Strategies and actions from executives around the world for creating and maintaining workplaces where employees innovate and thrive; leading during crises; and elevating corporate social responsibility.…Read More
Safi Bahcall, author of the new book “Loonshots,” explains how structural factors like incentives around risk-taking are the key to fostering a culture of innovation throughout a firm.…Read More
Curtis Lefrandt and Nathan Furr shared lessons from their book, Innovation Capital: How To Compete—and Win—Like the World’s Most Innovative Leaders.…Read More
Managers have no shortage of advice on how to achieve organic sales growth through innovation. Prescriptions range from emulating the best practices of innovative companies like Amazon, Starbucks, and 3M to adopting popular concepts such as design thinking, lean startup principles, innovation boot camps, and co-creation with customers. …Read More
Why are some firms consistently able to grow faster than their rivals in the same industry? We employ dynamic capabilities theory to show that organic growth leaders excel because they have innovation prowess. …Read More
Malik Majeed, President and CEO of PRWT Services, explains how diversity within an organization can cultivate innovation.…Read More
Melissa Schilling, Professor at NYU Stern, discusses what we can learn from famously eccentric thinkers about encouraging innovation within organizations.…Read More
The “experience engineering” approach to innovation encourages designers to think about the series of emotions a user needs to feel in order to buy a product. Elisa Jagerson, CEO of Speck Design, argues that managers need to adopt a similar approach when trying to establish a culture of innovation.…Read More
To be more innovative, organizations need to adopt the practice of testing and experimenting with new ideas. Nate Fink of Microsoft Yammer explains why abolishing the fear of failure is essential to this process.…Read More
Our most recent conference examined the intangible factors that can make or break a company’s innovation outcomes.…Read More
The Wharton School’s Knowledge for Action Lifelong Learning world tour recently featured two Mack Center faculty, speaking on innovation culture and moving business beyond the status quo.
