Tag: Innovation management

New paper on Innovation Management for SMEs released

In a world of hyper competition, innovation is imperative to gain competitive advantage. However, the coin has a flip side, as innovations are often expensive and can be easily imitated by competitors. In this study, the nature of small and midsize enterprises (SMEs) acting on niche markets with few players have been investigated and explored,… Continue reading New paper on Innovation Management for SMEs released

Are you confident with your business’ innovation readiness?

Could innovation readiness be the key to long term business survival? In the cross roads of commodity and niche markets opportunities arise for turning a business into new dimensions by simply remake your business model. Do you really want to see your company become a commodity business player with slim margins where only volumes are… Continue reading Are you confident with your business’ innovation readiness?

The TicTalk conference 2011

This week, I have taken part in the TicTalk conference in Čakovec in north eastern Croatia. The conference was arranged at the Technology Innovation Centre Međimurje run by Bojan Pecnic and organised by the Regional Development Agency REDEA. The conference main topics were innovative development and good examples for Technology and Innovation Centres, and I… Continue reading The TicTalk conference 2011

Building High Performance Team for Innovation Success

As one of Insights accredited instructors, we have carried out several workshops building high performance teams, from getting strategic innovation teams on track to dysfunctional management teams up and running. Besides getting people to know them self’s, their impact on other as well as how to use their opposite personas strengths there are also a… Continue reading Building High Performance Team for Innovation Success

Thanks to all +60 innovation fans who joined in today

Today, Jan Snygg, Jörgen Eriksson and I had the pleasure to share our thoughts and experience to +60 of the Swedish Computer Associations most interested innovation thinkers. We had a great time, thanks to you all and hope to see you as well as other Swedish innovation champions at out new innovation management boot camp,… Continue reading Thanks to all +60 innovation fans who joined in today

One big open innovation square dance…

Innovation is a way of getting competitive advantage which is well known and documented since ancient times, ranging from machinery, war equipment to the beauty industry and all trial building the perpetuum mobile. What´s happened lately is the paradigm shift of opening up the innovation process from being secret and closed towards inviting for collective… Continue reading One big open innovation square dance…