Culture remains critical for today’s innovative organizations

The pace of new tools for innovators, such as OpenAI, is exciting. However, research shows that without the right culture, digital transformation in organizations fails. Organizational Culture is key for executives to lead continual change, technology implementation, and to have…

Recognition is the remedy for undervalued employees

Unfortunately, many employees do not feel valued at work. As reported by Forbes, a survey of more than 1,000 full-time employees in the US found that more than half of respondents felt only somewhat valued (46.6 percent) or not valued…

Seven traits of highly innovative organizations that drive improved financial performance

Research shows that innovation and culture can be measured. And, just as importantly, strong cultures of innovation lead to the creation of sustainable competitive advantage and higher financial performance. The key to innovation in organizations, according to InnovationOne LLC’s research,…

Many CEOs have it wrong. Remote workers have more passion, creativity and productivity

In an age of analytical decision-making, many CEOS have spoken publicly about their intuitive belief that office-based workers are more passionate, creative, and productive than remote workers. And that serendipity in the office is critical. Why do they persist with…

Workshop on innovation cultures at LESI2024 in Madrid!

I am delighted to be co-leading an insightful workshop on “Boosting Innovation by 3X-The Power of Culture Management” with Jason Stolworthy and Jim Keating of Idaho National Labs and my InnovationOne, LLC colleague, Brooke Dobni, PhD., at the LESI 2024…

Comparing Six Innovation Factors Among Firms & R&D Labs

Private sector and government research and development (R&D) labs now have empirical guidance from InnovationOne, LLC, on how to develop transparent, learning, and collaborative cultures of innovation. We show how a focus on just six simple factors can improve an…

Innovation teams need cognitive diversity

We have long advocated the importance of cognitive diversity for successful innovation. Successful innovation teams have much higher cognitive diversity. The trick is identifying cognitive diversity among people for more successful teams. We have long advocated the importance of cognitive…

Department of Energy puts a bullseye on innovation!

Innovation cultures at six US Department of Energy (DOE) Labs surveyed differ significantly according to a study conducted by InnovationOne, LLC, in concert with the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). The Department of Energy put a bullseye on innovation. The results…

Culture of Innovation: Path to a three-fold increase in core technology transfer metrics.

Our research with the DOE Ethos Project shows that a culture of innovation is the path to a three-fold increase in core technology transfer metrics. We are honored to present our research results twice at the 2023 Federal Laboratory Consortium…