Pretty much every “state of corporate innovation” report confirms what we already know about corporate innovation:
- Innovation matters more than ever and organizations view it as a priority.
- Most organizations have plenty of ideas, but struggle mightily to convert promising ideas into real-world innovations.
- More than leadership, or funding, or anything else, corporate culture is the primary impediment to innovation success.
Imaginatik’s most recent state of innovation 2015 report isn’t that different.
There is nothing inherently wrong with doing these reports, the problem is that most nothing changes from one report to another. …
We live in world in flux, various trends are crashing into each other to create heaps of data that most businesses are only just starting to discover. Forward thinking businesses that are innovation driven have established a capability for capturing and interpreting the data, turning insight into game-changing ideas.
Finally, I’ve started a podcast! In this first episode my co-host Adrian Pedrin, Film Producer and Director, and I talk about virtual reality versus reality. In other words, what happens when people will prefer virtual experiences over reality?
People who are good at forecasting, including innovators, are good at changing their minds; an uncommon attitude. Changing ones mind contradicts the conventional wisdom of relying on experts for right answers. Truthfully, experts have no place in predicting future events because when it comes to discovering and predicting the unknowns, experts are overrated.