our investment in innovation hasn’t delivered. When I hear comments from senior leaders like these, I come back time and time again to the apocryphal story of the person lost in the countryside who asks someone leaning on a gate for directions, to which the person replies; “well if it were me, […]

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