FEATURED INSIGHTS
A curated selection of our most impactful insights, highlighting key perspectives on innovation, transformation, and digital strategy.
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Reimagining Work in the New Norm
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How Visionary Leaders Use Digital Platforms to Accelerate InnovationDigital platforms are quickly becoming an essential component of an organisation's innovation and transformation journey, providing structure, traceability, and inclusivity. More importantly, these digital innovation management platforms are able to furnish leaders with the necessary data, supporting the leader through the many activities that are core to the transformation effort. This article strives to guide the visionary leader to leverage the power of innovation management tools to make exponential transformation a reality.
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ALL INSIGHTS
Explore our full collection of articles, reports, and thought leadership covering innovation, capability building, and digital transformation.
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The Innovation Shift: Rise of Asia as an innovation hub
The importance of innovation is irrefutable. The time where innovation was something novel has long passed Although innovation has clearly received global significance and attention, Asia is generally perceived to be trailing behind. This article delves into how innovation in Asia has changed, and explores some of its barriers and drivers, while highlighting specific initiatives that may benefit organizations contemplating a shift to Asia. |
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Innovation, Intangibles and Integrated Reporting
In collaboration with ACCA, this pilot study explores the relevance of the Malaysian National Corporate Innovation Index (NCII) for SMEs, with a focus on measuring innovation and intangible assets. It highlights key gaps in awareness and reporting practices, and the need for more robust frameworks to support innovation-driven, knowledge-based businesses. |
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Leading InnovAsian®: Embracing Innovation Culture in Malaysian Organisations
Leading InnovAsian® offers a pioneering perspective on building an innovation culture within Malaysian and broader Asian organisational contexts. It combines research-backed insights with practical frameworks to help leaders embed innovation while navigating cultural values, organisational dynamics, and regional nuances. |
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The HR InnovAsian® Report 2014
The report examines how HR functions can drive innovation across the employee lifecycle, from talent acquisition to retention. In partnership with Jobstreet.com, it identifies key challenges and emerging practices in HR innovation, highlighting HR’s critical role in enabling organisational innovation and winning the war for talent. |
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Does your company have an innovation strategy?
This white paper explores the critical role of boards in shaping and driving innovation strategy to ensure long-term value creation and market relevance. It highlights how Board of Directors must go beyond governance to actively champion innovation as a core driver of sustainable corporate growth. |
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Ranking Innovation in Asia - Does it matter?
This article reflects on the role of innovation rankings such as the Global Innovation Index in assessing Asia’s innovation progress. It emphasises that beyond benchmarking, organisations must focus on mindset, culture, and locally relevant practices to strengthen innovation capability. |
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Are we climbing the right ladder?
This article explores Malaysia’s performance in the WEF Global Competitiveness Index and its implications for national development, emphasising the importance of innovation, private sector engagement, and ecosystem-building in driving long-term competitiveness beyond rankings. |
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You need not be creative to ideate let alone innovate
This article reframes innovation by challenging the assumption that creativity is essential for ideation, arguing that innovation is a structured, multi-step process that draws on a variety of capabilities beyond creativity, enabling broader participation across organisations. |
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Innovation on board
Innovation is no longer a side agenda, it is becoming a defining responsibility of corporate boards shaping the future of Malaysian companies. This piece explores how boards can actively drive innovation across strategy, creation, conversion, and market connection to unlock sustainable competitive advantage. |
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Innovating Innovation: Innovation in the age of disruption and Black swans
As disruption and uncertainty redefine global markets, organisations are being forced to rethink what innovation truly means. This perspective introduces different innovation models and argues for a more agile, value-driven approach to innovation in the age of black swans. |
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National Innovation Strategy Study
This report examines how innovation can be systematically stimulated within large firms in Malaysia, contributing to the development of the National Innovation Strategy. Commissioned by the Special Innovation Unit of the Prime Minister’s Office, it provides insights into global innovation practices and approaches to driving innovation at both organisational and national policy levels. |
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In Search of InnovAsian®: The Malaysian Innovation Climate Report 2010
This report explores the state of innovation culture in Malaysia based on the Malaysian Innovation Climate Survey 2009. Developed in collaboration with Microsoft Malaysia’s Innovation Center, it draws on the Catalyst for Change® framework to analyse employee perspectives on innovation across industries and organisational levels. |
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Alpha Catalyst Consulting Malaysian Innovation Climate Report 2010
Understanding innovation requires more than strategy, it demands insight into how it is lived and experienced within organisations. Based on the Malaysian Innovation Climate Survey 2009 and developed with Microsoft Innovation Center Malaysia, this study examines Malaysia’s innovation climate at the operational level, highlighting its key enablers and constraints. |