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Robert Brands

Robert Brands
Innovation Coach and Author of "Robert's Rules of Innovation" Past CEO of Airspray the manufacturer that brought instant foaming dispensers like hand soap to market

Innovation is Creativity x Risk Taking

Innovation is impossible to achieve without taking a necessary amount of risk. In a world where the success rate of new product entries in...

Can Innovation Be a Structured Repeatable Process?

When Innovation comes to mind, the first thing people may think of is creativity, spontaneity, or a momentary stroke of genius. But can innovation...

New Intellectual Property Exchange Streamlines Patent Trading

In the research and development industry where innovations build on top of other innovations, obtaining patents to protect intellectual property is of the utmost...

Innovation and the Individual

Although we need teams to make things happen, innovation can occur on an individual basis. For an individual to create innovation, he or she...

What Do Innovators Have in Common?

In the Innovator's DNA we discussed whether innovators are born or made. Research has shown that creativity is not a genetic predisposition but a...

Innovation: 3M’s lessons to be learned

While Apple is often the most highly touted company for its innovation success, 3M is a global innovation company that has remained under the...

Finding and Applying Serendipitous Innovations

Innovation is all around us, and if you see it, observe and learn from it so that you can use the idea elsewhere. A...

Five Key Innovation Questions to Ask

There are plenty of reasons to innovate. Especially now more than ever before, sustained Innovation is the means to developing marketplace showstoppers that lead...

Creativity Does Not Equal Innovation

Innovation and Creativity are words that are at times used interchangeably in the research and development process, but they have two distinct meanings. While...

Three Issues that Stifle Innovation, and How to Overcome Them

As an innovation leader, you know how important a culture of sustained innovation is to the survival of your organization. However, there are many...

Managing the Uncertainty of Open Innovation

One of the hottest topics in business management today is open innovation. The concept uses an open business model for companies to "co-innovate" with...

Top Ten Tips for Selling Your Idea to Executives

Besides possessing creativity and resilience, the best innovators are the ones who can effectively communicate and "sell" their ideas to upper management. Innovators often...

How to Build an Innovation Leader

Every organization needs an Innovation champion. This very important role requires exceptional people skills and communication skills, and the ability to be a master...

2012 Innovation Resolution: Turning Ideas Into Money

Innovation is an indispensable force that turns ideas into money. It is the lifeblood of any organization. In order to implement sustainable Innovation in...

Innovation & Best Practices, Then & Now

Exactly 100 years ago December 17, an explorer found glory upon the Antarctic continent. One month later, his rival met a bitter, sad end....

5 Tips to Innovate in 2012

As the New Year approaches, it is the perfect time to reexamine the Innovation efforts for your organization. A strategy for sustainable innovation is...

Innovation Democratization: How to Get the Most Out of Your Team

Innovation in the new product development process is to assemble a team. While the organization's leader may be tempted to call in "the usual...

Set the Stage for Action: The Innovation Audit

As a leader in your organization, you know how important sustainable Innovation is for increasing profit and shareholder value. It is time to take...

The Innovator’s DNA

Are Innovators born or made? That is the question authors Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen and Clayton Christensen address in their new book, "The Innovator's...

Innovation Failure is a Learning Experience

Nearly every attempt at success is met with failures along the way, and properly managing those failures can actually benefit the Innovation process. As...

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