Do you know that feeling? A team is sitting together. The atmosphere is tense, the budget is gone, people are missing, and deadlines are looming. Everyone's talking about what can't be done. The list of limitations grows longer and longer. You're stuck in an innovation dead end. In the end, the frustration is greater than before, and you schedule a follow-up meeting because you haven't made any progress. I experience this so often, and of course, the same starting point exist

Psychological safety forms innovative teams Psychological safety seems to be a hot topic these days. Is it worth the hype? Whhat does it mean for innovation management? Imagine a team where every idea ca be openly discussed – even if it seems absurd at first glance. An environment where, instead of "No, but...", it's more likely to be "Yes, and...". Where a brief thought is seen as an invitation to develop something greater from it. Where mistakes are analyzed objectively tog

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Overcoming challenges Innovation itself is a big challenge for most companies. If we look closely, we can discover a lot of other challenges in innovation management at the operational level that innovation managers and project managers deal with on a daily basis. What are the most important of these in my opinion and what approaches could be helpful? Here you can find my thoughts on this. I continue with the second part of this topic and my #4 to #6. (The first part can be f

Overcome challenges Innovation itself is a major challenge for most companies. If we look closely, we can discover a lot of additional challenges at the operational level that innovation managers and project managers deal with on a daily basis. Here you can find my thoughts on six of the biggest innovation challenges and some advice on how to overcome them. Let's start with my #1 to #3: #1 Lack of innovation strategy An innovation strategy guides the innovation and determines

Motivation through innovation Why is it important for companies to run innovation activities? Of course, they need to be technologically competitive. To be successful on the markets. So that they can generate sales and build or keep a strong brand. But in my opinion that's not all: Active innovation management promotes corporate culture as well as the motivation and retention of employees! It is very diffucult these times to find skilled professional staff. The search for the

Innovation projects - and classic projects - similar and yet different Can innovation projects be managed with classic project management? If so, all you have to do is copy the company's standard project management process and apply it to the innovation projects. My question already suggests that I don't think it's that easy. Special characteristic of innovation projects Mostly, the above process refers to classic projects where the delivery item, the deliverable, and the pro