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How Cabot Broke Free of Innovation Constraints and Went Global

Steve Bell

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen John Jaddou was brought into Cabot as Director of New Business Development/Scouting & Innovation it was for the same reasons many other enterprises have sought innovation program help: The Boston-based company’s innovation efforts –... Read more

How Innovation Platform Flexibility Changed the Game for HP Software

Steve Bell

Reading Time: 2 minutesHewlett-Packard’s Head of Innovation, Ahi Gvirtsman, understood clearly the problem the info-tech giant was facing: “One of the pitfalls of corporate innovation is that people only innovate with their peers – engineers with engineers,... Read more

Innovation is More Than a Handful of Great Ideas

Steve Bell

Reading Time: 2 minutesInnovation is More Than a Handful of Great Ideas There’s nothing more worthless than a bunch of great ideas that “coulda been” – at least from an innovation standpoint. Global healthcare leader Merck knew their innovation efforts were in danger... Read more

How Crowdsourcing is Helping GE Power the World

Steve Bell

Reading Time: 2 minutesIn 2005, GE launched Ecomagination – an initiative aimed at developing new power grid technologies over the next decade. Great idea, except five years in they realized something: if they really wanted to succeed in their goal, they couldn’t do... Read more

Idea Crowdsourcing – If You’re Not Doing it Right, You Shouldn’t Do It At All

Gretchen Hoffman

Reading Time: 4 minutesIdea Crowdsourcing – If You’re Not Doing it Right, You Shouldn’t Do It At All You don’t hear the word “innovation” much lately without the word “collaborative” in front of it. That’s because as companies dive into innovation as a culture,... Read more

Selling Innovation Internally, Regardless of Your Audience

Gretchen Hoffman

Reading Time: 3 minutesIf you missed our extremely informative Google Hangout this week on Selling Innovation Management Inside Your Enterprise we have highlights to help you sort out your internal sales pitch. First, a quick hat tip to our panelists who all work at... Read more