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What is innovation?
Systematic innovation
Innovation ecosystem
Applying I-squared-P definition of innovation
What is Systematic Innovation?
Organizational innovation ecosystem
Chance favors prepared mind: Pasteur’s first law of innovation
What can innovation movement in India learn from Quality movement?
4 types of innovations: BusinessWeek classification
Joseph Schumpeter's 5 types of innovations (100 year old classification)
Mahatma Gandhi and the heart and the soul of systematic innovation
A century of systematic innovation: From Edison to Lafley
A century of systematic innovation: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
A century of systematic innovation: My favorite milestones (Part-1, Part-2 and Part-3)
Thomas Edison's method of innovation
Jamsetji Tata's method of innovation
Business model,
Business moat,
Competitive advantage,
Strategy
What is your business model?
Warren Buffett and Disruptive innovation
What kind of moat does your business have?
When Warren Buffett invests in business model innovation
Strategy as surfing a wave: David Grossman's moment of recognition at IBM
Strategy as surfing a wave #2: More MORs (Moments of Recognition)
Strategy as surfing a wave #3: Grossman-Patrick story and "dog that didn't bark analysis"
Strategy as surfing a wave #4: What do successful surfers do?
Letting a wave pass by: Story of Warren Buffett's non-investments in Intel and Microsoft
Why does Geoffrey Moore say, "Being innovative is not enough"?
Thomas Edison and the patent paradox
Kodak: story of how George Eastman resolved patent paradox
Centenary of a blue ocean: Ford Model T
“Predatory leap” metaphor of Prof. Rumelt
iPhone and Blackberry: Competitors and Complementors
Is your business model sticky?
Richard Rumelt’s 9-point hard-times survival guide
My favorite Buffettisms
Strategy and the fat smoker: Why insights don’t always translate into actions
Kodak is toast: insights from Bill Gates at Buffett Group meeting
Game of shorting: is it really easier to figure out the losers?
When growth chokes your business: lessons from Subhiksha retail
Tata Nano: How the story evolved over the years
Innovation framework,
Innovation engine,
innovation process,
innovation capacity,
innovation effectiveness
How innovative are you? A simple innovation dashboard
Want to increase capacity of your innovation factory? Check your C-E-O
Assessing capacity of innovation engine using CEO model
Thomas Edison the father of systematic innovation
Assessing efficiency of your internal innovation bazaar
Rigor and rhythm of innovation review: a P&G example
Going beyond idea contest #3: Building innovation sandboxes
Bangalore 10K run and a (N=1, R=G) model
Open innovation insights from P&G’s Connect + Develop
More open innovation insights from P&G’s Connect + Develop
Dynamic innovation sandbox: Where thinking inside the box matter
Innovation custodians and their innovation philosophies
Lower your batting average to increase innovation productivity
Innovation sandbox: a low-cost grass-root level example
A look at Tata Nano through "Dynamic Innovation Sandbox" lens
INSSAN Convention: Sources and types of innovations
Idea generation & Sources of innovation
Innovation trigger: idea vs. insight
Three sources of innovation: pain, wave and waste
Do ideas float in the air?
Going beyond idea contests
Immersive research: P&G’s approach of getting deep customer insights
Discipline of full body immersion: lessons from Ganesha and Bill Gates
Reva and Nano: 2 approaches to innovation
Searching the source of "low-cost car" idea in India
Idea selection, management of risk
4 types of risks every innovator should be aware of
Black swan and the laws of Mediocristan vs Extremistan
Insight, entrepreneurial mindset and principle of affordable loss
Impossible problems and successful approaches: Story of Fermat’s Last Theorem
Clean slate enquiry & strategic insight: Story of Intel’s exit from memory business
Lego: story of an innovative company that forgot cost of innovation
Overcoming prediction disability: Applying the black swan wisdom to idea selection
Appreciating the promise of underdog technology: story of Henry Ford's first meeting with Edison
Edison's folly and understanding the exposure to negative Black Swan
Margin of safety: my most favorite insight of 2009
1930: The year when Benjamin Graham re-discovered "Margin of safety"
Killing an idea: the good, the bad and the ugly way
What legends learn from gambling: Warren Buffett & the rules of the racetrack
Prototyping, experimentation
Prototyping: A foundational competency of every innovator
4 levers of systematic experimentation: Story of Wright brothers
Two experimentation loops in an innovation: the story of Watt-Boulton steam engine
Prototyping to clarify requirements: a 747 experience
Why do you say innovation is difficult, Mr. Feynman?
