In today’s post on Benzinga.com, we describe the decade-long effort undertaken by Whirlpool–at the direction of it’s CEO–to create an “innovation culture” and implement Enabler Model processes.
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Rob Wolcott teamed with KIN sponsor Jørn Bang Andersen to articulate insights on innovation culture gleaned from the Kellogg Innovation Network, published as the cover story in The Human Factor, a leading Indian business magazine. They key lessons are:
1. Nurture a sense of purpose
2. Operate as an ethical alternative
3. Celebrate smart failures
4. Create meaningful actionable [...]
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Recently, the Wall Street Journal’s Teri Evans contacted me regarding a challenge we’d all like to have: rapid growth. When we’re both great and lucky, entrepreneurs— corporate or independent—can end up with growth so brisk it overwhelms our ability to plan properly, scale efficiently and prepare for the future. Click here to see the article.
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In our post at Fast Company this week, we explain the Opportunist Model of Corporate Entrepreneurship and what you should do if you’re trying to build a new business in an environment without designated organizational ownership or resources. In general, the Opportunist Model works well only in trusting corporate cultures that are open to experimentation and have multiple [...]
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In our Fast Company post this week, Rob reports on his trip to Iceland last month with members of the Kellogg Innovation Network (KIN). The people of Iceland are coming together in the wake of the financial crash. Iceland has a long road ahead to pay down a debt equivalent to over 800% of GDP, [...]
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In theory, there’s no difference between theory and practice.
But in practice, there is.”
– Lawrence “Yogi” Berra, American Baseball Legend
How do you successfully build a corporate entrepreneurship capacity? Our research has found that it’s a multi-stage process.
The first key element is a mandate for growth or transformation accompanied by a vision that points in the general [...]
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3M’s innovation center, built about 3 years ago, sits across a pond from a “square mile of research labs” focused on dozens of different industry groups. The center’s focus is on exposing customers to the broad array of 3M technologies, in order to help create innovative solutions. I was part of a group of seven innovation [...]
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