Comments on: Is Innovation a “Business Process”?

By: coherencyarchitect

coherencyarchitect — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:45:08 +0000

From my point of view then radical innovation is a process since it most likely happen in the R&D department (looking at the internal value chain). Evolutionary innovation happens spontaneous when employees and managers finds better ways to do their jobs (adding or altering the processes they have interaction with).

But then again it is just my point of view.

By: Keith Sawyer

Keith Sawyer — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:06:17 +0000

That’s wonderful! Please let me know what stories in Group Genius resonate with you and your organization.

By: Andreia Cristina Dullius

Andreia Cristina Dullius — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:05:52 +0000

No, unfortunately I haven’t … But I’ll search it on the internet…
I read Exame… it’s a megazine a little bit more specific (about trade, management…) I’ll buy Group Genius this weekend, I’ve heard great comments about it from some Brazilian professors… I’m sure I’ll like it!!

By: keithsawyer

keithsawyer — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:40:22 +0000

Thank you so much! I wonder if you’ve read one of the magazine articles about me that have appeared in Brazil (in the magazines Visao and Istoe). In my book GROUP GENIUS, I talk about an innovative Brazilian company called Semco…I hope you like it!

By: Andreia Cristina Dullius

Andreia Cristina Dullius — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:34:01 +0000

I was taking a look on your blog! Wow, it’s just amazing!!
Talking about the discussion subject, it’s a really interesting point of view. While thinking about innovation, you don’t have steps to be followed just because you don’t know what’s going on next… because everything’s new… practices mainly are new… That’s a good reason of why innovation is such a matter of discussion nowadays… Here in Brazil it’s a subject that has risen lots of discussion… enterprises hardly get along with innovation, and then… you may imagine what happens…

Congratulations on your blog!! I just loved it!!
Brgrds, Andréia

By: keithsawyer

keithsawyer — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:31:56 +0000

That’s exactly the issue I talked about in my post…usually when we think of “process” we think of something linear, with a sequence of steps. And innovation absolutely is not like that. In the post, I conclude that it is a process, of sorts, but it requires a special kind of leadership and culture, open to improvisational flows, twists and turns, and the unexpected. What do you think?

By: Toshi

Toshi — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:16:40 +0000

So, what does the process look like? Step 1…10?

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businessmodel innovation _ design » Stumbled upon … innovation — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:56:35 +0000

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