10 Lessons of Innovation - Presentation

There are hundred of books and thousands of articles written on innovation with stories about the creation of breakthrough ideas and new business concepts. Often there is a lot of emphasis on different creativity and brainstorming approaches. But often missing is how ideas are being converted into growth businesses. That's the most difficult part. It's about mobilizing people, exploring technical feasibility, develop strategies to promote adoption, developing strategic alliances and managing risks. Along the way innovators face difficult decisions that are often contradictary and paradoxical. Here I share with you The 10 Lessons of Innovation which is a speech I gave to a group of executives a few months back. I hope it is self-explanatory and if not, I apologize as I have misplaced the notes from my speech, otherwise I would've included it here. If you have quesions on any slide, just post it here.

Comments

[Bart]

Hi Idris,

thanks for replying on my weblog and especially for doing so in Dutch :) I had a great time reading up on your blog (I’ve been a huge fan of Blast Radius and their vision ever since I’ve had the pleasure of visiting the Vancouver office, so your weblog was a great find! Unfortunately, the Dutch office doesn’t quite share the same reputation as their international counterparts) and I also believe that selling the idea is so much more important than just having it.

In addition, I think a lot of problems revolve around that first step after the idea phase. A question that comes to mind is this: how do you go from having an idea to getting to work? How do you make your idea actually happen.

In your view, what are key elements in these early stages?