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INNOVATION IS KEY

Innovation is a key component in building a Better Business and a better future. The organisations of the future challenge themselves to develop not only meaningful solutions to customers's jobs-to-be-done, but also new and circular business models, and innovative twists along the value chains - and continuously renew themselves to the benefit of all. Often in close collaboration with customers, strategic partners and other stakeholders.


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TED TALK

 In the past decade, we've seen an explosion in the number of business incubators, startup accelerators and entrepreneurial training programs. Diana Kander argues all of these programs share an enormous fatal flaw and how we can truly innovate.

 

TED TALK

Joshua Mitro Lavra talks about entrepreneurship within existing companies, the role of intrapreneurship and to what extent it is possible to innovate within a large organization. According to Joshua, the short answer: it depends.

 

TED TALK

Guy Kawasaki runs us through his concept of "Rethink. Redefine. Recreate." in order to unleash business innovation and to successfully launch new companies, products and services that can become market leaders.

 

VIDEO

Clay Christensen, Harvard Business School professor and the world's most influential management guru according to the Thinkers50, lays out his landmark theory: disruptive innovation that he coined in his book The Innovator's Dilemma.

 

VIDEO

This Harvard Business Review video outlines the Blue Ocean Strategy and how you can apply to your business in order to benefit from the simultaneous pursuit of differentiation and low cost to open up a new market space and create new demand.

 

VIDEO

A 2-minute overview of the Business Model Canvas, a tool for visionaries, game changers, and challengers. This method from Strategyzer's bestselling management book Business Model Generation is applied in leading organizations and start-ups worldwide.

 

ARTICLE

Elizabeth J. Altman and Frank Nagle (2020) discuss what companies can learn from one of the world’s largest networks of accelerator labs, the United Nations agency and how it is such an instructive example for businesses.

ARTICLE

Linus Dahlander and Martin Wallin (2020) discuss how several companies are turning to open innovation — a collaborative approach that plays to the strengths of all companies involved and can produce creative, unexpected solutions.

ARTICLE

Benjamin Kessler (2019) discusses how learning to innovate requires diligence, patience and (most of all) direct access to skillful role models and how learning to effectively collaborate is central to successful innovations.

WEBSITE

Stanford d.School is a place for explorers, innovators and experimenters at Stanford University. The d.school helps people develop their creative abilities. It is a community and a mindset to help people unlock creative abilities and apply them to the world. Be inspired by their website.

 

WEBSITE

IDEO is the leading innovation and design firm in the world. IDEO.org is their nonprofit design studio. They design products and services for organizations committed to creating a more just and inclusive world. Be inspired by innovation doing good.

 

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Design Kit is IDEO.org's platform to learn human-centered design, a creative approach to solving the world's most difficult problems. Their mission is to help you routinely innovate and solve big problems. Discover and explore their innovation tools for free.