Archive for September, 2008

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Innovation vs Design

There’s been a lot of coverage over the last couple of years around the word “design.”  Some people now regularly interchange the terms “design” and “innovation” as if they mean the same thing. They don’t. Innovation should be an inherent part of your strategy.  A strategy without explicit acknowledgment of the need for an innovation [...]

3 Comments » - Posted in Innovation CULTURE,Strategy by Roger Dennis

Friday, September 19th, 2008

The role of the corporate innovation team

Over at BankerVision, James Gardner weighs in on the importance of strategic innovation for financial institutions.  Having worked for egg (a London based online bank), and seen some of the thinking first hand, I agree entirely with his point: Try this experiment. Dream up some bank-important scenario. Create two stories, one in which the bank [...]

2 Comments » - Posted in Futures Thinking,Innovation CULTURE,Strategy by Roger Dennis

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

Bringing the future to life

An Australian television network has produced a TV movie set in 2012 that examines what happens to Sydney when it is faced with a combination of bush fires and water shortages. The movie – called Scorched – depicts a Sydney that has not received rain for 240 days.  To make the movie scenario really compelling, [...]

No Comments » - Posted in Futures Thinking,Strategy by Roger Dennis