To Succeed : Brag about your Failures
Many organizations in both the public and private sectors suffer from a corporate culture which is risk averse and fearful of failure. People are reluctant to try new things or even to suggest...
View ArticleAre You Ready to Win in 2014?
Did you blink and 2013 zipped right by? Don’t worry, it happened to me too. Which means it’s time to start getting ready to win in 2014! Here are five strategies for preparing your organization to win...
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Think of Games and Companies as Engagement Engines
Using games and game mechanics might be as powerful a model for organizing knowledge and creative work as the assembly line was for organizing industrial and repetitive work. Because we have been...
View ArticleDisruptive Innovation – Who’s Next?
Do you remember Schumpeter saying that in general it is not the owner of stagecoaches who builds railways? Or remember Clayton Christensen’s book The Innovator’s Dilemma from 1997, about how...
View ArticleNew Dimensions of Innovation
The adoption of new priorities is a simple process, provided the leadership can bite the bullet and challenge a corporate-wide evaluation of the process. This involves endorsing all the current...
View Article5 Steps to Disrupting Your Business
As the Holiday Season draws in, our thoughts turn to gifts. They may also turn to peace and goodwill, but mostly our thoughts are about the presents. Topping the list this year are gadgets. All kinds...
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Strategic Innovation
Finding Innovative Solutions to Strategic Challenges. Most companies face three main strategic challenges: How to achieve competitive advantage over rivals, or how to avoid competition altogether How...
View ArticleThe Disruption of T-Mobile
When corporate earnings were released to the public in the third quarter of 2012, shareholders and analysts assessing the financial health of T-Mobile USA had independently reached the same conclusion....
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The Blind Spot Phenomenon in Innovation and How to Discover It
Background The cumulative creative behaviors of senior leadership teams offer a strong indicator of whether an organization can successfully work their way through an innovation or transformation...
View ArticleCan Prediction Markets Forecast Which Ideas Will Turn Into Successful...
Most large organizations have suggestions schemes which involve sharing ideas on an intranet social media site. Here people can comment on ideas and vote for them. But there is a problem with voting...
View ArticleIs Corporate Social Responsibility the End or the Beginning of a Disruptive...
Schumpeter’s notion of ’creative destruction denotes how something new replaces the old by allowing for new ways of doing and organizing economic and societal activities at large. But what if something...
View ArticleHow to Stay on Top of Emerging Trends
Why do successful companies fail? They miss the future. But, companies don’t fail because they choose the wrong course, they fail because they can’t imagine a better one. Here’s how you can stay on top...
View ArticleThe Relevance of Total Design
In 1970, a forty-year-old engineer left his role as the Chief Designer at the English Electric Company never to return to the private sector again. He adopted an academic career and began teaching...
View ArticleThe Ancillary and Unexpected Consequences of Innovation
The light bulb did not replace the candle. It replaced going to bed early. The motor car did not replace the horse. It replaced staying at home. Every major innovation has primary consequences and...
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To Succeed : Brag about your Failures
Many organizations in both the public and private sectors suffer from a corporate culture which is risk averse and fearful of failure. People are reluctant to try new things or even to suggest...
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Are You Ready to Win in 2014?
Did you blink and 2013 zipped right by? Don’t worry, it happened to me too. Which means it’s time to start getting ready to win in 2014! Here are five strategies for preparing your organization to win...
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Think of Games and Companies as Engagement Engines
Using games and game mechanics might be as powerful a model for organizing knowledge and creative work as the assembly line was for organizing industrial and repetitive work. Because we have been...
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Disruptive Innovation – Who’s Next?
Do you remember Schumpeter saying that in general it is not the owner of stagecoaches who builds railways? Or remember Clayton Christensen’s book The Innovator’s Dilemma from 1997, about how...
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New Dimensions of Innovation
The adoption of new priorities is a simple process, provided the leadership can bite the bullet and challenge a corporate-wide evaluation of the process. This involves endorsing all the current...
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5 Steps to Disrupting Your Business
As the Holiday Season draws in, our thoughts turn to gifts. They may also turn to peace and goodwill, but mostly our thoughts are about the presents. Topping the list this year are gadgets. All kinds...
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