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John Bessant
Feb 4, 202111 min read
Striking an innovation chord…
I don’t know about you but I’m spending a lot of time listening these days. As my physical room to move about contracts (thanks to...
John Bessant
Jan 29, 20211 min read
Building an open innovation ecosystem
Building an open innovation ecosystem – an interview with Christoph Krois, Open Innovation Manager at Siemens in which he talks about the...
John Bessant
Jan 22, 20211 min read
Managing innovation - creating value from ideas
Another innovation song…
John Bessant
Jan 13, 20211 min read
Yes- you can innovate!
Natalie Turner is a writer, speaker, innovation consultant and coach. In this interview we explore some of the core themes in her book...
John Bessant
Jan 5, 20219 min read
Bags of ideas
David Attenborough was on TV last night, another wonderful documentary called ‘ A perfect planet’. The core theme is how diverse forces...
John Bessant
Dec 21, 20201 min read
Innovation in healthcare – an interview with Lynne Maher, Clinical Director for Innovation and
Innovation in healthcare affects us all. And implementing change in such a complex system is often difficult. In this interview Lynne...
John Bessant
Nov 30, 20209 min read
Partying with innovation
There haven’t been many winners during the Covid-19 pandemic. Businesses, particularly in travel and entertainment have been hit hard. ...
John Bessant
Nov 25, 20201 min read
Enabling innovation
A fascinating interview with Sarah Kelly, Innovation Manager at Liberty Global Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new...
John Bessant
Nov 20, 20201 min read
Another innovation song….
Time for another innovation song, this time about user innovation … #innovation #entrepreneurship #creativity #user innovation Share...
John Bessant
Nov 7, 20207 min read
Peanut-powered innovation
Tuskegee, Alabama. Not the world’s most attractive farming country. And certainly not in the view of a young man looking out of the...
John Bessant
Nov 2, 20201 min read
Understanding the role of laggards in innovation adoption
Continuing my quest to put innovation ideas to music – some thoughts on adopter characteristics: Share this: Click to share on Twitter...
John Bessant
Oct 18, 20208 min read
Diversity matters…
Diversity matters in innovation. Particularly because it allows us to access a wide range of different viewpoints which can contribute...
John Bessant
Oct 6, 20209 min read
London Bridge isn’t falling down…
London bridge isn’t falling down…. London Bridge isn’t falling down. In fact it’s in excellent health considering it straddled the river...
John Bessant
Sep 10, 20207 min read
Why bother with user innovation?
It’s hard to forget that wonderful scene in Monty Python’s ‘Life of Brian’ film in which the small group representing the People’s Front...
John Bessant
Aug 17, 20209 min read
The birth of the internet …
No-one knows exactly but it’s a pretty fair guess that at any moment several hundred million people are communicating with each other,...
John Bessant
Jul 31, 20208 min read
An innovation birthday card…
(Video version here…) We’re cutting it fine but right at the end of July it’s still worth pausing for a moment to think some ‘Happy...
John Bessant
Jul 20, 202010 min read
Scaling innovation
Successful innovators make mistakes. Even though they’ve learned and built routines and capabilities they can still get it wrong....
John Bessant
Jul 5, 202013 min read
The birth of the bike…
Bicycles are big business. It’s hard to get an exact figure but estimates suggest there are around 2 billion bikes in the world today –...
John Bessant
Jul 2, 20201 min read
Innovation in times of crisis….
Video of recent presentation and discussion….. Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook...
John Bessant
Jun 17, 20208 min read
Phoenix strategies for crisis innovation
When you’re in the middle of the swamp and the alligators are snapping at your legs you can be forgiven for not giving too much precious...
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