How great business innovators are made (not born) You don't need to play the part of Steve Jobs and take off for an Ashram to become more creative, but two new books leave little doubt that becoming a more innovative thinker requires serious prep work. By Anne Fisher, contributor FORTUNE -- Not long ago, creativity guru Todd Henry recommended to one of his consulting clients, a high-ranking manager, that he set aside one hour a week to generate new ideas -- "one hour, predictably scheduled, no exceptions and no violations," Henry says in his book, The Accidental Creative: How to Be Brilliant at a Moment's Notice.
"This is not time to do work. This is time to think about work. " That executive's reaction, Henry recalls: "He fired back at me, 'What?! You just want me to sit around and think?! " In today's wired, 24/7 business climate, most people can relate. Let's say you're willing to try setting aside an hour a week for pondering, but you think you're just not the creative type. An essential step: Get out of your own way. How? Actu. Innovation Starts With Disruptive Hypotheses. Here's How To Create One | Co.Design. A disruptive hypothesis is an intentionally unreasonable statement that gets your thinking flowing in a different direction. It's kind of like the evolutionary biology theory of "punctuated equilibrium," which states that evolution proceeds slowly and every once in a while is interrupted by sudden change.
Disruptive hypotheses are designed to upset your comfortable business equilibrium and bring about an accelerated change in your own thinking. The ability to ask, "What if? " is an essential part of every executive's skill set. Contrast this with the more traditional definition of 'hypothesis,' which is a best-guess explanation that's based on a set of facts and can be tested by further investigation. What Do You Want to Disrupt? To meaningfully differentiate yourself from everyone else in the same space, you have to define the situation in the industry, segment, or category that you want to challenge. That's it. What Are the Clichés? Searching for Clichés What Can You Invert? CEOs say innovation is most important factor for growth, leadership, strategic integration, accountability required.
Blogging Innovation » Central Role of Communication in Innovation. Blogging Innovation » Tear Down These Walls. Idée. Par Steve Harone (chroniqueur exclusif) - du-salariat-au-business.com Comment trouver votre idée de produit ? Question à laquelle il n’est pas possible de répondre en 1 seul article. Alors aujourd’hui je vais vous expliquer une chose essentielle pour réussir dans la création de votre Entreprise : Différencier votre Offre.
Les créateurs d’entreprise se heurtent souvent à 2 problèmes. L’absence de notoriété d’une part, et la concurrence de marques et d’offres déjà établies d’autre part. Pour démarquer votre Produit, votre Offre, on vous dit souvent de payer pour de la publicité, ou sacrifier vos prix pour trouver des clients. 2 stratégies coûteuses et suicidaires pour tout créateur en manque de moyens. La solution ? I/ Différencier votre produit pour sa notoriété. Les consommateurs sur un marché font face à des offres multiples et ont l’embarras du choix. II/ Différencier Votre Produit pour évincer la concurrence. Autre problème, celui de la concurrence. Un autre exemple ? Impressions_numeriques.png (PNG Image, 1063x1418 pixels) - Scaled (45.
Videoblog : Nouvolivractu | Cluster21 : la communauté du digital, des médias à la e-démocratie... Centre Francilien de l'Innovation. L'innovation française tient à un panel de technologies. La France a tout intérêt à miser sur des secteurs comme les interfaces homme/machine, les moteurs 3D ou les systèmes complexes pour continuer à prouver sa capacité à innover.
Le secteur des technologies de l’information et de la communication a de beaux jours devant lui, avec une croissance annuelle attendue de près de 4 % (3,8 %) d’ici à 2013, estime le rapport "85 technologies clés dans sept secteurs économiques", et édité par le Ministère de l’Economie, des Finances et de l’Industrie. Selon ce dernier, c’est l’occasion de miser sur certains secteurs en particuliers : celui des interfaces homme/machines, des nanotechnologies, de l’ingénierie de systèmes complexes et des systèmes de systèmes*. Le potentiel technologique du pays est par ailleurs important dans le progressive/intelligent manufacturing, les technologies de numérisation de contenus, les moteurs 3D, mais aussi l’architecture dédiée aux services de virtualisation, note le rapport. Conjoncture propice au développement. Etudes récentes de l'Observatoire. Innovation collaborative et propriété intellectuelle au Royaume-Uni L’Observatoire de la propriété intellectuelle vient de publier un dossier sur l’innovation collaborative et la propriété intellectuelle au Royaume-Uni.
