Perspectives — culture & capability

Creativity, Invention and Innovation

September 01, 2019 • culture & capability • design insight • value creation

If you can generate new ideas you are creative // If you can develop these ideas into new products, services or experiences you are inventive // If from these inventions you can create value for customers, stakeholders, society and for your organisation you are innovative

The Innovation Collaboration Imperative

August 13, 2017 • culture & capability • shared value & ecosystems • strategy

The convergence of internet technologies, cloud computing, and augmented analytical tools to interpret the rivers of data flowing through our now connected physical world is enabling the re-imagining of new business opportunities and whole industries. It's an exciting time to be involved in innovation, in harnessing this exponential level of change to deliver superior customer experience, and drive profitable growth. Yet it seems that meaningful innovation, in a world where all systems are becoming inter-connected, is now harder than ever to execute, whether you're the start up or the incumbent. Transforming long established industries, whether automotive, pharmaceuticals, service or healthcare, requires sophisticated knowledge of regulations, testing protocols, and traditional physical assets in addition...

What's on your Innovation Radar?

July 09, 2017 • culture & capability • portfolio management • strategy

In the absence of fundamental, CEO led change in organisational structures and culture, no amount of 'innovation theatre' will move the needle on innovation effort. Budget, process and people need to be owned and integrated by a C-level leader with clear accountability and an intrapreneurial mindset.

Fundamentals of Business Experimentation

June 11, 2017 • culture & capability • data intelligence • design insight

Businesses that hone their ability to design business experiments, as well as their expertise in data analytics, and incorporate experimentation as a necessary step in the process for approving new concepts, initiatives and ideas, are far better equipped to challenge convention and innovate with confidence.

Designing an Innovation Culture

August 30, 2016 • culture & capability • design insight • strategy

Alex Osterwalder is a man who, by his own admission, is somewhat obsessed with tools. And he's pretty adept at creating them. His 'Business Model Canvas' and 'Value Proposition Canvas' have been put into practice across the globe by start ups through to multinational corporations. An understanding and application of these tools is often what separates the start ups that succeed from those that fail. And as much as they help a start up search for a winning customer value proposition and a viable business model, they are also used by established organisations to help them innovate, to develop new offerings that will ensure their future prosperity as old models are disrupted....