This age-old adage is the precursor to the well-oiled term in innovation circles; ‘failure and innovation go hand in hand’. … Read More
Coaching innovators to deal with the hot potato called ‘system’
In 1700, European leaders faced a famine. An over-reliance on wheat and a rejection of the potato because it was … Read More
Wazoku’s Simon Hill attends INSEAD Entrepreneurship Forum
Wazoku CEO, Simon Hill, was proud to be a part of this year’s INSEAD Entrepreneurship Forum in Madrid. INSEAD, one … Read More
localgov.co.uk: Crowdsourcing for ideas
Generating new ideas is challenging business, particularly for large organisations with well established ways of doing things. But it doesn’t … Read More
Coaching as an enabler to innovation
What is coaching, if not an enabler to innovation? Tim Urban writes for the very quirky and informative Wait But … Read More
Human-centred innovation
Design thinking teaches us to think about human-centred need and design – that to be successful and release engaging products, … Read More
Wazoku’s New London HQ is now open!
Wazoku is proud to announce its new office, right in the heart of the City of London near Monument and … Read More
The SSCL story – Employee engagement, from conception to completion
SSCL, a joint venture between the Cabinet Office and Sopra Steria, aims to deliver £1 billion of savings to the … Read More
The Fidelity story – technology-driven innovation
The Challenge Fidelity International (Fidelity), one of the UK’s largest investment fund managers, initially started collaborative innovation with Step Change, … Read More
Don’t be afraid of the middle. Embrace it!
What is wrong with the middle? When it comes to innovation, nothing! To truly differentiate and make your innovation successful, … Read More
The innovation journey with Simon Hill & David Cowland
Two of our Future Shapers, David Cowland, a Technology Director at Fidelity International and Simon Hill, CEO and Founder of Wazoku, recently … Read More
Open Innovation vs Crowdsourcing vs Co-creation
Various principles and concepts are used for managing research and innovation. You are probably familiar with these buzzwords: crowdsourcing, open … Read More
Leveraging the Crowd
In this post we are going to look at one of the first stages of a successful innovation programme – Leveraging the … Read More
Idea Spotlight – new features!
Wazoku is proud to announce the launch of quite a few new Idea Spotlight features! Here’s a quick summary of … Read More
Wazoku Platform Delivers Ideas, Creativity and Improved Communication at SSCL
Merged teams collaborate on ‘Innovation Station’ London, July 19, 2017- The Wazoku ideas platform, installed last year at Shared Services … Read More
The key to success: failure
Failure, by nature, is woven into the process of innovation. The everyday stories we hear of successful startups often disguise … Read More
How to avoid the iceberg
A few years ago I attended a presentation by someone from my network who had just returned from one of … Read More
The paradox of a profit-focused company culture
As a business reaches higher levels of success, it tends to shed any previous startup culture for one that focuses … Read More
How to get an idea up and running in 10 days
Marketing departments, by their very nature, are populated by some very creative people. Ideas are the stock-in-trade and there is … Read More
It takes a visionary
I meet and talk to visionary innovation leaders all the time. I’m not going to lie, selling the concept of … Read More