Ce dossier résume le contexte de l’innovation et de la recherche au Royaume-Uni ainsi que les dispositifs de soutien à la recherche collaborative. Il dresse un inventaire des outils d’incitation à l’utilisation de la PI et aborde la question du partage des droits de PI dans les projets collaboratifs, avec un focus sur le management de la PI dans les centres de recherche et d’innovation britanniques : les Catapult centres. Parmi les bonnes pratiques à retenir, le Lambert Toolkit mis en ligne par l’IPO (Intellectual property office) fournit un ensemble d’outils utiles lors de la négociation de contrats de partenariat (liste des points incontournables à traiter, modèles de contrats, guide d’aide à la décision…). Télécharger le dossier (pdf - 400 Ko) Haut de la page. Innovation de rupture: comment rechercher l’inimaginable | ParisTech Review. Au milieu des années 80, Garry Hamel, un des grands gourous californiens du management, avait jeté un pavé dans la mare : l’ère du progrès conventionnel et linéaire était révolue.
Le changement n’était plus ni additif, ni linéaire. Il était discontinu. Pour chevaucher ce progrès-là, les entreprises devaient inventer un système créatif non linéaire. Trente ans plus tard, le postulat est passé dans les mœurs « corporate » et chaque dirigeant sait que l’innovation incrémentale, ce changement graduel, modeste et continu de l’existant, ne suffit plus. Pour gagner sur des marchés en maturation de plus en plus rapide, en particulier les marchés technologiques, il faut pratiquer l’innovation de rupture, c’est-à-dire enclencher un processus de dislocation des habitudes de réflexion et d’utilisation.
C’est beaucoup plus facile à dire qu’à mettre en œuvre. Trouver le secret de la rupture réussie n’est pas donné à tout le monde. Le chercheur de la rupture ne change pas seulement l’objet. TED: Ideas worth spreading. Technology News, Product Reviews, Software Downloads | Digital Trends. A la une. Etreintes digitales. C'est bien la preuve que le design est de plus en plus important pour les technologistes de tout poil. Pour ce deuxième jour de Launch festival à San Francisco, la conférence de start-ups ouvre sa scène à Yves Béhar, designer de légende, fondateur de fuseproject, créateur de la Jambox - entre autres.
Extraits de son fireside chat avec Jason Calacanis... Sur la technologie. "Dans les années 90, il n'y avait pas vraiment d'intérêt pour le design. C'était comme être le décorateur, qui intervient en dernier. On ne voyait pas la valeur du design. Aujourd'hui, les choses ont pris complètement changé et le design - notamment de l'expérience utilisarteur - est au coeur de la conversation.
" Sur les Etats-Unis. Sur le design. Sur One laptop per child. Sur les smartwatch et les wearables. Sur Google Glass. Sur les usages. Sur la création de produits. J'ai designé une chaussure connectée pour le musée d'art moderne. Sur la révolution du hardware. Sur what's next. Sur le lancement de produits. Springwise | New business ideas, trends and innovation. Edward Cotton « BSSP. Negotiator Rises TV FINAL TEST TEST DRIVES raise the river vs. move the ocean Tebow and the Super Bowl Negotiator Rises TV FINAL TEST TEST DRIVES FINAL TEST TEST DRIVESMINI raise the river vs. move the oceanthe redford centerraise the river vs. move the ocean Tebow and the Super BowlT-Mobile Negotiator Rises TVPriceline MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM MOXKAT GRVIDAROKUMERRY CHRISTMAS FROM MOXKAT GRVIDA.
