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…

Six Questions to Measure and Drive Employee Behaviors and Actions for Innovation

The following ten years will be what we at InnovationOne (Dobni and Klassen (2020)) describe as the decade of innovation execution, which is now the central challenge organizations face. Executing innovation agendas is not easy. McKinsey (2022) reported that 84 percent of executives…

Improve your financial performance by improving your culture

Many leaders believe that “culture” is soft and difficult to measure. It isn’t. In fact, it’s the ultimate performance driver. And you can manage what you measure. InnovationOne’s research shows that companies  ranking in the top quartile as scored by…

How to ensure your performance management engenders trust

Organizations typically conduct their annual performance reviews and make decisions on merit pay increases and pay adjustments at the end of the year. Employers need to remember that the most effective and innovative teams are built on trust. Executives need…

Which method or technology will help improve innovation in YOUR industry?

Companies have been using a variety of innovation methodologies and technologies to improve their innovation capabilities for more than a decade. Now, empirical research is identifying the ways that are the most effective. Is design thinking universally helpful to organizations…

Virtual work accelerates what’s innovative!

When I worked for Medtronic businesses in Santa Rosa, CA, in 2012, implementing a remote work environment, we learned that requiring innovation workers to come into the office every day was unnecessary. In fact, we discovered that virtual teams and…

New Research: Culture improves R&D lab performance by as much as 20-30 percent.

The US Department of Energy announced last week that culture improves R&D lab performance by as much as 20-30 percent. InnovationOne, LLC is delighted to have participated in this joint project with the DOE's Ethos Project team to demonstrate the…