innovation metrics
R&D Spending Is the Most Misleading Number in Business
The government collects the real R&D split from every public company. It's locked away by federal law. Here's how to estimate it anyway.
PayPal Spends $3 Billion on R&D. Almost None of It Is Research.
Enrique Lores just inherited a research gap a decade in the making. Here's what it will take to fix it.
The R&D Metric Mark Hurd and HP Got Wrong
How one flawed benchmark drove years of R&D decisions and quietly drained HP's innovation pipeline.
Elliott Is Inside HPE. We All Know What Happens Next.
The hidden ways activist investors destroy innovation, and what CEOs, Boards, and shareholders can do about it.
6 Innovation Metrics (KPIs) Every Organization Should Use
This week, we look at an old show that has recently come up. It is a show I did in February of 2012 about innovation metrics. We'll discuss the core set of innovation metrics that every organization should use. Bad Metrics Before we get started, I want to
The 8 Things Your Innovation Leader Should Bring To Your Organization S13 Ep18
Download The_8_Things_Your_Innovation_Leader_Should_Bring_To_Your_Organization_S13_Ep18.mp3 This is for CxO's or those who want to eventually be a CxO. How are you thinking about innovation within your organization? What are you doing to ensure that you have the right
We have a failure to execute … again!
One of the more common excuses used by management for innovations not making it in the market is a “failure to execute”. Is it really a failure to execute or a failure to give innovations enough execution focus compared to the core business? In the 7 Immutable Laws of Innovation, the Law of Executi
Is your compensation structure holding your organization back from innovation success?
I’ve been recently laid up recovering from some medical work that I had done. During this time, a number of my friends sent me their books to read. Needless to say, I’m well stocked with reading material for the forciable future. One person who recently gave me their new book (to be released […]
Can you measure the impact from innovation?
One of the constant challenges for an innovator is to prove the value of their work. Many believe that innovation and creativity cannot be measured and therefore will always struggle with getting the respect it deserves within an organization. The perception that innovation impact cannot be measure
Here Is The Metric That Can Predict Future Innovation Value
How do you measure the productivity of your innovation investment? The goal of any R&D organization is to conceive, develop and deliver product and/or services that customers will highly value and therefore be willing to pay a margin premium. The challenge is that the standard metric for innovation
