Purpose – Researchers at the University of Virginia's Darden Business School and the Design Management Institute report on field research into how widely design thinking is being adopted in leading companies and how effectively is it being adapted in a variety of industries....

Purpose – The authors propose that platforms of stakeholder engagement can become the new basis of enterprise value creation. Design/methodology/approach – The authors report on how new co-creation engagement models can be designed all across the value chain of enterprise activities....

Purpose – In this interview with Prof. Venkat Ramaswamy, Strategy & Leadership reviews the way the concept of co-creation of value with customers is being implemented on its tenth anniversary. Prof. Ramaswamy explains the basic elements of the co-creation playbook. Design/methodology/approach...

This book tries to find out how the winners of world's Best Innovator contest have succeeded over the past decade and also explores some unconventional approaches to business model innovation through risk mitigation. The five chapters offer conceptual guidance and provide examples that...

Cover -- Editor's letter -- The age of Agile -- If your market is a competitive dogfight, think like a cat -- Observational skills: eye-openers for innovation -- Idea labs: instituting an innovation discovery process capable of sustaining the business -- Partnering with AI: how organizations can...

We've been on a reconnaissance over the past year to find articles with the latest thinkingand actionable ideas in innovation management, a critical corporate survival issue. Weenlisted a number of Strategy & Leadership contributing editors in the project - RobertJ

In this issue, which focuses on innovation, we offer an intriguing article on a new form ofinnovator, the network idealist. You may be somewhat familiar with the network idealistconcept because of what they do: for example, Craigslist, the free online classified adservice, competes with...

This e-book looks at how innovation can meet the evolving needs from the perspective of practical theoreticians, managers at leading companies, the best practices of "complexity masters" and CEOs who want to promote a culture of innovation

Purpose – During the past year, the authors have built a framework for a suite of metrics that senior managers can customize to track and promote innovation success in their companies. Design/methodology/approach – Senior executives can use the suite of metrics to assess their company's...