Creating Disruptive Differentiation with Innovation Management

A key obstacle to implementing innovation is improper formulation - blending the right combination of essential innovation ingredients to fit your current culture and lay the foundation for your desired one. Pcubed's Hans Casteels shares the three people-management fundamentals you need in place to produce the building blocks of a truly innovative organization. Read article »

Sparking the Magic of Innovation: An Interview with Microsoft's Don Richardson

Don Richardson has helped Microsoft's largest customers understand the gaps in their innovation development processes. In this Pcubed interview, he explains why so many companies fall short in their efforts and shares the most important ingredient for succeeding as an innovation-led organization. You'll take away practical advice for setting up a structured approach to innovation in your firm. Read article »

Accelerating Innovation in R&D with Agile Portfolio Management

Portfolio management for innovation has surfaced as one of the most important senior management functions for research and development organizations because it dictates where and how a company will invest for the future. Pcubed's Shan Rajegopal and Peter Wilson lay out a case for how adopting agile portfolio execution, specifically, can accelerate innovation in your R&D operations. Read article »

Innovation in Social Entrepreneurship

Although most of us think about innovation in the context of business and industry, the non-profit sector has something to teach us about innovation as well. Todd Warren shares a dramatic story of an innovator who is focused on delivering a new kind of higher education in Ghana. Like Patrick Awuah, profiled in this piece, you too can learn how to adopt what you've learned in one industry and apply it in another. Read article »

Improving Delivery Capability in Australian Government with P3M3

The Australian Government has selected P3M3 as the basis for assessing project, program, and portfolio maturity within federal agencies. Pcubed's David Wells explains what P3M3 is and shows you what the next steps are for your agency in proving its capabilities to get the funding you want for the projects you need. Read article »

From the Archives

• 2009 : 05 : Hard Lessons: What Engineering Can Teach IT
  Engineering has a stronger record on successful program delivery than the business change and IT industry. Ky Nichol offers five key points for the IT industry to pick up on. Read article »
• 2009 : 12 : Manufacturing: The Year of Complete Innovation
  Where will manufacturers find the investment capital they need in 2010 to address dramatic shifts in consumer demands? Pcubed's Jonathan Smith proposes a "complete innovation" strategy to free up funds and build a foundation for growth. Read article »
• 2009 : 12 : Technology: Internal Innovations
  Supply chain instability has made for tough times with tech companies. Pcubed's Colin Brown expects those companies that thrive in 2010 to deliver innovation in two crucial areas: execution and planning. Read article »

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