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Grabbing Lightning
http://www.grabbinglightning.com
We are innovation enthusiasts. We’ve studied innovation in one form or another, as academics, for nearly two decades and worked with numerous companies beyond those we’ve studied to help them become more accomplished innovators. This blog discusses our observations.
Recent Posts
Introducing T. “Ravi” Ravichandran
I’m delighted to welcome Professor Ravichandran to our blog. Ravi has been a member of our research team since 2000. He has been working primarily on the development and fielding of two large surveys on management processes for breakthrough innova...
Do Executive Bonuses kill Breakthroughs?
Hope you all had a good Thanks giving!! Professor Henry Mintzberg of McGill University recently published a paper that caught my eye. First published in Sloan Management Review , and picked up by the Wall Street Journal, it’s a controversial ide...
Innovation Departments? Absolutely!
Amazing, Business week online posted a note about Rita McGrath’s latest statements regarding companies’ needs to structure innovation groups. Finally, perhaps, the world of large established businesses will begin to get the message. It...
Innovation in the business of Health Care? Absolutely
Last week Wednesday(10-21-2009), I had the distinct pleasure to chair a panel of distinguished representatives of the Health care industry. Five people with very different backgrounds and experience bases, came together to discuss the topic of “Inn...
Reverse Innovation is breakthrough innovation
Did you see last week’s Tuesday (10-20-2009) Wall Street Journal? Front page news:Indian Firms Shift Focus to the Poor . This article describes how Indian companies are unleashing their well trained engineering based workforce on the problem of de...
Engineers and Scientists: Welcome back!
Couldn’t help but read through the entire article on the front page of today’s Wall Street Journal: “As Riches Fade, so Does Finance’s Allure “. It talks about all the young college grads who major in materials science, engineering, co...