Story of how Google's AdSense almost got killed
A low-cost experiment that crystallized Deccan Aviation's vision
Prototyping new roles: story of Malaysian airlines
Acharya Jagadis Chandra Bose: The father of systematic experimentation in India
Idea communication, idea selling, idea diffusion
Managers are from Mars and storytellers are from Saturn
Cabbages and condoms: Story of how Mechai gives something to talk about
Story of how Bill Gates brings a little reality to the room
Idea communication: The Edison way
Generative metaphors: Disney’s “cast members” vs Subway’s “sandwich artists”
Why do you say - innovation is difficult, Mr. Feynman?
Deconstructing curiosity flow from Steve Jobs iPod launch presentation
Lessons from Einstein's career progression at Swiss Patent Office
In love with the villain: curse of knowledge
Bullet point jokes
Idea communication and curiosity gap theory
Going beyond bullet points: 1-day workshop on how to design effective presentations
Confirmation bias and curse of knowledge: The villain connection between “Black Swan” and “Made to stick”
Why don’t we hear stories in presentations? Story of (lack of) storytelling
Invoking emotion through one individual: Ann Nixon Cooper and Obama’s victory speech
Ideas don't die easily: Gopal Krishna Gokhale and "right to education" act
Evolution of systematic innovation in India
What can innovation movement in India learn from the Quality movement?
The corporation that changed the world: How the East Indian Company shaped the modern multinational
Story of the “Real Rancho”: Ranchhodlal Chhotalal (1823-1898) – a pioneer of Indian Cotton industry
From Jugaad to systematic innovation: A book launch experience at IIM Bangalore
Patents from India: Broad trends over the past 35 years
Jamsetji Tata’s vision of “University of Science” and Prof. Ramsay’s experiment
Innovations in the industrial sector in India: A Ratan Tata perspective
Idea management systems in India: Benchmark data from INSSAN
INSSAN 20th Annual Convention: where shop-floor innovators are the heros
INSSAN Convention: sources & types of innovations and a good practice
A look at Tata Nano through “Dynamic innovation sandbox” lens
3 idiots: Is it a crash course on innovation?
India as a hub for low-cost experimentation: my favorite theme from 6th India innovation summit
Jyotiba and Savitri Phule's girl school (1851): A radical innovation
Laxmanrao Kirloskar: A pioneer of Indian machine-tools industry
Electronic Voting Machine (EVM): An innovation from Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)
Entering the game-changer funnel: story of SAP Labs India
Walchand Hirachand Doshi: A daredevil innovator
Idea management systems
40 years, 20 million ideas: The Toyota suggestion system
William Denny and world's first and pioneering idea management system
8 characteristics of effective idea management systems
INSSAN 20th Annual Convention: where shop-floor innovators are the heroes
When Peter Drucker's suggestion creates a black market of ideas
Innovation and organizational culture
Climate for innovation
Change management
4 characteristics of an innovative culture
Saying “We need a culture of innovation” is mostly correct and useless
Adsense story: Role of environment and innovation process
Edgar Schein’s fundamental laws of organizational change
Why does Edgar Schein say, "A culture of innovation doesn't scale up"?
Rewarding innovation: what doesn't work - story of United Airlines
The myth of innovation DNA
3M's innovation storybook: a time travel experience through a culture capsule
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