Comments on: How to kill innovation hype http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2007/how-to-kill-innovation-hype/ Management and Creative Thinking Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:42:10 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Fighting the Innovation Hype at Orbit Change Conversations http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2007/how-to-kill-innovation-hype/comment-page-1/#comment-118447 Fighting the Innovation Hype at Orbit Change Conversations Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:07:28 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2007/how-to-kill-innovation-hype/#comment-118447 [...] of blogposts. Niti Bhan suggested that this ought to be viewed in terms of the Gartner hype cycle. Scott Berkun came up with six ways to diminish the [...] [...] of blogposts. Niti Bhan suggested that this ought to be viewed in terms of the Gartner hype cycle. Scott Berkun came up with six ways to diminish the [...]

]]> By: Andrew Hallam http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2007/how-to-kill-innovation-hype/comment-page-1/#comment-110808 Andrew Hallam Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:06:50 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2007/how-to-kill-innovation-hype/#comment-110808 As someone who lives in the "City of Innovation" I've always wondered what that label actually meant. Thanks for clearing that up for me! :-) As someone who lives in the “City of Innovation” I’ve always wondered what that label actually meant. Thanks for clearing that up for me! :-)

]]> By: Drew K http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2007/how-to-kill-innovation-hype/comment-page-1/#comment-96659 Drew K Fri, 09 Mar 2007 15:00:26 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2007/how-to-kill-innovation-hype/#comment-96659 One small nit. While Edison didn't call it an innovation pipeline, he was the one who invented the R&D facility. From http://www.historynow.org/12_2006/historian5.html : "When Edison created the first industrial research laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey, in 1876, he was seeking to extend, not replace, this shop tradition. Nonetheless, the Menlo Park laboratory prefigured a new model of research, as Edison merged the shop tradition with laboratory research. In addition, Edison turned increasingly to teams of researchers in order to develop all aspects of his inventions and move them rapidly into commercialization. By the early 1880s, Edison had transformed his "invention factory" into a true research and development laboratory, and, by doing so, he laid the cornerstone of modern industrial research." Is "invention factory" really so different from "innovation pipeline"? I think we'll let Edison be one of the few people who gets to claim that phrase honestly. One small nit. While Edison didn’t call it an innovation pipeline, he was the one who invented the R&D facility. From http://www.historynow.org/12_2006/historian5.html :

“When Edison created the first industrial research laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey, in 1876, he was seeking to extend, not replace, this shop tradition. Nonetheless, the Menlo Park laboratory prefigured a new model of research, as Edison merged the shop tradition with laboratory research. In addition, Edison turned increasingly to teams of researchers in order to develop all aspects of his inventions and move them rapidly into commercialization. By the early 1880s, Edison had transformed his “invention factory” into a true research and development laboratory, and, by doing so, he laid the cornerstone of modern industrial research.”

Is “invention factory” really so different from “innovation pipeline”? I think we’ll let Edison be one of the few people who gets to claim that phrase honestly.

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