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Are you an innovator?

At Forbes.com, Clayton Christensen authored an article that gives his perspective on what an organization needs to be doing to consider themselves as “innovating”.  The questions that Clayton posed were: 1. Do I have a balanced portfolio with different types of growth stratagies? 2. Have I allocated

Phil McKinney
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Are you an innovator?

At Forbes.com, Clayton Christensen authored an article that gives his perspective on what an organization needs to be doing to consider themselves as “innovating”.  The questions that Clayton posed were:



1. Do I have a balanced portfolio with different types of growth stratagies?
2. Have I allocated resouces to achieve a balanced innovation portfolio?3. Do I have a distinct screening and shaping process for different types of opportunities?

Some questions that I think Clayton is missing in his list are:

4. Do I have a regular process to measure innovation as a new corporate success criteria?

5. Do I included innovation as a skill criteria for new hires?

6. Have I established a skills training program for creativity and innovation?

Link to the full article

(Thanks Drew)

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Phil McKinney is an innovator, podcaster, author, and speaker. He is the retired CTO of HP. Phil's book, Beyond The Obvious, shares his expertise and lessons learned on innovation and creativity.

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