Innovation Techniques

Confronting the "no" in Innovation 

Continuity coverDr. Harry Hertz's article in the Winter 2013 edition of Continuity outlines five patterns of behavior that prevent people from pursuing opportunities for innovation.   

Continuity is a member-benefit publication of the Electronics and Communications Division. 

Idea Creation Tools
9 WindowsLearn about tools used for generating and organizing ideas, including affinity diagrams, brainstorming, nine windows, and more. 

Risky Business
Innovation Imperative Risky BusinessIn the "Innovation Imperative" column of the January 2012 QP, Peter Merrill explains why innovators can't be afraid to fail.

Organize How You Innovate
Learn how IQP COVER JUNE 2011SO 9004:2009 provides a systematic, process-based approach to innovation within a quality management system. Read the article and listen to an interview with author Natalia Scriabina.

Webcast with Peter Merrill: Innovation Generation
H1326-MPeter Merrill, author of Innovation  Generation, describes how to become an innovative organization that enables information to flow freely.

 

Benchmarking Report: Embedding Innovation
Embedding InnovationLearn how best-practice organizations create a strategy to embed innovation, define roles to support innovative engagement, understand the enablers of innovation, and evaluate key innovation measures. (Members only.)

Innovation and the Future of Quality
Emergence - 2011 Future of Quality Study coverEmergence: The 2011 Future of Quality Study identifies innovation as one of the top eight forces shaping the future of quality.

 

Fresh Thinking on Innovation and Quality
Innovation white paper coverThis ASQ white paper examines the relationship between innovation and quality, testing the assumption that activities to increase quality are bound to stifle creativity.

Fueling Innovation in a Recessed Economy
Executive Roundtable LogoAt an Executive Roundtable focused on innovation, Robert Galvin, Dr. Armand Feigenbaum, and James Dolan discussed leadership, the role of the customer, and workplace culture.

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