Monthly Archives: August 2007

A realistic picture of the company’s ability to innovate The realisation of an innovation ambition level revolves around the ability to translate the desired value proposition in concrete terms for the customer. The success of innovation is not determined by the innovators in the organisation. What matters is the degree to which the customers adopt […]

Knowing where you are as a companyCompanies embark upon innovation initiatives with a great deal of energy and a high ambition level. It is not unusual for the enthusiasm to fade as time goes by. The company is often unaware of the success factors of innovation and of its own ability to define the preconditions […]

Why are so few companies successful in Business Innovation? Growing complexity in correlation between trends and developments So far companies have in particular followed those specific trends and developments that are an extension of their current value proposition. KPN for example has for a very long time concentrated on monitoring and helping to develop above […]

Published on April 20, 2007 at capgemini.comThree innovators from Capgemini Netherlands – Ron Tolido, CTO Continental Europe Asia Pacific, Hans van Grieken, business innovation officer, and Koen Klokgieters, business innovation officer Consulting Services – delve into multiple burning questions on business innovation. You can also read Capgemini Netherlands’ transformation process around mobility to safeguard it […]

The Great Battle (2): Are organisations ready for the new generation of customers? In part I of the Great Battle, I discussed the struggle between the Robber Barons and the Knight Innovators, or the struggle between the hedge funds and the organisations of the future. While the Robber Barons see human capital as a cost […]

The great Battle (1): Knight Innovators versus Robber Barons A new force has arisen: the neo-capitalists. These hedge funds and private equities are trading in companies, aiming for short-term financial gains. They are not intending to create sustainable value for the various parties involved. Focusing on fast deals with a lot of borrowed money, they […]

Innovation is a matter of connecting people, but how do you do that across the various disciplines within organisations? Companies must innovate continuously in order to survive in an increasingly complex market, and many companies choose to have extremely high innovation ambitions. To be able to meet that ambition, the company will set up a […]

Reputation is extremely important in Open Innovation network Last Thursday, 29 March, I (Koen Klokgieters) was present as one of three guest speakers at the LogInn Event 2007. This annual conference is organised by and for the MBA students at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam. The theme was SCM and Innovation Management, and I was […]