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Abstract Given the pace of change in nearly every aspect of society, transformative innovation is imperative. At the same time transformation is very difficult…
Abstract We describe the history, design and expansion of Illumina for Startups — a case that represents a company with strong entrepreneurial capacity engaging…
Under pressure from mounting forces of change, corporations must engage in innovation more than ever. The transformative types of innovation required for organizations to…
Abstract Four models are identified for organizations to pursue simultaneous core growth and transformative innovation leveraging open innovation principles: 1) corporate accelerators —engage with…
I’m familiar with the concept of metrics — I have written about and taught  the use of metrics using the OKR framework — but…
If you’re in the entrepreneurial world, you’re constantly rubbing up against some crucial element of the innovation ecosystem around you. Whether you’re a corporate innovator…
I’m profiling some of the people I’ve been most inspired by recently. My first conversation with Linda Booth Sweeney in April of 2020 was…
On June 10, 2021, Saul Kaplan sat down with a group of UnConferencers to share his seasoned  and personal perspective on what it really…
Innovation in complex arenas is not for the faint of heart! Modern products often require: *Software that lives outside the product *Digitized assembly lines…
I have been thinking about conflict a great deal lately, inspired in part by an ongoing conversation on Clubhouse between Palestinians and Israelis.  Could…