(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...

Successful innovators make mistakes.  Even though they’ve learned and built routines and capabilities they can still get it wrong....

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 –...

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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...

When did you last use your Spangler?  That’s a question designed to stop most people in their tracks and likely to be met by mystified...

Fascinating conversation around this theme and how organizations might extend their innovation processes in the light of lessons learned...

Watch any group of kids playing with Lego and you’ll quickly get the idea behind platform thinking.  A small number of standard modular...

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Right now we need all the creativity we can get. The good news is that organizations have huge innovation potential already available...

I first wrote this blog as the basis for a talk in the UK last year when the only thing worrying us was the ‘crisis’ of Brexit.  Now...

January is now well past and so too is an annual event.  The CES (Consumer Electronics Show), one of the hottest tickets in town if you...

Right now there’s a bit of a struggle going on in the UK and it’s not about Brexit.  There’s great concern in the arts world that a...

Meet a remarkable woman.   Lisa Crites, an American broadcast journalist was 42 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.  Following a...

If you’re in the innovation game you probably ought to meet Madame de Geoffrin.  Anyone working at the fuzzy front end or trying to find...

Fascinating new book looking at some key characteristics of successful entrepreneurs in a wide range of fields… Share this: Click to...

The second part of a blog piece about building innovation culture… Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to...

People often use this phrase when talking about an innovation and the impact they hope it will have.  But what’s the story behind sliced...

If we’re serious about wanting a culture of innovation its probably useful to start by exploring what that might involve…. Share this:...

What do Mickey Mouse, vacuum cleaners, air travel and light-bulbs have in common? More than you’d think , especially if you look to the...