Over the last few weeks, the articles on IOI Partners have focused on examining the ways and methods that organizations become more innovative. While the IOI Partners team has extensive and impressive backgrounds in the life sciences and diagnostics industries with expertise in chemistry, biology and engineering innovation, they also have an excellent sense of […]
Archives for September 2016
The Scientific Method: What Goes Around Comes Around
A sustainably innovative organization constantly learns and is comfortable with uncertainty. This type of organization seeks to remove uncertainty through experimentation that is designed to improve knowledge through two key actions: comparison of hypothesis with results and analysis of any differences between them. Formulating a meaningful hypothesis on any unknown, from customer and market expectations […]
Mind the Gap(s): Become More Innovative as You Innovate
There’s a lot of discussion about what makes a more innovative organization. You’ve seen some of it within our articles and they tend to include some significant cultural attributes. Cultural changes can be a long involved process and you may not be ready to embark on a complete corporate overhaul before attempting to get some […]
Achieving Innovation: The Essential Characteristics of an Innovative Organization
Why do you or those around you say your organization is not very innovative? Perhaps you can’t seem to produce “new” products that dazzle or your customers don’t celebrate their relationship with you. Perhaps you are frustrated that the simplest things seem to take forever and once complete you never seem to have created what you […]
Using the Negotiating Matrix as a Tool in Working with Distributors
A tool such as the Negotiating Matrix is useful for any type of negotiation that involves compromise on the part of the negotiating parties to realize a desired outcome. An example of an application outside of M&A negotiations would be working with a distributor. These negotiations often are approached from a perspective of distrust of […]