Why is it that bright ideas often fail to develop into profitable products or services? The answer can be found in the Book of Ideation, the first all-in-one compilation of tools, methods and learnings about how to evaluate and refine ideas that will deliver real value to your company or organization. Any creative process is [...]
Principles for Innovation
2013-04-30 By Leave a Comment
So you have established the innovation process, including ingenious evaluation criteria to sort out the valuable concepts from those which are not. Yet still, your staff does not perform as well as you had hoped for. You may want to think about what can make life easier for the great people in your organization. Perhaps [...]
Seeing and being seen
2013-04-27 By Leave a Comment
Making people being seen is probably one of the most impactful ways to generate engagement which in turn leads to innovation and results. Are you present? In flesh and in spirit? When Real Madrid or any soccer team or sports team, face a difficult situation, where do you find the coach? Where is Mourhino or [...]
Our assumptions are shaped by what we think we know
2013-04-04 By Leave a Comment
Over the years, I’ve worked in some challenging places. And the biggest lessons I keep learning and re-learning is that no two countries are the same, whether you’re negotiating a lease on an office or delivering health care. We all do it. We land in a place and we start making comparisons to the familiar. [...]
Being bold is a key part of innovation
2013-04-01 By Leave a Comment
Googols’ and my own philosophy is that the best ideas are waiting to be discovered inside great companies or agencies, that the best way to have a positive social impact is to harness our business creativity and “intrapeneruship.” The seed of social impact starts with soil fertile enough to nurture good ideas into great solutions. [...]
Selection skills to do the right things
2012-12-12 By Leave a Comment
Innovative companies that base their competitive advantages on the development of new products, services and business models understand that it is not enough to be Lean Six Sigma in the development process. Equally important to act fast and efficient, is to choose what to fill the production pipe with. Therefore, the challenge is not only [...]
Googol launches Innovation Academy
2012-08-29 By Leave a Comment
Sweden’s first education in practical innovation starts January 2013. Googol Innovation Academy is aimed at people involved in processes of change in areas such as research, development, manufacturing, marketing and sales. Read the press release Visit Googol Innovation Academy’s web site.
Decision Making and Risk
2012-03-26 By Leave a Comment
We are not magic elves! We all make decisions and in almost all cases we feel uncertain about what the right decision is. We worry about if we understand the situation correctly, if know enough, if we have considered the right alternatives, what the risk are, and so on, and on, and on. This is [...]
Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship
2012-02-22 By Leave a Comment
In 2007 we embarked on a journey, with Mr Nils Holm, to work on Inclusive Innovation. Our aim was to create an education for children with ADD and ADHD, giving them their rightfull self-esteem and an opportunity to start life in a better position. In January of 2012 Dariush Ghatan, again went to visit this [...]
