The Digital Tool Landscape
As part of the 2013 Global Innovation 1000 study, Booz & Company surveyed executives at more than 350 companies around the world to learn more about the digital tools that are transforming innovation. Our results show that at the development phase, productivity tools have reached maturity—most are widely used and effective. In other phases, particularly the front end of the innovation process, companies are experimenting with new marketing and customer insight tools that have game-changing potential.
Market and Customer Insight Enablers
Productivity Enablers
- 1.The power of incremental momentum
When big changes are required, taking a step-by-step approach is often the best strategy.
- 2.Younger workers want training, flexibility, and transparencyTo build a workforce for the future, leaders need to understand how priorities are changing among new generations of talent.
- 3.Could it be quitting time?
Annie Duke’s wise new book provides courage and insight about when to walk away.
- 4.Why do large projects go over budget?
A study of more than 100 years of infrastructure megaprojects reveals a consistent pattern of challenges at their core.
- 5.Using neuroscience to make feedback work and feel betterResearch shows that using feedback is how organisms — and organizations — stay alive. Here’s how leaders can make the most of the anxiety-producing process.
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