Why Companies Do 'Innovation Theater' Instead of Actual Innovation

Blank, S. (2019). Why Companies Do 'Innovation Theater' Instead of Actual Innovation.

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2019

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https://hbr.org/2019/10/why-companies-do-innovation-theater-instead-of-actual-innovation

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• Innovation Theater
  • The archetypal instance — the one Steve Blank had in mind when he popularized the term "innovation theater"

    This sourceBlank's HBR essay describing 'innovation theater' as hackathons, design-thinking classes and innovation workshops that rarely deliver shippable product.

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