Innov8 program: a success so far
Innov8 is a new initiative within ABN AMRO that aims at unlocking the ‘wisdom of the crowd’. Innov8 is aimed at acquiring innovative ideas and supporting them in realization. First step in this process is inspiration. Read more
Featured White Paper: Disruptive Innovations at the Bottom of the Pyramid
Due to the different dynamics required for organizations to serve the emerging market which contains billions of people at the bottom of the pyramid (BOP), coupled with the increasing desire for organizations to grow and be more multinational, organizations need to continually innovate. However, the tendency remains for large and established companies to ignore the BOP market and rather focus on existing markets. This gives an indication of the existence of a vulnerability that potentially disruptive innovations from the BOP will not be recognized in good time for a counter measure. Read more
Why are Disruptive Innovations Ignored?
“You mean listening to customers can be a mistake?”
This was the question I was asked after delivering a presentation on Disruptive Innovation at the Bottom of the Pyramid in a conference on Trends in Finland. As odd as it might sound (especially to well trained MBA folks), in the face of disruptive innovation, listening to customers might be a roadmap to extinction.
iDexpress symposium ‘Valorisation in practice’
Last Wednesday the first symposium of a series on the theme ‘the practice of capitalizing on knowledge’ took place. Initiator of the event, iDexpress, had invited several speaker to share their experiences and knowledge on how to convert innovative ideas and inventions into valuable products. Read more
Portfolio management for innovation
Product development in the 21st century leaves organizations with few options: “Either you succeed at new product development and launch, or face a slow downward spiral into oblivion”(Robert G. Cooper). If organizations are not able to manage their innovation portfolios well, the results can be disastrous. Having too many or the wrong projects in your innovation portfolio will take away scarce resources that other projects need so badly. Read more
Smartjobs campaign takes off
Last week the Smartjobs campaign has launched within the ABN AMRO Bank. Smartjobs is a pilot project initiated by Dialogues Incubator and HR to stimulate knowledge sharing and learning within ABN AMRO Bank. Smartjobs are (internal) micro jobs (2 to 12 hours a week) that run for a period of three months maximum. Read more
All about Scrum – Jeff Sutherland in the Dialogues House
Scrum is so interesting to Dialogues because it forms a means to solve the biggest dilemma in large organizations today: how to get continuous innovation with disciplined execution. It was only a matter of time before we invited the inventor of Scrum, Dr. Jeff Sutherland, in the Dialogues House in order to tap into his knowledge and expertise on this remarkable tool. Tuesday June 7th was quite a hectic day for the crew of Dialogues Incubator, Dialogues House and Dialogues Technology. Our featured guest took center stage in an engaging event about Scrum and radical management that attracted more than 400 participants. Read more
Featured White Paper: Scrum beyond Software – How Dialogues Incubator Goes Agile
Scrum is a well-known approach to the management of software development projects. For a long time it had been a prerogative of the software industry, however, Jeff Sutherland’s experience of applying the scrum framework in church management and a venture capital group opened up new opportunities for employing scrum in various business contexts. Read more
