Our View
Great innovation is imagining new ideas and turning these into new and valuable solutions for the many problems and needs that business and people face in their everyday world. Regardless of what the innovation is, it is our belief that innovation is not simply a lightning bolt of inspiration, but rather a learnable discipline. We can see it as a successful method in many past and current companies, and as a result, it is not a mystery requiring new discovery to understand and implement.
Our mission is to explore this concept and take you on a journey of learning; one that starts out identifying what you don’t know and ends up building your innovation skills into a true discipline that can help you and your organization become continuous innovators.
As part of that journey we’re pleased to be able to share what we have learned from working with and observing great innovators and towards that end we’ll be posting our most interesting articles and interviews here.
Who Are We?
We are a team innovation professionals that have worked with and written about many of the world’s most innovative companies, products and processes. The following is just a brief review of our backgrounds.
Dr. Jay Rao is a professor of Technology, Operations and Information Management at Babson College. His research and consulting has been on innovation processes, implementation and customer experiences. You can learn more about his work and experience at the following websites: my Babson faculty profile and you’ll find further information on my website at www.jayrao.org and watch my recent comments on the importance of innovation culture on YouTube:
James Watkinson is the founder of Weststar New Media and has created, managed, or written for internet publications covering a range of topics, including business, history, science, sports and travel. He has worked with innovators from organizations such as Apple, Starbucks, Southwest Airlines and NASA.
Fran Chuan is the founder of Dicere in Barcelona, Spain. Dicere is an HR consulting firm that provides executive, individual and group coaching for entrepreneurs as well as large firms. He has more than 25 years experience in the IT industry and speaks five languages from his experiences living and working in different countries. Dicere has worked with firms like Danone, Reckitt Benckiser, Computer Sciences Corporation, Granini and Repsol-YPF, among others. Dícere has developed and implemented a proven methodology to help organizations improve their Idea Generation, Strategic Thinking and Interpersonal Communication in the Project Life-Cycle Management. Dicere has offices in Spain and the U.S. Learn more about Dicere at http://www.dicere.es
