Seize the right moment
Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2024 5:26 am
nnovation is not a department, not a person, but a way of thinking. And even though people naturally tend to bark at everything they don’t know, anyone can learn to think innovatively and see opportunities.
Lewis Duncan of Dartmouth University in the US once described innovation as 'turning ideas into invoices'. Although this quote is nicely applicable to the business world, it does not apply to healthcare, government and the non-profit sector. That is why innovation expert Gijs van Wulfen came up with his own definition for innovation: 'realizing new, feasible, relevant products, services, processes or experiences with a viable business model.'
He emphasizes that certainly not every improvement is immediately an innovation. Change happens step by step, according to planning, with a specific goal. Innovation is done in big leaps and involves risks.
To arrive at the right mindset for hong kong mailing database innovation, Van Wulfen drew up a six-step plan. He wrote the book Innoveer jezelf (aff.) about it. Below is a short summary of his ideas.
Innovation is the realization of new, feasible, relevant products, services, processes or experiences with a viable business model.
There is no point in starting innovation like a headless chicken. First try to figure out whether your organization and you are ready for a major renewal. Sometimes that is precisely the moment that you want to stimulate new growth, to rise to greater heights as a company. But it may also be that you need a boost because of a previous decline in growth, for example due to a reorganization. In short: want to innovate versus need to innovate.
Lewis Duncan of Dartmouth University in the US once described innovation as 'turning ideas into invoices'. Although this quote is nicely applicable to the business world, it does not apply to healthcare, government and the non-profit sector. That is why innovation expert Gijs van Wulfen came up with his own definition for innovation: 'realizing new, feasible, relevant products, services, processes or experiences with a viable business model.'
He emphasizes that certainly not every improvement is immediately an innovation. Change happens step by step, according to planning, with a specific goal. Innovation is done in big leaps and involves risks.
To arrive at the right mindset for hong kong mailing database innovation, Van Wulfen drew up a six-step plan. He wrote the book Innoveer jezelf (aff.) about it. Below is a short summary of his ideas.
Innovation is the realization of new, feasible, relevant products, services, processes or experiences with a viable business model.
There is no point in starting innovation like a headless chicken. First try to figure out whether your organization and you are ready for a major renewal. Sometimes that is precisely the moment that you want to stimulate new growth, to rise to greater heights as a company. But it may also be that you need a boost because of a previous decline in growth, for example due to a reorganization. In short: want to innovate versus need to innovate.