HR Executive
The HR opportunity in building an internal innovation team
Large organizations are not natural innovators, especially not when it comes to breakthrough innovations that produces lasting, sustainable value.
A large organization seeking breakthroughs can try to acquire or invest its way to innovator status. Or it can follow the most widespread piece of popular advice and build its own internal innovation team.
MANAGEMENT TODAY
L.E.K. Consulting's Stuart Jackson on how not to fail at innovation
The co-author of Predictable Winners discusses how to reduce innovation risk and create products that consumers really want.
TECH TALKS DAILY
L.E.K. Consulting on Using AI to Balance Speed, Risk, and Growth
What if most product launches fail not because of bad ideas—but because of broken processes? Tech Talks explores why 70–90% of product launches still miss the mark. Stuart breaks down the structural weaknesses that often derail innovation and explains why relying on gut instinct is no longer enough. How can a rigorous, data-backed approach augmented by AI dramatically reduce the risk profile of innovation while improving speed, accuracy, and return on investment.
FORBES
Rise Of ‘Boreout Syndrome’: The Opposite Of Burnout With Similar Signs
A new phenomenon, known as “boreout syndrome,” is gaining momentum in the American workplace. The condition is the absence of meaningful tasks versus the presence of work stress as with burnout. If you have "boreout syndrome,” instead of feeling overwhelmed, you’re disengaged, underwhelmed and quietly clocking out. “Boreout syndrome” can harm your mental and physical health and work culture morale, ultimately diminishing engagement and the company’s bottom line.
ADAM MENDLER
Success Depends on Creating Belief in What Is Possible: Interview with Stuart Jackson, Vice Chair of L.E.K. Consulting
I recently went one-on-one with Stuart Jackson, Vice Chair of L.E.K. Consulting. Stuart is the author of the new book Predictable Winners.
INNOVATION LEADER
Book Excerpt: How to Predict What Your Competitors Will Do
This piece is excerpted from Predictable Winners: A Handbook for Developing, Forecasting, and Launching New Products and Services by Stuart E. Jackson and Ilya Trakhtenberg. Jackson is Vice Chairman & Leading Adviser on Corporate Growth and Innovation at L.E.K. Consulting. Trakhtenberg is a Partner and Managing Director in L.E.K. Consulting’s Chicago office and a leading partner in its healthcare practice
MANAGEMENT TODAY
Why it’s time to rethink the way you develop new products and services
Breakthrough new growth is there for the taking. The question is, how do you realise that potential?
FORBES
Don’t Gamble On Innovation Spending
Most business leaders recognize the importance of investing in innovation but struggle with the risks. We have all seen the statistics that 80% to 90% of breakthrough new products fail. As a result, many leaders try to avoid gambling on innovation by limiting their efforts to incremental changes in product features that build on past success, or by reducing R&D spending overall and relying on “outsourced” innovation through acquisitions or corporate venture capital investments. But each of these approaches introduces its own risks of disruptive obsolescence in the case of only incremental innovation or expensive bets for proven innovation acquisitions.
NY POST
‘Boreout syndrome’ is disrupting workplaces — here’s how to avoid it ruining yours, experts advise
You may have been misdiagnosed with burnout. Instead, “boreout syndrome” is sweeping cubicles across the country, Forbes reports.
Rather than being overwhelmed, the hallmark symptom of burnout, employees who are “bored-out” exhibit disengagement, feeling underwhelmed and are mentally clocked out, according to the outlet.