by David Matheson | Dec 4, 2012 | Strategy
Company Description Verathon Inc. (a subsidiary of Roper Industries) is a medical device company whose mission is to provide state-of-the-art devices that offer innovative improvements in patient care. Products include electromechanical systems for use in health care...
by David Matheson | Nov 2, 2012 | Innovation Management
Lego nearly went bankrupt because of its innovation. Looking for new growth around the turn of the century, they took expert advice on how to grow through innovation and tried everything: open innovation, disruptive innovation, blue ocean, walking in their customers...
by David Matheson | Oct 26, 2012 | Innovation Management
At the recent Back End of Innovation conference, Ron Adner, author of The Wide Lens, gave real insight into one of the holy grails of innovation: how can you be successful when you need to create a new ecosystem? The almost tired example of the iPod illustrates what...
by David Matheson | Aug 24, 2012 | Resources
Maximize the Rate of Learning The traditional models of innovation, based on planning and making reasonable assumptions, don’t work. To make innovation work requires a radical rethink based on the reality of efforts that don’t go according to plan and that can achieve...
by David Matheson | Aug 24, 2012 | Innovation Management
The traditional models of innovation, based on planning and making reasonable assumptions, don’t work. To make innovation work requires a radical rethink based on the reality of efforts that don’t go according to plan and that can achieve unreasonable levels of...
