Innovation Process

A company’s future depends on the new directions it explores and develops today — and that requires different structures and capabilities from incremental innovation.

Collaborators who begin with an ambiguous problem may get better innovation results than teams that define a problem at the outset.

Spotting structural similarities between unrelated concepts can help leaders break out of mental ruts and spark innovation.

IKEA didn’t give up on drones for inventory management after pilots fizzled — it came up with a better approach for testing new technologies.