Trust me, I’m a disrupter
Fluxx Partner Gary Wilson tells us of the disruption that innovation entails When a client first tells us that they need to innovate they usually mean that they want some exciting ideas. Typically, it...
View ArticleBusiness banking is ripe for disruption
“The digital revolution will have a greater impact on us than the industrial revolution.” You might expect that statement from an executive of Google, Facebook or Twitter. But this was a statement made...
View ArticleThe Good, The Bad and The Ugly
The insightful and irreverent annual Fluxx review of the best and worst of innovation of this year Innovation has been packing a punch in 2014, with companies embracing new ideas and launching new...
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Our Innovation Review of 2014 was a great success
Under the watchful gaze of Clint Eastwood in his Google Glass, we had a great night reviewing the good, the bad and the downright ugly innovations and products to emerge this year. Fluxx’s own Paul...
View Article“Unthinkable”– A Fluxx book written from the trenches
At Fluxx, we help big companies act like start-ups, but the truth is we want more than that, we want big companies to act like super-start-ups – able to use their resources and assets to do way more...
View ArticleInterview with Tim Graham, Technology Innovation and Development Manager,...
As part of our Future Architects of Innovation initiative, we’ll be speaking to those already working to drive change within large organisations, to find out about their background, day-to-day role and...
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‘Unthinkable’– an unforgettable night launching the Fluxx Book
On Wednesday night, in the not-as-cold-as-it-sounds Icetank, Fluxx’s Richard Poole & Paul Dawson launched the first Fluxx Book. Written from the trenches but launched in luxury under a red hue, its...
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Interview with Tom Hopkins, Fluxx alumni and author of ‘Unthinkable’
Continuing our series of interviews with today’s innovators, we talk to Tom Hopkins, a Fluxx alumni, author of the first Fluxx book Unthinkable and Product Innovation Director at Experian Consumer...
View ArticleWhen a revolution is required
We constantly hear that companies must innovate or die. In the UK alone, of the 100 companies that made up the FTSE100 in 1984, only 24 remain today. And there’s little doubt that the message has got...
View ArticleRunning an Innovation Process – Part 1: How to set up the project right...
Arguably the hardest part of running a successful innovation process is helping senior executives to understand why they should back you when you can’t promise anything in return. There are some strong...
View ArticleThe Myth and Magic of Innovation
Myth 1: Everyone loves innovation Setting out on a search for people who are innovation-averse is likely to be a fruitless task. Ask anyone about the importance of innovation and you’ll see that you’ve...
View ArticleRunning an Innovation Process – Part 2: Strategy and Context: Where do you...
What legwork is required before you even get a lean innovation unit up and running? Whenever we start working with a new client, we like to get a clear understanding of the markets they are currently...
View ArticleWhere do ideas come from?
In every innovation process we have worked in, coming up with the ideas themselves are not the hard part. If you hold a workshop, you will come up with as many ideas as you have people. In fact, you’ll...
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LV=
What we did Working with LV= to create an award winning knowledge management system.Using the Fluxx “RapidStart” approach and Lean product development methods, the LV= and Fluxx team defined the key...
View ArticleRunning an innovation process – Part 3 – Building belief
When we work with clients, one of our primary tasks is to build a sense of belief. Belief in the programme, belief in individuals who are going to participate and support, and belief from the...
View ArticleMoney and Politics – why innovation could be doomed to fail
A lesson from The West Wing. While Josh is trying to explain his role as Deputy Chief of Staff, he says: ‘There are only two things that ever stop the government from doing anything: money and...
View ArticleInterview with Tim Graham, Technology Innovation and Development Manager,...
As part of our Future Architects of Innovation initiative, we’ll be speaking to those already working to drive change within large organisations, to find out about their background, day-to-day role and...
View ArticleR2-D2, C3P0 and P45s; will you be replaced by a robot?
This post is about my experiences with iRobot’s floor scrubbing robot ‘Scooba’ and how it got me thinking about far more fundamental questions on the future we’ll share with robots. Bottom line: Scooba...
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Lloyds Bank
What we did Fluxx worked with Lloyds Commercial Bank to develop their digital strategy which identified how the organisation should harness digital developments to ensure that it offers the most...
View ArticleMoney and Politics – why innovation could be doomed to fail
A lesson from The West Wing. While Josh is trying to explain his role as Deputy Chief of Staff, he says: ‘There are only two things that ever stop the government from doing anything: money and...
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