Deep dive Absorptive capacity This explores the concept of AC and its implications for building innovation management capability
Posts By: John Bessant
Deep dive – Supply chain learning
Supply chain learning This deep dive explores the theme of shared learning and innovation across supply chains and suggests that the competitive advantage of firms like Toyota owes much to sustained implmentation of this approach
Deep dive – Servitization
Servitization This deep dive explores the growing shift towards a service economy with even large scale manufacturers changing their approach.
Transcripts of Torbay Hospital videos
Transcripts are available for: video 1Process Innovation In A Hospital Setting Video 2 Improving The Patient Experience in Torbay Hospital Video 3-Enabling Innovation in a Hospital Setting
Deborah Meaden on sustainable innovation
This is a link to a discussion between David Nussbaum, Chief Executive of WWF and Deborah Meaden, a successful entrepreneur and panelist on the TV series ‘Dragon’s Den’.
Process innovation at Torbay hospital
In these videos medical staff from Torbay Hospital UK, talk about their work in trying to make improvements to service quality and patient experience Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 You can find transcripts of the videos here
New resources added – videos and cases
Two videos added – John Bessant talking about: Exploring innovation space Managing knowledge spaghetti New case added – Pixar Studios
Exploring innovation space
In this video John Bessant talks about using the 4Ps approach to help explore innovation space
Managing knowledge spaghetti
In this video John Bessant talks about some of the challenges and opportuntties in the world of open collective innovation
Pixar case study
Pixar is one of the most successful animation studios in the world. Recently bought by Disney it has a long track record of innovation and this case explores some of the underlying management approaches which it has learned and embedded.