Playing chess with the Red Queen…
Dealing with today’s innovation challenges has more than a little in common with the experiences of Alice in Wonderland, as this blog...
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John Bessant
Apr 26, 20165 min read
Frugal innovation
Say the word ‘frugal’ – and it conjures images of making do, eking out scarce resources, managing on a shoestring. And in the world of...
John Bessant
Mar 17, 20162 min read
Teaching and Coaching Innovation – in innovative fashion!
The challenge comes not in recognizing the need for change but working out how to respond. Anyone might get lucky once but if we want to...
John Bessant
Feb 1, 20161 min read
High involvement innovation
This site has some excellent videos and case examples of employee involvement in innovation….. http://uk.ukwon.eu/euwin-film-bank Share...
John Bessant
Jan 21, 20166 min read
Once upon a time ……
Chances are that as you read that your body went into a well-rehearsed routine. You relaxed, your head perhaps cocked to one side, you...
John Bessant
Nov 1, 20153 min read
Absorptive capacity for open innovation
In our increasingly open innovation world wouldn’t it be useful to have ‘‘the ability …. to recognize the value of new, external...
John Bessant
Oct 22, 20153 min read
Sustainable innovation
These days the innovation agenda has a significant space devoted to thinking about the challenge of sustainability. Maybe you’re a...
John Bessant
Oct 11, 20153 min read
High involvement innovation
In an uncertain world there can’t be many organizations which don’t recognize the importance of innovation – and the need to mobilize as...
John Bessant
Sep 28, 20154 min read
Accidents will happen……
Accidents will happen – and as far as innovation is concerned, that’s a good thing. Whilst much of our attention is on the focused...
John Bessant
Jul 17, 20151 min read
Strengthening the humanitarian innovation system
‘If we don’t innovate we won’t survive!’ How often have you heard that truism, and watched heads nodding in the conference room as they...
John Bessant
May 7, 20151 min read
Just published…..
A new edition of ‘Innovation and entrepreneurship’ , John Bessant and Joe Tidd Innovation and Entrepreneurship 3rd Edition is an...
John Bessant
Apr 21, 20154 min read
Crisis driven innovation
Research in creativity suggests we’re good at solving problems – but we can also be a bit lazy! We satisfice, finding good enough...
John Bessant
Apr 6, 20155 min read
Joseph’s – the Service Factory
Joseph’s You aren’t going to find any technicolor dreamcoats just yet but for shoes, jewellery, accessories, even a DIY crocheted beanie...
John Bessant
Mar 15, 20151 min read
Interview for the European Workplace Innovation project
This is an interview i gave recently on the theme of ‘high involvement innovation’. You can find more about EUWIN, including some...
John Bessant
Feb 4, 20151 min read
New case added – Better Place
New case added – Better Place – highlights challenges in introducing radical system level change in the field of sustainability-led...
John Bessant
Jan 17, 20151 min read
Humanitarian innovation
Innovation matters – of course. But sometimes it can really be a life or death issue, and that’s very much the case in the humanitarian...
John Bessant
Dec 6, 20141 min read
Ten tips on innovation….
This piece appeared in ‘The Times’ in November Ten tips to being a succ…l innovator | The Times Share this: Click to share on Twitter...
John Bessant
Oct 29, 20141 min read
New resources – cases, tools, activities – added to the Innovation Portal
Added new resources to the Innovation Portal – see Innovation Portal for more or click the links below Case studies: The dimming of the...
John Bessant
Oct 22, 20141 min read
New video interview on sustainability and innovation
Just added video interview with Michael Pitts, Sustainability Manager of the UK Technology Strategy Board where he talks about the...
John Bessant
Oct 12, 20141 min read
Resources on our updated Innovation Portal
We’ve updated and improved the Innovation Portal which contains all sorts of resources to support learning, teaching and coaching...
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