4 days ago · Innovation Digital Article Wayne Johnson and Brian Lucas New research found that they worry about losing status—even when their employee’s innovative idea is a success.

Aug 1, 2025 · Innovation is often the gold standard for firms looking to grow profits and become leaders in their industries. But given the steep cost of failure, is a relentless pursuit of innovation always ...

In business, innovation rarely springs from a flash of inspiration. It arises from a cold-eyed analysis of seven kinds of opportunities.

Feb 12, 2025 · The key to unlocking innovation from diverse perspectives is constructive dissent: a team’s ability to engage respectfully in the exchange of conflicting viewpoints. As a norm, or pattern …

Sep 16, 2025 · A conversation with Stanford’s Melissa Valentine about how organizations can use online labor markets and AI tools to reshape collaboration.

The innovation stalled. A version of this article appeared in the January–February 2026 issue of Harvard Business Review. Cyril Bouquet is a professor of strategy and innovation at IMD.

Sep 5, 2024 · Innovation doesn’t just come from serendipity. Leaders who nurture great ideas rely on concrete mechanisms to ensure that they see the right ideas, give them breathing room to develop, …

The authors warn that adopting the chain-based view of innovation requires new measures of what can be delivered by each link in the chain.

Apple is well-known for its innovations in hardware, software, and services. Thanks to them, it grew from some 8,000 employees and $7 billion in revenue in 1997, the year Steve Jobs returned, to ...

Nov 17, 2025 · Disruptive innovation Digital Article Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury, Natarajan Balasubramanian, and Mingtao Xu It’s a classic example of disruptive innovation.