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Ashes to Ashes, Bytes to Bytes
She didn't have to die. She was young, she was beautiful, and, yes, she was exciting. Now she's gone, and it was all so unnecessary - so, so senseless!
Dare I say what he did to her? Do I "point the finger" at him? Someone has to, I...
Being Creative is Essential for Online Success
Do you have a strategy that ensures your online business stands out from the crowd? If your answer to the above is NO then you need to address this issue, because if you don’t, it is unlikely that your online presence will even be noticed. ...
Innovation Management – Diversity Can Make All The Difference
Companies are welcoming a diverse range of employees (The Sunday Times, April 10 2005). Doh!
It is incredible that this concept is getting coverage in 2005. I mean, how many new ideas, novel ideas and divergent thinking is going to come from an...
Innovation Management – The Hype Cycle
Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation.
There are distinct processes that enhance problem identification and idea...
The Primary Purpose of Business
Consider the following quote from author and Fortune 500 business consultant, Lance Secretan: "The primary purpose of an organization is not to make a profit. It is to help human beings grow, express their creativity, contribute their...
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Creativity And Innovation - Large Firms Versus Small Firms
There is a pervasive assumption that small firms are more creative and innovative than larger firms. That is, they identify problems and generate ideas (creativity) and idea select, develop and commercialise (innovate) those ideas to a greater degree than larger firms. However, there is a large degree of untruth to this assumption:
a) Small firms suffer from a different set of problems than larger firms. Small firms, for example, tend to lack resources whereas larger firms tend to have more resources but may be less ready for wholesale adaptation in times of radical change. But these limitations do not mean that one is more innovative than the other. The sheer availability of resources means larger firms should be able to innovate along product, process, positioning and paradigm lines more often.
b) Large firms register more patents than small firms.
c) Relatively little data is available about innovation in small firms.
d) Most research of small firms has been conducted in the technology sector – a very small sample with it’s own idiosyncrasies – the very large investments that some tech firms get skews the data.
e) There is little data analysing whether the innovations produced by small firms has any significance at all.
f) Small firms will inevitably tend to suffer a lack of intellectual cross-pollination and frame breaking and higher
degrees of path dependency and parochialism.
g) There is confusion between organisational size and team size. Small teams working with direct access to decision makers in large organisations can be just, if not more (with larger resources), effective than small firms.
These and other topics are covered in depth in the MBA dissertation on Managing Creativity & Innovation, which can be purchased (along with a Creativity and Innovation DIY Audit, Good Idea Generator Software and Power Point Presentation) from http://www.managing-creativity.com/
You can also receive a regular, free newsletter by entering your email address at this site.
Kal Bishop, MBA
About the Author: Kal Bishop is a management consultant based in London, UK. He has consulted in the visual media and software industries and for clients such as Toshiba and Transport for London. He has led Improv, creativity and innovation workshops, exhibited artwork in San Francisco, Los Angeles and London and written a number of screenplays. He is a passionate traveller. He can be reached on http://www.managing-creativity.com/
Source: www.isnare.com
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