PSFK. Welcome to WAN-IFRA. Innovation. Shaping the Future of the Newspaper Blog. Com: Consumer trends and insights from around the world. JWT Intelligence. Brainmail_issue73. In this issue: LIP READING PHONES DRIFT FROM NATURE MARKET METAPHORS SELF IMAGE DELUSION And much, much more... ------------------------------------------------------------ ____ ____ ___ _____ ____ ______ ______ * / __ )/ __ \/ | / _/ | / / |/ / | / _/ / / __ / /_/ / /| | / // |/ / /|_/ / /| | / // / / /_/ / _ _/ ___ |_/ // /| / / / / ___ |_/ // /___ /_____/_/ |_/_/ |_/___/_/ |_/_/ /_/_/ |_/___/_____/ *Feeding hungry minds since 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------ Brainmail email issue 73 - March 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------ Brainmail is a free monthly (usually) newsletter dedicated to current and future trends, statistics and other nuggets of information.
Disruptive versus Radical Innovations. Clayton Christenson’s seminal The Innovator’s Dilemma is now 10 years old, and its central idea of “disruptive innovation” is now part of the everyday language of innovation. Recently, I finally read the book after having loosely tossed the term around for a few years. I was shocked to discover that I had misunderstood the concept and made glib assumptions based on sloppy journalistic references. Properly penitent, I began using the term correctly and discovered, to my further shock, that nearly everybody else around me was also using the term incorrectly. The innovator’s dilemma is this: a company that does everything by the book — listening to customers, managing by facts, being disciplined about costs and quality, and so forth — can get blindsided by an innovation that rapidly takes away its markets, because it was doing everything right. Examples The Disruption Pattern Why this happens is as straightforward as it is inevitable.
Distinction from Radical/Incremental The Explanatory Gap. Patent Law | Patent Information | Patent Attorney Search | Patent Law Resources. Delphion Research intellectual property network - international and US patent search database. Patent. Overview A patent is essentially a limited monopoly whereby the patent holder is granted the exclusive right to make, use, and sell the patented innovation for a limited period of time. The U.S. Patent Act, 35 U.S.C. §§ 1 et seq., was enacted by Congress under its Constitutional grant of authority to secure for limited times to inventors the exclusive right to their discoveries. See Article I, Section 8, Clause 8. Granting exclusive rights to the inventor is intended to encourage the investment of time and resources into the development of new and useful discoveries. Requirements for Patentability The five primary requirements for patentability are: (1) patentable subject matter, (2) utility, (3) novelty, (4) nonobviousness, and (5) enablement.
Patentable Subject Matter The patentable subject matter requirement addresses the issue of which types of inventions will be considered for patent protection. Utility The second requirement for patentability is that the invention be useful. Novelty. Veille Technologique et Analyse brevets. Institut National Algérien de la Propriété Industrielle. Patent Litigation in Europe. PATENTSCOPE® Search International Patent Applications - Structured Search. Patents. What is a patent? A patent is an intellectual property right granted by the Government of the United States of America to an inventor “to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the invention throughout the United States or importing the invention into the United States” for a limited time in exchange for public disclosure of the invention when the patent is granted. There are three types of patents. Utility patents may be granted to anyone who invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof.
Here is the process for obtaining a utility patent. Design patents may be granted to anyone who invents a new, original, and ornamental design for an article of manufacture. View the different types of patent applications. Patent Examiner Technical Training Program Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH); The Fast Track Examination of Applications. Patent Searching and Inventing Resources. Why Failure Drives Innovation | Stanford Knowledgebase. This essay was written by Baba Shiv, Sanwa Bank, Ltd. Professor of Marketing at the Stanford Graduate School of Business Failure is a dreaded concept for most business people. But failure can actually be a huge engine of innovation for an individual or an organization. The trick lies in approaching it with the right attitude and harnessing it as a blessing, not a curse. I’ve coined two terms that describe how people view failure: the type 1 mindset, and the type 2 mindset.
