Monthly Archives: May 2010

Building An Innovation Process In Larger Companies

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Stuart Cross

Most breakthrough innovation is developed and delivered by small and new-start companies with nothing to lose. Large corporations that are truly innovative are all too rare. However, it need not be so. If innovation is to be sustainable in an … Continue reading →

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How To Improve Your Chances Of Getting Your Business Proposals Approved

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Stuart Cross

Many of you have to prepare business proposals. But what is the system that you follow, and what is your success rate? The chart above demonstrates the importance of the process to getting your ideas and proposals heard and approved. Instead … Continue reading →

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Innovation: Steal, Don’t Imitate

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Stuart Cross

The skill is to make it into something better or different. As TS Elliot once wrote: “Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something … Continue reading →

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Aligning Strategy And Innovation

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Stuart Cross

Innovation is not just about new product development. Most of the innovation literature focuses on the companies that excel in developing new game-changing products and services, but this is only one aspect of innovation. I have written elsewhere that there … Continue reading →

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In The Dark: Leadership Lessons From The UK Election

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Stuart Cross

Click on the link to read my article, In The Dark: Leadership Lessons From The UK Election, which has just been posted on BNET. © Stuart Cross 2010. All rights reserved.

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