Finding innovative ideas in unexpected places
Looking far outside your own industry can yield surprising solutions to tough problems. A few years ago, executives…
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Eco-innovation: going beyond creating technology for technology’s sake
Slowly but surely, sustainable technologies are challenging business and transforming our outdated industrial model which is no longer…
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We Need a Definition of “Sustainability”… And Here It Is
“Sustainability” is a meme morphing into a buzzword. As “climate crisis,” “triple bottom line,” “carbon cap and trade,”…
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Finding the motivation for innovation
Where once employers looked for individuals with experience and know-how, now they want people who are willing to…
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The Performance Frontier: Innovating for a Sustainable Strategy
By now most companies have sustainability programs. They’re cutting carbon emissions, reducing waste, and otherwise enhancing operational efficiency….
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Innovation hurts. Governments make two mistakes trying to ease the pain
Niels Bohr, the Danish physicist who made a major contribution to quantum theory, said “prediction is hard, especially…
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Dirty Energy Taxes And Clean Energy Innovation
I am and have long been an unabashed advocate of carbon taxes and gas taxes, but… I have…
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Four Paths to Business Model Innovation
Business model innovation is a wonderful thing. At its simplest, it demands neither new technologies nor the creation…
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Five Uncommon Internal Innovation Examples
For the past few weeks I have been exploring some themes around innovation (in this post for why…
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Choose the Right Innovation Method at the Right Time
In the industries plagued by the most uncertainty, how do companies hold on to their ability to innovate?…
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Is Innovation More About People or Process?
What’s more critical to producing a breakthrough innovation – finding creative people or finding creative ideas? This is…
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Sustainability Matters in the Battle for Talent
Employees at semiconductor-chip-maker Intel recently devised a new chemistry process that reduced chemical waste by 900,000 gallons, saving…
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Building Innovation Into Sustainability: Keep Ahead Of Your Competitors
Gary Lawrence is Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer for AECOM Technology Corporation (NYSE: ACM), an $8-billion global…
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Executives in large companies often ask themselves, “Why aren’t we better at innovation?” After all, there is no…
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