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SINGAPORE, Apr 01, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) –
Innovation is a crucial capability for organizations, governments
and individuals. Yet, despite innovation’s importance, it remains an
elusive practice.
But it shouldn’t. The world is full of innovation potential — and
it’s within everyone’s grasp, according to Scott D. Anthony, Managing
Director and head of the Asia-Pacific operation of innovation
consulting firm Innosight and author of “The Little Black Book of
Innovation: How It Works, How to Do It” (Harvard Business Review
Press, January 2012).
Mr. Anthony will discuss how innovation isn’t just the job of the
scientist — it’s everyone’s job — at a TEDxSingapore “Inspiring
Ideas to the Max” talk tomorrow. He will highlight how companies and
individuals can unleash their innovation potential. According to Mr.
Anthony…
-- Innovation isn't just simply whiz-bang breakthroughs. It can be about
simplification. "You don't have to be Steve Jobs to succeed at
innovating. When companies and individuals fail at innovation, it's
because the practical way to do it isn't clear. It's a systematic
process, and by looking carefully at the business landscape of past
successes and failures, there are clear patterns that one can -- and
should -- follow," he says.
-- Innovation is a challenge, particularly in Singapore, and an
opportunity for all. "The markets in Asia are fairly new and are
evolving so rapidly that there hasn't been an opportunity to put
robust systems in place. What works in these markets are simple,
practical principles that can be applied quickly to generate results,"
Mr. Anthony says.
-- Innovation is within everyone's grasp. "The potential and ability to
innovate live in all of us. Decades of academic research and work by
leading companies point the way to innovation success. All that's
needed is a clear, practical way to turn an insight or idea into
action," he says.
-- Innovation isn't just a job for scientists. "In order to compete with
the rapid pace of change in the global marketplace, companies and
individuals can no longer put innovation into a silo, turning it into
a rarified thing only a few can attain. Innovation isn't a job
reserved a select few; it is achievable by -- and the responsibility
of -- everyone," he says.
Mr. Anthony will be speaking at TEDxSingapore’s “Inspiring Ideas to the
Max” on Tuesday, April 3. Held at MAX Atria @ Singapore EXPO, the
event will feature seven speakers presenting ideas and works on
topics ranging from innovation to photography to architecture.
To arrange a conversation with Scott D. Anthony of Innosight and/or
receive a copy of “The Little Black Book of Innovation: How It Works
and How to Do It,” contact Katarina Wenk-Bodenmiller of Sommerfield
Communications, Inc. at +1 (212) 255-8386 or
katarina@sommerfield.com.
ABOUT SCOTT D. ANTHONY
Scott D. Anthony is the managing director of
Innosight, Asia-Pacific. Based in Innosight’s Singapore office, he
leads its Asian consulting operations and its venture-capital
investment activities. He has worked with clients ranging from
national governments to companies in industries as diverse as
healthcare, telecommunications, consumer products and software. He is
the author of “The Little Black Book of Innovation” (Harvard Business
Review Press, January 2012) and “The Silver Lining” (Harvard Business
Review Press, 2009). He is the co-author of “Seeing What’s Next”
(Harvard Business Review Press, 2004) and “The Innovator’s Guide to
Growth” (Harvard Business Review Press, 2008).
ABOUT INNOSIGHT
Innosight is an innovation consulting firm with
offices in Boston, Singapore, and India. It works with companies to
devise growth strategies, discover new, high-growth markets, and
create disruptive new products and services. Its comprehensive,
end-to-end approach converts the quest for innovation and growth into
a predictable and reliable process. For more information, visit
www.innosight.com .
ABOUT TEDxSingapore
TEDx was created in the spirit of TED’s mission,
“ideas worth spreading.” TEDxSingapore welcomes people from every
discipline and culture who have two things in common: seeking a
deeper understanding of the world and wanting to turn that
understanding into a better future for us all. Our passion and
purpose are to reach out and inspire people to learn, share and
engage in close conversations about ideas and to share ideas from
Singapore with the world through the global TED community. The
curatorial team of TEDxSingapore includes many thinkers, doers and
TEDsters (people who have attended TED Conferences). TEDxSingapore is
100% community created and operates under a non-commercial license
from TED to independently organise TED-style idea events in
Singapore. Visit us on the web at
http://www.tedxsingapore.sg or find
us on Twitter
http://twitter.com/tedxSingapore or on Facebook.
ABOUT TEDx, x = independently organized event
In the spirit of ideas
worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events
that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx
event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep
discussion and connection in a small Group. These local,
self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently
organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for
the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.
(Subject to certain rules and regulations.)
ABOUT TED
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth
Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 26 years
ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with
multiple initiatives. At TED, the world’s leading thinkers and doers
are asked to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Talks are
then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included
Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson,
Benoit Mandelbrot, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel
Allende and former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Two major TED
events are held each year: The TED Conference takes place every
spring in Long Beach, California (along with a parallel conference,
TEDActive, in Palm Springs), and TEDGlobal is held each summer in
Edinburgh, Scotland.
TED’s media initiatives include TED.com, where new TEDTalks are
posted daily; the new TED Conversations, enabling broad conversations
among TED fans; and the Open Translation Project, which provides
subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as the ability for any
TEDTalk to be translated by volunteers worldwide.
TED has established the annual TED Prize, where exceptional
individuals with a wish to change the world are given the opportunity
to put their wishes into action; TEDx, which offers individuals or
groups a way to host local, self-organized events around the world;
and the TED Fellows program, helping world-changing innovators from
around the globe to become part of the TED community and, with its
help, amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities.
For information about TED’s upcoming conferences, visit
http://www.ted.com/registration
Follow TED on Twitter at
http://twitter.com/TEDTalks , or on Facebook
at
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Contact:
Katarina Wenk-Bodenmiller
Sommerfield Communications, Inc.
+1 (212) 255-8386
katarina@sommerfield.com
SOURCE: Innosight
mailto:katarina@sommerfield.com
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