The type 1 mindset is fearful of making mistakes. The type 2 mindset is fearful of losing out on opportunities. We generally start out with the type 2 adventurous spirit as children. So how do you get people and corporations to shift from 1 to 2? One approach is to engage them in rapid prototyping — the process whereby they brainstorm wild new ideas, and then quickly develop a physical model or mock-up of a solution. To make inspiration work as a motivator, take a look at Cisco Systems. Also on Stanford Knowledgebase: Schumpeter: The innovation machine. Please Login or Register. Home | Business Innovation Factory. What are the best practices in turning ideas into real innovations -- implemented and adopted products, services, experiences, business models. Clayton Christensen - Home. Innovation in Practice.
The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs: Insanely Different Principles for Breakthrough Success. What kind of genius creates a product and brand that is so strong and so powerful that people will wait outside the handful of retail outlets that distribute the product, even though … The product has some technical features which are less desirable than the alternative?
It has basic functions that actually cause developers and design firms to design around them? Hackers break into the device so that desperate customers from certain wireless providers can use it? It has an audience that’s so loyal they will beg and plead with their cell phone carriers for access to the exclusive device? Yeah – I want to be that brand. And the brains and vision behind the brand belong to Steve Jobs. Wanna Be Like Steve? When I received a review copy of The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs: Insanely Different Principles for Breakthrough Success, I didn’t know what to expect. It did. Overall, it’s business motherhood and apple pie, filtered through the uniquely creative mind of Steve Jobs. Your Brain is Killing Innovation : Innovation :: American Express OPEN Forum. The Phoenix Principle. Tesla is Smarter Than Other Auto Companies “Car dealers are idiots” said my friend as she sat down for a cocktail.
It was evening, and this Vice President of a large health care equipment company was meeting me to brainstorm some business ideas. I asked her how her day went, when she gave the response above. She then proceeded to tell me… Why Microsoft is Still Speculative “Hope springs eternal in the human breast” (Alexander Pope) As it does for most investors. The Race to Communicate – Was Malaysia Airlines Right to Text The Lost Plane? 5:00pm, September 20, 2009 was when I got the call.
Like Sbarro, Will You Be the Next Domino to Fall? Understanding trends is the most important part of planning. Obamacare – America’s Greatest Legislation Since the Civil Rights Act? Obamacare is looking like an economic game changer that will drive long-term health care affordability in America The Smart Leadership Lessons from Facebook’s WhatsApp Acquisition Microsoft Should Give XBox Biz to Nintendo.
InnovToday. Consumer Innovation as New Economic Pattern. The 99 Percent - It's not about ideas. It's about making ideas happen. Guided Innovation — Because Everyone Should Work in a Growth Company. Blogging Innovation » Get Ready to Accelerate the Innovation Profession. Social Business – Rethinking Innovation, Organization and Leadership. How to Approach Open Innovation: The 15inno Open Innovation Roadmap. 02/25 > BE Etats-Unis 237 > Entretien avec Charles Wessner - Les tendances en matière d'innovation aux Etats-Unis (partie 2/3)
02/21 > BE Etats-Unis 236 > Entretien avec Charles Wessner - Les tendances en matière d'innovation aux Etats-Unis (partie 1/3) Entretien avec Charles Wessner - Les tendances en matière d'innovation aux Etats-Unis (partie 3/3) Silicon Valley: Patent reform passed by Senate. How Do I Patent My Invention? | 4u-2 Articles. IDEO | A Design and Innovation Consulting Firm. Stanford Social Innovation Review: Ideas for Socially Responsible Businesses. News. Veille, r?seaux sociaux, r?putation. Inside Microsoft: Innovation still on the menu.
PAPER.LI. Ejemplos de portal. Institut national de la propriété industrielle : marques, brevets, sociétés, dessins, modèles. Can you keep your competitive advantages, Google? Blogging Innovation » Managing University Inventions. Accor : le nouveau Pdg veut "réveiller le sens de l'innovation" du groupe. Propriété intellectuelle et croissance : la remise en question ? Amazon a réussi à breveter le concept de réseau social. Enquête : Oxford se penche sur la gouvernance mondiale et la propriété intellectuelle.