Searching for innovation opportunities

Harvesting knowledge crops activity

Posted on September 8th, 2014 by John Bessant

This is an activity based on the idea of using core competencies as a source of opportunity for innovation.   Click here for Harvesting knowledge crops activity  

Lynne Maher interview

Posted on August 31st, 2014 by John Bessant

Lynne Maher, Head of Innovation at the UK National Health Service Institute for Innovation and Improvement talking about experience-based design and other approaches to innovation in the health sector.   A transcript of the interview is here

UK Design Council

Posted on August 31st, 2014 by John Bessant

The UK Design Council has been actively promoting a design approach to innovation for many years.  On its website there is a rich set of case examples, many with video illustration.

The Maker revolution

Posted on August 31st, 2014 by John Bessant

New technologies around computer-aided design and manufacturing have finally matured to the point where almost anything you can imagine can be made using technologies like 3-D printing.  In these videos Chris Anderson, of ‘Wired’ magazine, discusses the implications of this new industrial revolution. Video 1 Video 2

Model T Ford

Posted on August 31st, 2014 by John Bessant

Click here for case study.   And these two videos give some insight into the innovations in both product and process surrounding the Model T Ford. Video 1 Video 2  

Disruptive innovation

Posted on August 31st, 2014 by John Bessant

In these two videos Professor Clayton Christensen explains his theory of disruptive innovation Extended lecture: Short version:  

Helle-Vibeke Carstensen

Posted on June 23rd, 2014 by Sarah Booth

Helle-Vibeke Carstensen is responsible for innovation within the Danish Ministry of Taxation and in this video talks about some of the challenges of enabling innovation in the public sector.  There is a transcript of the interview here. More details can be found at: http://www.skm.dk/foreign/ She is also involved with Mindlab, an innovation support agency which

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Michael Bartl

Posted on June 23rd, 2014 by Sarah Booth

This is a video interview with Michael Bartl of Hyve, a German consultancy which specialises in innovation management.  It explores the use of new approaches to ‘crowdsource’ ideas and identify user needs.  There is a transcript of this interview here.

Emma Taylor – Denso Systems

Posted on June 20th, 2014 by Sarah Booth

In this video Emma Taylor of Denso Systems talks about some of the challenges in empowering and enabling employees to become part of a sustained innovation effort across the organization.  You can find a transcript of this interview here.

Gordon Murray Design

Posted on September 3rd, 2013 by John Bessant

Gordon Murray Design