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The single most important skill to teach your kids
When my children were young, I used to tell them to study anything they wanted in college, as long as it gave them quantitative skills. I was effectively telling them to become a “quant” in some way. While I can count on one hand the number […]
Recognizing Innovation Right in Front of You
This post originally appeared in ThoughtLeaders July 30, 2018
By Kumar Mehta
Establishing the conditions that encourage innovation is the best way for your company to consciously develop an environment that consistently lets you produce offerings with new and novel value – innovations in the eyes of […]
The Full Innovation List – 2018
Worlds top 2500 R&D companies along with many relevant stats. How does your company compare to every other:
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Driving Innovation
Kumar’s recent interview on driving innovation with The Smart Manager. Read the full interview below.
The Only Way to Innovate (really)
There are thousands of books and millions of articles written about innovation. However, there is still no clear view on what innovation is and how companies can become more innovative. And as important as innovation is to the continued success and very existence of a […]
How You Can Start Betting On The Right Ideas
This article originally appeared in The CEO Magazine Jan 4, 2018
By Kumar Mehta
Every business leader wants to bring transformative and world changing innovation to their customers. They want to bring new and novel value to the world, and in doing so reap the vast rewards […]
Cultivate Innovation From Within
This article originally appeared on ExecuNet on December 6, 2017
By Kumar Mehta
All business leaders want to innovate and release those rare, inspirational and highly desirable products that their customers line up to buy. In their quest to learn how to innovate they often look […]
Roger Bannister
Sad to learn about Roger Bannister’s passing. Sharing his story and how his innovation, being the first human to run a mile in under four minutes, influenced my research on innovation and book The Innovation Biome. (amzn.com/B077H64QJM).
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On a windy day in May 1954, […]
How a smaller country can become an innovation leader
This article originally appeared on BusinessToday.co.om on January 10, 2018
By Kumar Mehta
There are approximately 35 countries with a population range of 1-5mn people (the population of Oman is approximately 4.5mn).
There are also approximately 35 countries with populations greater than 40mn people. This latter set […]
Failure in Innovation
Failure in Innovation, what does it really teach you?
New value creation is a leap of faith, and a high degree of failure is expected. If you study the most innovative companies you can think of, you will find that they have had far more failures […]
Unleashing Creativity — the first step to innovation
We revere and admire the great innovators, the people who have truly changed the world over the course of history. We often think of these people as geniuses or imagine they have some particular trait we can learn or hire for that will lead to […]
The Fallacy of the Next Big Thing
Kumar Mehta, Ph.D.
Every company is continually looking for the next big thing. I can’t count the number of times I have heard executives say something along the lines of “I want to know what’s going to be the next iPhone before it becomes the […]
The Number One Leadership Activity to Drive Innovation
This article originally appeared on GreatLeadershipByDan.com on January 11, 2018
By Kumar Mehta
Every leader wants to consistently create mind-blowing products and offerings that customers love and line up for. They know that if they don’t innovate, they will be left behind, the world’s simply […]
8 Steps to Creating an Innovation Biome
8 steps to building a sustained environment where innovation thrives.
Follow these eight steps to build a sustained environment where innovation thrives. A culture where breakthroughs are expected, not simply desired. Without the correct approach, innovation efforts are a shot in the dark. Based on the […]
The 5 Requirements of a Truly Innovative Company
Below is a fantastic read by HBR by Gary Hamel and Nancy Tennant in April 2015. A lot of the concepts presented here are shared by the BRIDGE method. Read on……
Can you think of any business topic that’s been hotter for longer than innovation? Trouble […]
Full Innovation List – 2017
Worlds top 2500 R&D companies along with many relevant stats. How does your company compare to every other
2016
Download the Full Excel Version or View as an HTML document