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.From principles to practice: Responsible AI in action
How can companies unlock the value in artificial intelligence while mitigating the downsides? We asked leaders in this quickly changing field to weigh in.
- 2.The surprising link between creativity and risk
The squeaky wheels in your organization may also be important sources of innovation.
- 3.To err is human, to regret, divine
In his new book, The Power of Regret, best-selling author Daniel Pink makes a case that regret can serve as a compass for better decision-making.
- 4.Do you have the courage of your convictions?
The pace of change can paralyze some executives. It’s time to develop a more dynamic relationship with risk-taking and failure.
- 5.See the world as a startup does
Professor Rory McDonald, an expert in disruptive strategy, urges corporate leaders to learn from startups—and preschoolers—as they seek to reinvent their organizations.
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