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Sep 5, 2024 · Innovation doesn’t just come from serendipity. Leaders who nurture great ideas rely on concrete mechanisms to ensure that they see the right ideas, give them breathing room to develop, …

Aug 1, 2025 · Innovation is often the gold standard for firms looking to grow profits and become leaders in their industries. But given the steep cost of failure, is a relentless pursuit of innovation always ...

Feb 19, 2025 · In this episode, Kasra Ferdows, an operations management professor at Georgetown University, explains how open digital platforms facilitate innovation and problem solving by making …

Jul 14, 2025 · New research reveals a likely culprit of stalled innovation efforts: Teams are blending incompatible learning activities at the wrong times. The highest-performing teams don’t try to do ...

In business, innovation rarely springs from a flash of inspiration. It arises from a cold-eyed analysis of seven kinds of opportunities.

May 13, 2025 · Serendipity has led to many scientific breakthroughs. For instance, Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin while doing research on influenza. But unlike scientists, business leaders and …

Despite a multitude of initiatives in cross-sector collaboration and open innovation, businesses still struggle to support the development of game-changing ideas. The authors argue that the ...

Jun 21, 2017 · Innovation is, at its core, about solving problems — and there are as many ways to innovate as there are different types of problems to solve. Just like we wouldn’t rely on a single …

Feb 12, 2025 · The key to unlocking innovation from diverse perspectives is constructive dissent: a team’s ability to engage respectfully in the exchange of conflicting viewpoints. As a norm, or pattern …