What is radical innovation anyway?
Radical innovation has become somewhat of a buzz word in the sustainability world in recent times, but what on earth does it actually mean? In the corporate sector, the term […]
Category Archives: Radical Innovation
Business as Unusual: Innovation and Sustainability Forum at Somerset House
Last night almost 200 people crammed into a room at Somerset House to discuss and share ideas on “Business as Unusual”. Thank you to all of our guests and supporters – the […]
The Lost Generation – the creative cost of youth unemployment
Unemployment in the UK is at the highest level since records began almost 20 years ago, with the young being hit disproportionately hard. Today, more than 20% of 16-24 year […]
Sustainability: driving or constraining innovation?
The fact that (radical) innovation is needed to change businesses and achieve a sustainable world has been argued on this blog already – it is, after all, its main building […]
Jo Nussbaum Guest Blog: Is innovation about complexity or simplicity?
There is a desperate need and, I would say, a desperate desire in our society today for innovation. We complain about rigid rules and same-old techniques in business and hold […]
Being radical ain’t easy!
Last time (‘Putting a square peg in a round hole?’), I discussed ways to embed creative innovation methodologies in ‘non-creative’ organisations. Now, let me explain what type of innovation this […]
Putting a square peg in a round hole?
Can the innovation tools used by creative industries be embedded into traditionally non-creative organisations? In a previous blog I wrote about an interesting workshop I attended, which taught some practical […]
Curb your enthusiasm – the argument against passion
Enthusiasm has inherent appeal. It is synonymous with energy and action. Many of us involved in environmental sustainability are passionate about achieving positive change. We approach our work with an […]
Money cannot be eaten
Some years ago, I moved into a rental house in which some previous tenants had left a picture at the top of the stairs bearing this American Indian Proverb: “Only […]
Systems Thinking & Radical Innovation
I recently had a discussion with someone on radical innovation (RI) and sustainability and he touched upon a goldmine: the importance of systems change in driving RI. I was asking […]
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