Pivoting Behaviour

Pivoting in a ‘behaviour-innovation’ context. 

Recently I’ve been listening and reading many views on innovation culture, but it was not until last week, when I attended an on-line forum entitled "Change Culture by Doing" hosted by Innovation Management that I heard the word ‘pivoting’ in a ‘behaviour-innovation’ context. 

The impact of the Millennial Generation on working environments and retail experiences

The Millennial Generation (those born post 1980) has come of age and is influencing the way in which retailers sell and market their products and services. Also, the work place has been influenced by working environment designed to facilitate this highly networked generation. A recent article (interview with Nick Shore, MTV Insights) illustrates the inspiration behind MTV Insights, a study exploring how the Millennial Generation will reshape the future of commerce and working environment (The Millennial Mega MashUp, April 2012).

Structuring Front End Innovation

Attitudes to Failure and the Working Environment for Front End Innovation

We often see the FEI process being referred to as ‘fuzzy’ due to the combination of convergent and divergent thinking required when delivering excellence. However, the values of FEI come from companies taking a grasp of their FEI process with a structured approach. This blog post focuses on two of the key aspects to address when structuring the FEI process; attitudes to failure and the working environment.