The Importance of Senior Management Involvement in Innovation
Nowhere is prioritization as important a skill as for the people at the very top of an organization. Most good executives are very conscious of how the…
Nowhere is prioritization as important a skill as for the people at the very top of an organization. Most good executives are very conscious of how the…
In the beginning was the word I was eight years old the first time I gave my first speech. I was brought up in the preaching and teaching tradition, b…
Digital transformation is not just catch phrase or a new business fad. It is a necessary prerequisite for survival and it is affects most businesses. W…
As her blond curls bounced down the stairs, she vaulted her words out ahead of her, “I’ve got an idea!” These words always came from our daughter’s mou…
1 - DARE TO BE DIFFERENT (even a little crazy) Do you remember Apple’s ”Think Different” campaign from -97? The one in which Apple pays homage to what…
Innovation is a word on everyone’s lips. Events about it or with an agenda on innovation-related subjects (digital transformation, Internet of Things, …
If you hang out with dreamers and innovators for any length of time, you hear about Edison’s 1000 failures. There are countless anecdotes about the yea…
Despite all that has been said and written on business models, there is still much confusion around this poorly understood concept - up to a point wher…
It used to be that companies looking for substantial growth could comfortably rely on one or two dominant innovation frameworks to guide their work, su…
Using personal and lived examples, Brent Witgen shares his learning on intrapreneurship with Tirza Hollenhorst. Brent presents several unexpected obser…
During the 16th Century when maps of the world moved from being symbolic representations based on Christian teachings to a record of discovered land ma…
It’s a jungle out there. The world is changing quicker than you can say the word “irrelevance” - we talk about Moore’s Law, the role of the Internet of…
Almost 5 years ago, Mother Jones[1] published a compelling vision of how quickly Artificial Intelligence (AI) could take over our jobs and completely s…
I’ve known Simon Hill for a good few years now. Earlier last year, he said he would love to hold one of his ‘Everyday Innovation’ seminars at our Fidel…
To all the CEO’s out there who are the conductors of innovation theatre within their organisations and showcase this theatre as your innovation strateg…
In Part 1 of “Are People Really Your Greatest Asset?” we took a look at building “people portfolios,” using the financial investing principles of Alloc…
In Part 1 of “Are People Really Your Greatest Asset?” we’ll look at the first of three steps toward building “people portfolios,” using financial inves…
In the course of my work I read a lot of academic research, business books and professional case studies. Whether it’s Kim’s blue ocean strategy, Chri…
David Cowland: Straight in with a controversial title! But read on before you think we’ve lost the plot. What does ‘Innovation’ really mean? Some of th…
Innovation, it all starts with jeopardy. Is this a truism? Does all innovation start with jeopardy? There is little doubt that “the risk of loss, harm …