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How do companies keep up with market developments?

Today, it’s a challenge to keep abreast of new product developments. In this lesson, Costas Papaikonomou, co-founder of Happen.com, and author of ‘Thoughts from a Grumpy Innovator’ discusses with Grant Leboff how a company can keep up to date with the marketplace and maintain a competitive advantage.

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Different Levels of Innovation

How do you know when to undertake incremental, stretch or game changer innovation? In this lesson, Costas Papaikonomou, co-founder of Happen.com, and author of ‘Thoughts from a Grumpy Innovator’ discusses with Grant Leboff when each level is appropriate.

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To whom should you speak about innovating?

When your company is innovating you have to listen to customers’ opinions, but who are they and are they all suitable? In this lesson, Costas Papaikonomou, co-founder of Happen.com and author of ‘Thoughts from a Grumpy Innovator’, discusses the alternatives to conventional market research.

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How can innovation be relevant?

Costas Papaikonomou, one of the founders of Happen.com, and author of ‘Thoughts from a Grumpy Innovator’ discusses where companies go wrong when undertaking research and the best people they should really speak to, in order to get real feedback on their product or service.

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How does a company start to innovate?

Costas Papaikonomou, one of the founders of happen.com, one of the fastest growing creative innovation agencies, discusses with Grant Leboff aspects of his book, ‘thoughts from a grumpy innovator’ and how a busy company can ‘find the space’ to innovate.

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How do businesses know where they are on the S curve?

In the previous lesson, Grant and Costas discussed the relevance of the S curve in the life cycle of a product or business. In this discussion, Costas Papaikonomou – co-founder of Happen.com and author of ‘Thoughts from a Grumpy Innovator’ – answers the question; How does a business know where it is in the S curve?

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What is the innovation S curve?

Today, it’s a challenge to keep abreast of new product developments. In this lesson, Costas Papaikonomou, co-founder of Happen.com, and author of ‘Thoughts from a Grumpy Innovator’ discusses with Grant Leboff how a company can keep up to date with the marketplace and maintain a competitive advantage.