July 01, 2019
Fintech is fast becoming a global phenomenon, led by innovators and followed closely by academics, and now drawing the attention of regulators. Broadly, fintech is an umbrella term for innovative...
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July 01, 2019
The view of time that dominates conventional management thinking, including the Lean Startup movement’s “fail fast and pivot” approach, often leads to failure in the business model evolution of new...
1. Metric Definition A group of measures of the financial return of R&D or the innovation process, including the New Sales Ratio (the percent of current sales originating from new products), Cost...
Friday November 04, 2016 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Hear a recent OI success story -- the Corning OLED-Works Lighting Without a Bulb contest -- and how NineSigma's problem definition methodology was applied to achieve a successful outcome.
November 04, 2016
A Problem Definition Webinar As scientists, we know the truth in Charles Kettering’s insights that “A problem well stated is a problem half-solved”. Especially when engaging global innovators through...
What is the best way to organize a poster session to encourage remote team participation?
Thursday November 01, 2018
Time and Date: Thursday, November 1, 2018 12pm – 4pm (EST) Meeting location: Ohio Aerospace Institute 22800 Cedar Point Road Cleveland, OH 44142 (Facility tours will be held at NASA Glenn Research...
December 02, 2016
As emerging markets continue to grow in both size and economic influence, innovation managers at companies around the glove increasingly turn to those markets for new ideas that could catalyze their...
March 01, 2019
Since 1984, the Innovation Research Interchange (IRI) has surveyed R&D and innovation leaders about their actual activity and R&D budgets for the past year and their expectations and...
March 01, 2019
The next frontier in agriculture may well be indoors. Advances in crop science and energy technologies, against the backdrop of climate change and population growth, have spurred innovations in...
September 05, 2019
Bend or twist an ordinary pair of wire-frame eyeglasses too much, and they will never go back to their original shape. But a pair made from shape-memory wire springs right back, over and over again...
September 05, 2019
In their quest to become more innovative, many firms try out new innovation approaches that are brought in from the outside. Design thinking has been one of these sought-after innovation approaches...
September 05, 2019
Large corporations often face the challenge of changing themselves for a variety of reasons. The Lean Startup methodology, created to power innovation development in startups, can be applied to...
September 05, 2019
LEGO Group launched an Agile transformation of its corporate digital departments in early 2018; this transformation included the introduction of a new digital operating model. One year into the...
November 01, 2019
If the past is any indication, this century will belong to those regions and countries that have access to the greatest energy stores. Coal powered the British and German Empires in the late 19th and...
November 01, 2019
My journey to science started when I was six years old and my brother was born with Down’s syndrome. At that time no one—physicians or parents—could even begin to explain what happened when a baby...