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Innovation Examples—Different Approaches, Common Principles
Erik W. Johnson
CONTENTS
Case Study 1: The Variable Time (VT) Proximity Fuze and Combating Air Threats during WWII
Case Study 2: The Birth of Satellite Navigation
Case Study 3: The “Revolutionary” Influence of Additive Manufacturing
Case Study 4: Involving the End User and the Power of Design Thinking
Introduction
As we have seen from previous chapters and everyday observation, innovation results more from an organization’s culture than any particular processes or approaches. Innovation is not an outcome in and of itself, and neither can it be legislated or regulated. There is no recipe for innovation, but we can identify some “ingredients,” ...
