Categories: Innovation Insights
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One day, not so long ago, a Vice President of R&D decided to revamp the process of generating ideas and concepts at the front-end of his innovation process. Innovation had recently been expanded to include new areas such as packaging, supply chain, and consumer insight. In addition [...]
Entries from April 2006
April 13, 2006
The Naked Emperor: Part 2 – The Do-It-Yourself Vice President
April 13, 2006
The Naked Emperor: Part 1 – 100,000 Ideas
Categories: Innovation Insights
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One day, not so long ago, the CEO of a venerable, well-known company, decided on a whim to collect 100,000 ideas. It was not quite a whim, though. The executive team wanted to celebrate the 100th anniversary of their company, and this year had been designated the [...]
April 13, 2006
The Naked Emperor: An Introduction
Categories: Innovation Insights
We all remember the children’s fairy tale of the Emperor with No Clothes. The courtiers complimented his style, a parade was held in his honor – and yet it took a naïve little boy to state the obvious: the emperor was naked.
In this day and age, the emperor would have been lucky to [...]
