How Boston Scientific Accelerates Innovation
Point: Capture, share and reuse knowledge to make R&D engineers more productive Story: At Power to Innovate 2009, Boston Scientific’s Randy Schiestl (VP of R&D) and Jude Currier (Cardiovascular...
View ArticleInnovation-Inspiring Prizes
Point: Use open innovation challenges and prizes to inspire solutions, participation and collaboration from employees, partners and customers Story: In 1919, New York hotel owner Raymond Orteig offered...
View ArticleHow Innovation and IT Drive Productivity
Point: Getting maximum benefit from innovation requires new organizational practices Story: In their book Wired for Innovation, Erik Brynjolfsson and Adam Saunders show how innovation and IT drive...
View ArticleCollaboration Curves Improve Innovation and Performance
Point: Unlike the diminishing returns of the Experience Curve, Collaboration Curves offer continuous, exponential improvement and innovation through knowledge sharing and interactions among a group of...
View ArticleImprove Productivity through Data Visualization
Point: Presenting data visually reduces the mental resources we expend to understand a concept, thereby improving our productivity. Story: Humans are naturally visual creatures. “Fundamentally, our...
View ArticleQuick-Win Innovations
Point: Get quick wins by encouraging small experiments throughout the organization. They’re fast, inexpensive, and reduce the fear of failure. Story: One of the biggest obstacles to innovation is fear...
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