The careers of innovation leaders and intrapreneurs, Stefan Lindegaard
Interesting point of view on career paths and experience for innovation leaders. Interesting quote:
Talking about career paths for innovation leaders and intrapreneurs, this is my take on how it could look like:
Innovation Leader / Intrapreneur Career Path:
1. High School
2. University
3. Consulting company (for some)
4. Corporate work (business development / innovation)
5. New venture projects within an established corporation
6. Senior management (sponsoring innovation projects)
7. Semi-retire (consulting)
Another related entry by Stefan: The traits you need to be successful within innovation
Why Outsource Innovation Makes Sense, Reena Jana and Venessa Wong
Short article/blog entry on the Businessweek site about outsourcing innovation. An interesting quote:
The idea of outsourcing innovation might seem counterintuitive to the pressures of a recession, but it's a strategy that clients can use to provide fresh perspectives—and save themselves hours of time and effort in terms of industry research.
Some Resources
- futurethink – has a nice set of “Research and Tools” available if you register.
- Innosight – has a nice set of resources under “Innovation Resources” on their website.
Audio: Capturing the Upside, Clayton Christensen
This an old one – a keynote presentation at the Open Source Business Conference in 2004. It’s 108 minutes long, so be prepared to take sometime for this one.
Video: Clayton Christensen @ OCE Discovery 2009
This is a video from his Ontario Centres of Excellence Discovery 2009 conference. There are other videos from this conference at: Discovery Ontario Centres of Excellence 09