Innovation Articles

By Pearl Zhu

Five Innovation Practices for Building & Managing an Innovation Program

Apr-01-20

The essence of innovation is made of trying the different combinations of known things to create new stuff and figure out the better way to do things. Digital innovation is the incremental improvement – radical innovation continuum. Different organizations have different strengths and competencies to innovate. It takes strategies, disciplines, and daily practices to flex the “innovation muscle“ and renew creative energy to reach the next level of innovation maturity.


Five Principles of Innovation Measurement

Jan-23-20

What gets measured gets managed. Innovation is not serendipity; it’s a managed process of transforming novel ideas to achieve their business value. You can only manage what you measure.


Five Bottlenecks of Digital Innovation

May-01-19

Most good ideas emerge from business interactions, not single individuals. Therefore, 3 ”C” (Communication, Collaboration, and Consistency) elements are necessities for keeping ideas flow and practicing effective idea management to achieve their business value continually.


Five Perspectives of Innovators

Jan-29-19

Why can innovators find more view spots than others? Why can innovators think different and connect unusual dots effortlessly? Innovators see possibility in the world when most people only see the way that they have been told. Innovators are the rare breed, but innovators are also among us and within us. Here are five perspectives of being innovative.


Five Digital Profiles of Innovators

Oct-09-18

Innovation is about the future, without it, you lose sight of tomorrow. Innovation is an exceptional, exclusive, and realistic idea that separates you from others without a second thought. Innovation can happen anywhere in the organization and its ecosystem. Digital innovation has a broader spectrum, hybrid nature, and deep context. You have to systematically develop the business competency to execute it successfully, and that is something you do not accomplish overnight.


The Five Digital Flavors of Innovation

Sep-11-18

Innovation must become your business routine and corporate culture to renew creative energy. Digital innovation has a broader spectrum and the hybrid nature. It comes in the variety of flavors and there are many opportunities in an enterprise to taste it. The companies who get the most from innovation effort have the right ambition, open leadership, and culture quintessential.