Innovation Strategy

Unconventional approaches to innovation are speeding up new product development, making R&D faster and cheaper.

P&G’s open innovation program nurtures collaboration with individuals and companies globally.

People who are “different,” behaviorally or neurologically, can add significant value to companies.

Chinese companies are reengineering new product development in ways that reduce lead times.

The most effective brainstorming processes draw from both individual thinking and group discussion.

Managers can’t afford to rely on haphazard, hit-or-miss approaches to idea generation.

Companies are increasingly turning to contests to generate many diverse ideas.

What motivates volunteers to take part in innovation projects?

This year’s award goes to the authors of “Creating Employee Networks That Deliver Open Innovation.”

Which parts of your innovation processes should you open up to the wider world?

A new assessment tool can help executives pinpoint a company’s innovation strengths and weaknesses.

Employee orientation practices that focus on individual identity can lower employee turnover.

Two recent books focus on different aspects of innovation — within and outside the organization.

Open innovation was used in diabetes research to bring greater openness into every stage of research.

Executives and academic researchers have perspectives that can complement one another.

If used wisely, analogies can help an organization’s employees comprehend change and innovation.

How should companies respond to game-changing open-source innovations from online user communities?

The Fall 2012 issue of MIT Sloan Management Review features a number of articles about how companies can use data to win at business.

Kyocera Corp.’s distinctive management system seeks profitable growth by extreme decentralization.

An intriguing new book discusses the traits of serial innovators at established companies.