Charles Fishman of Fast Company has written a fine article about Toyota’s US factories, pointing out how much effort the people at Toyota are investing to make continuous improvements “a way of living” – rather than pushing bigger changes from time to time.
Business Week has a podcast interview on how innovation works at Whirlpool (see also Whirlpool – Creativity Overflowing here) Innovation at Whirlpool is championed at all levels, starting with the CEO. But what are the benefits of incorporating innovation-centered thinking? And how can the return on innovation be measured?
HBR IdeaCast features Rosabeth Moss Kanter on innovation traps (well, you know them all, they’re rather old, but persistent and they still put your innovation efforts at peril …). Here’s the podcast by HBS, i.e. IdeaCast. Harvard Business School Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter talks with Harvard Business Review’s Cathy Olofson about innovation and some of […]
Following up the last post, have a look at this short interview with Mark HJohnson of Innosight:Innovation Q&A. On the role of knowledge management, related systems and the importance of knowledge brokering and gardening in the innovation process: Q: Is there a formal process for tapping into the knowledge of your workforce? Mark Johnson: We […]
Der geschätzte Martin Röll mit einem lesenswerten Beitrag zur krampfhaften Suche nach Web 2.0 Geschäftsmodellen und zu Fragen wie “Was ist das Geschäftsmodell des Web 2.0?” (naiv) oder “Wir suchen nach neuen Geschäftsmodellen im Web2.0” (schon besser). Einige Highlights daraus, ergänzt um sinnvolle Ergänzungen und Erweiterungen. Lustig find ich hier immer die Suche nach “Neuen […]
Interesting Businessweek special on the future of outsourcing, asking what are the pitfalls to avoid and what are the best practices to follow.
Die neue Ausgabe von McKinsey Wissen sieht interessant aus, nicht zuletzt weil eine gute Frage behandelt wird: [Müssen Innovationen] wirklich bahnbrechend sein oder reicht nicht bereits der bessere Produktionsprozess oder der intelligentere Service?
