How to digitize all the layers of your organisation?
Digitization became a buzzword: a simple search on the internet is enough to notice that the number of results is impressive: all the magazines dedica…
Digitization became a buzzword: a simple search on the internet is enough to notice that the number of results is impressive: all the magazines dedica…
I lived for about fifteen years in Asia and the before, and in the in-between period, I travelled around the region a fair amount. Today less so, but …
Many organisations are struggling with their metrics and ways to measure the progress and success of their business. From this writer’s point of view…
After a busy day of e-mails, zoom meetings and a zoom delivered workshop on how to create high performing teams, I retreated to my usual decompression …
I took a personality test recently. This particular test was co-created by a thought leader I hold in high regard, American organisational psychologist…
To streamline and accelerate innovation, companies need to integrate flexible processes and leverage advanced idea management technologies. Regardles…
Co-written with Fellow Future Shaper Sabine Simon "Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently" Henry Ford p…
Intrapreneurship is often depicted as something of a heroic endeavour. Whilst the act of developing, and delivering, new product concepts, particularly…
Think of a time you were on a team that accomplished something special and out-of-the-ordinary. For younger readers, this may have been a sports team…
The first time I moderated a customer focus group I was terrified. I truly believed that focus group facilitation required some sort of professional ce…
Most people will recognise the name Thomas Edison and conjure images of a successful inventor and innovator. In many regards, this is true. Edison in…
Imagine. You are going in for surgery. Before you get put under by the anesthesiologist, you ask if the surgeon and team are good to go. The anesthesio…
As my trusted advisor, I talked with Nina in my office for over two hours. We chatted about everything innovation. All the pieces were in place to shif…
What do you see in the illustration above? Now show it to someone else. What do they see? Here are possible answers: A duck. A rabbit. A du…
“Software innovation, like almost every other kind of innovation, requires the ability to collaborate and share ideas with other people, and to sit dow…
Today all industries go through changes, making an understanding of the factors that influence purchase decisions highly important. With every firm att…
Let’s be really honest with ourselves. We are good, sometimes even great, at coming up with innovative ideas. Occasionally we actually are able to thin…
The first global survey by The Centre for Optimism has found the government, the economy, business conditions and consumer confidence are all missing i…
Late in my corporate career I had a series of coaches who each, in their own way, helped me to become a stronger innovator and leader. One of these coa…
When collaborating with a startup, a lot can go wrong. But if you focus on four simple steps, it will be much easier. Start with the scout, be aware of…