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John Bessant
May 28, 202012 min read
Sweeping the floor with innovation
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...
John Bessant
May 28, 20201 min read
Crisis-driven innovation
Fascinating conversation around this theme and how organizations might extend their innovation processes in the light of lessons learned...
John Bessant
Apr 18, 20205 min read
Platform innovation
Watch any group of kids playing with Lego and you’ll quickly get the idea behind platform thinking. A small number of standard modular...
John Bessant
Apr 11, 20201 min read
Podcast interview on Teaching and coaching innovation
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John Bessant
Apr 3, 20201 min read
High involvement innovation
Right now we need all the creativity we can get. The good news is that organizations have huge innovation potential already available...
John Bessant
Mar 26, 202010 min read
Crisis-driven innovation
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...
John Bessant
Feb 23, 20208 min read
Value shifts as innovation drivers….
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...
John Bessant
Oct 31, 20197 min read
Experience innovation
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...
John Bessant
Sep 20, 20198 min read
Responsible innovation in healthcare
Meet a remarkable woman. Lisa Crites, an American broadcast journalist was 42 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Following a...
John Bessant
Jun 29, 201911 min read
Creating innovation spaces
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...
John Bessant
Jun 10, 20191 min read
The playful entrepreneur
Fascinating new book looking at some key characteristics of successful entrepreneurs in a wide range of fields… Share this: Click to...
John Bessant
Apr 15, 20191 min read
Some further thoughts on building an innovation culture…
The second part of a blog piece about building innovation culture… Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to...
John Bessant
Mar 19, 20197 min read
‘The best thing since sliced bread…..’
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...
John Bessant
Jan 2, 20191 min read
Cultures of innovation
If we’re serious about wanting a culture of innovation its probably useful to start by exploring what that might involve…. Share this:...
John Bessant
Nov 8, 20187 min read
If at first you don’t succeed…….
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...
John Bessant
Sep 18, 20188 min read
No man is an island…..
‘No man is an island….’ – networking matters! In his day job as Dean of St Pauls cathedral in 17th century London John Donne would have...
John Bessant
Aug 18, 20185 min read
‘Innovation heroes’ – book review
I’ve just read an interesting new book on the theme of customer integration into the innovation process and thought I’d share some...
John Bessant
Jul 29, 20184 min read
Why quirky characteristics are important in innovation…
What do the following people have in common? Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Nikolai Tesla,...
John Bessant
Jul 22, 20181 min read
Innovation and the goalkeeper’s fear of the penalty…
Some football-inspired thoughts about the dangers of too much focus…. Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click...
John Bessant
Jul 18, 20181 min read
And another new arrival….
New books becoming like London buses, long wait and then two come along at once! Our other new offering…. Share this: Click to share on...
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