The power of problem exploration…..
‘Houston, we’ve had a problem here’. John Swigert’s famous words, delivered in a voice as calm and clear as the mountain air in his...
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John Bessant
May 24, 20181 min read
Innovation Management Challenges: From fads to fundamentals
New paper reviewing current innovation management challenges… Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share...
John Bessant
Mar 19, 20181 min read
Revisiting the ‘not invented here’ effect….
A closer look at one of the strange paradoxes in managing innovation…. Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click...
John Bessant
Feb 18, 20181 min read
Call for new book proposals
I’m working with de Gruyter on editing a new series around innovation and entrepreneurship. Details below and do let me know if you have...
John Bessant
Feb 12, 20184 min read
Teaching and Coaching Innovation SIG – Newsletter
Welcome to the Teaching and Coaching SIG Newsletter! This is the latest in a series of regular updates about activities across our...
John Bessant
Jan 9, 20181 min read
Crowdsourcing solutions for humanitarian crises
When disaster strikes we need all the creativity we can get to find new ways of innovating out of the crisis. one area where there is a...
John Bessant
Nov 6, 20171 min read
Some lessons from the ‘hundred club’ ….
… organizations which have survived and grown through innovation for over a century Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new...
John Bessant
Oct 19, 20171 min read
Sweating the small stuff
…. the importance of incremental innovation Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens...
John Bessant
Aug 15, 20171 min read
Flirting with ideas…..
The power of user-led inspiration…. Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new...
John Bessant
Jul 30, 20171 min read
Our new book on creativity…..
http://rdcu.be/tPjX Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to...
John Bessant
Jul 17, 20171 min read
Working at the innovation frontier
Innovation matters – but so too does the way in which we approach organizing and managing it. For some kinds of innovation we can use...
John Bessant
Apr 27, 20171 min read
Free innovation …….
We’re just beginning to appreciate the significance of ‘free innovation’ where users create innovations for their own needs and then...
John Bessant
Mar 7, 20171 min read
Platform thinking….
A powerful approach to innovation involves leveraging your knowledge base…… Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)...
John Bessant
Jan 19, 20171 min read
Frustration as the Mother of Invention….
Looking again at the increasingly powerful role of users in innovation… Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click...
John Bessant
Nov 7, 20161 min read
Knowledge as a social process
Innovation is all about converting knowledge to value – so it’s worth looking again at how knowledge operates as a social process and...
John Bessant
Oct 2, 20166 min read
Creativity under constraint
It’s easy to think that innovation is about resources – throw enough money, smart minds and clever technology at the problem and the...
John Bessant
Sep 13, 20161 min read
Making space for innovation
Innovation is all about making connections – but where and how can we help this process to happen? Share this: Click to share on Twitter...
John Bessant
Aug 23, 20161 min read
Learning from the humanitarian innovation laboratory
Learning from the humanitarian innovation laboratory Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on...
John Bessant
Aug 4, 20161 min read
Playing with innovation
The importance of experimentation and prototyping – click here for more Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click...
John Bessant
Jul 15, 20161 min read
Bridging different worlds ….
Some thoughts on the power of recombinant innovation…. Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on...
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