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Innovation: The New Competitive Equation

Examining Innovation Strategies and Roadblocks in Today’s Enterprise

In today’s innovation economy, institutions of all types and sizes are challenged to rethink and redesign the future. To do so, they must embrace innovation-driven business cultures, processes and platforms, break down barriers to change, and empower innovation leaders and thinkers across and beyond corporate boundaries.

Innovation: The New Competitive Equation represents the BPI Network’s first annual state-of-innovation study. It looks at what our members and other leading executives around the world are saying and doing about innovation within their organizations and the roadblocks, accelerants, challenges and opportunities they see. Our findings are based on a survey of more than 200 top executives across the globe, coupled with qualitative interviews from some of our top board members. We hope our findings and analysis will be helpful to agents of change around the world.

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May 12, 2023 – Fear of Failure Hampers Innovation
Training Magazine
Organizations worldwide have increased their focus on innovation. Yet, too often, they’re stymied by ingrained fear of failure and internal politics, as well as a lack of clear strategies and repeatable processes to make innovation measurable and accountable across the enterprise, according to a study released by the Business Performance Innovation Network. Read more »

April 30, 2023 – Innovation: The New Competitive Equation
Andrea Stroud, APQC
This month, the Busines Performance Innovation (BPI) Network published a report,Innovation: The New Competitive Equation. The report examines innovation strategies and roadblocks in today’s enterprise. According to the report, 79% of survey respondents currently rate their companies’ commitment to innovation as very high or growing. While the intention is there, companies are still experiencing significant roadblocks.   Read more »

April 29, 2023 – New Report Takes a Snapshot of the Innovation Race
Business Management Daily, Business Management Daily
In an age where start-up innovation is disrupting industries across the globe, legacy corporations must reinvent their business strategy in order to remain competitive. That means there is no longer any stone left unturned in generating the best possible products and services out there. Top companies are stripping away the barriers to harness the best ideas from customers, partners, R&D teams, external technologies and literally every member of staff. Read more »

April 14, 2023 – Universities Breed Risk Aversion, Not Innovation
USDR, US Daily Review
Organizations worldwide have increased their focus on innovation. Yet, too often, they’re stymied by ingrained fear of failure and internal politics, as well as a lack of clear strategies and repeatable processes to make innovation measurable and accountable across the enterprise, according to a study released today by the Business Performance Innovation (BPI) Network.  Read more »

April 14, 2023 – Innovation- The New Competitive Equation
Innovation Enterprise, Innovation Enterprise
As executives across industries respond to profound global competition and business realignment, commitment to innovation is at the forefront of the minds of top companies around the world. The infographic explores why, and how, many companies are investing in innovation. Read more »

April 6, 2023 – Fear of Failure, Politics Hamper Innovation in the Enterprise, Says New Study
Culture, Strategy and Structured Process, PR Newswire
Organizations worldwide have increased their focus on innovation. Yet, too often, they’re stymied by ingrained fear of failure and internal politics, as well as a lack of clear strategies and repeatable processes to make innovation measurable and accountable across the enterprise, according to a study released today by the Business Performance Innovation (BPI) Network.  Read more »

April 1, 2023 – Innovation. The New Competitive Equation.
Brightidea, Brightidea
Brightidea sponsored with BPI Network to create a highly informative innovation research study that examines innovation strategies and roadblocks in the enterprise today. Learn how to shape your innovation strategy based on key insights revealed by over 200 top executives across the globe. Download report here. Read more »

May 6, 2023 – How to Stand Out as an Innovator
Dennis McCafferty, Baseline Magazine
Organizations are increasingly committing to innovation and are seeking employees who are willing to challenge the status quo and traditional thinking, according to a recent survey from the Business Performance Innovation (BPI) Network.  Read more »

April 11, 2023 – To Become More Innovative: A Mindset Shift is Required
ILF Website Admin, Innovation Leadership Forum
Bettina has been asked to contribute to the perspective piece on:”Innovation: The New Competitive Equation” of ‘Brainwaves‘, BPI’s Networks Journal. She decided to focus her article on: what it takes to become more innovative. We are delighted to share with you today her thoughts on the subject. Read more »

May 7, 2023 – Innovation: What it Means for the CIO, the IT Staff, and the Organization
David Weldon, FierceCIO
Certain obvious technology trends are driving much of the increased IT hiring in 2015, but above all else is the desire to find technology leaders and professionals that can drive innovation. This isn’t an abstract topic either. Innovation and creativity are near the top of the candidate’s must-have list for an increasing number of IT recruiters and hiring managers FierceCIO has spoken with in recent months. Within this article, BPI has addressed these topics with a few solutions. Read more »