6 days ago · Innovation Digital Article Wayne Johnson and Brian Lucas New research found that they worry about losing status—even when their employee’s innovative idea is a success.

Despite a multitude of initiatives in cross-sector collaboration and open innovation, businesses still struggle to support the development of game-changing ideas. The authors argue that the ...

Aug 1, 2025 · Innovation is often the gold standard for firms looking to grow profits and become leaders in their industries. But given the steep cost of failure, is a relentless pursuit of …

In business, innovation rarely springs from a flash of inspiration. It arises from a cold-eyed analysis of seven kinds of opportunities.

Feb 12, 2025 · The key to unlocking innovation from diverse perspectives is constructive dissent: a team’s ability to engage respectfully in the exchange of conflicting viewpoints. As a norm, or …

Dec 4, 2025 · Afeyan shares the organizational models and practices that work best to produce innovation, the difference between managing risk and managing uncertainty, and what …

The authors warn that adopting the chain-based view of innovation requires new measures of what can be delivered by each link in the chain.

The problem with innovation improvement efforts is rooted in the lack of an innovation strategy. A version of this article appeared in the June 2015 issue of Harvard Business Review.

Apple is well-known for its innovations in hardware, software, and services. Thanks to them, it grew from some 8,000 employees and $7 billion in revenue in 1997, the year Steve Jobs …

Nov 17, 2025 · Disruptive innovation Digital Article Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury, Natarajan Balasubramanian, and Mingtao Xu It’s a classic example of disruptive innovation.