by ixl | Mar 6, 2018 | White Papers
We want to demystify innovation and share with you a simple framework to create your own innovation breakthroughs. This framework was developed based on our research and analysis of similarities and difference of over a hundred innovation breakthroughs across...
by ixl | Mar 6, 2018 | White Papers
Changing climate patterns, rising sea levels, more extreme weather systems; every year the world is confronted with further evidence that the global environment is changing. And it is becoming more apparent that humans have a strong role in these changes....
by ixl | Mar 6, 2018 | White Papers
The first article summarized some of the major drivers behind the sustainability trend. We also described three common success factors for building innovative sustainability businesses that were behind most of the Sustainability Innovations we examined: Patient...
by ixl | Mar 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
Over the last thirty years, the importance of innovation as a core driver of business value has increased to the point where few CEOs would disagree. Unfortunately, most companies are not able to innovate in financially meaningful ways. And for those companies that...
by ixl | Mar 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
Many business people live in a contradiction when it comes to understanding an important aspect of business and technical innovation in Japan and Korea. On one hand, they marvel at the business success stories found in corporations like Honda or Sony. On the other...
by ixl | Mar 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
All business models are not alike. Unfortunately, many executives look at their own firm’s business model as a given—as the natural, the best, or perhaps even only way to make money in a given industry. But, in reality, there are many, many business models that...
by ixl | Mar 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
What Business Sectors are in Need of Innovative Thinkers? As the world creeps out of the worst financial crisis in decades, company leaders must avoid falling back into bad business habits that preceded it. One of these habits is a lack of attention to innovation....
by ixl | Mar 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
What is the difference between a leader and a manager? Figuring out the distinction between leaders and managers might seem like an academic question to some, but getting the answer right has tremendous, real-world impact. In my last article, I discussed the fact that...
by ixl | Mar 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
How Can We Encourage Employees to Think More Innovatively? There are many barriers to thinking more innovatively. The trick is to overcome or compensate for those barriers. But this is not easy. In fact, these barriers are hard to overcome because they often become...
by ixl | Mar 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
Uniting Innovative Approaches with Sustainability Practices Although widely used, the concept of innovation is often misused. The same could be said with the concept of sustainability. For our definition of greenovations, we combined our description of business...
