Pace of innovation – The ultimate competitive advantage
When we think of a business having a competitive advantage, we still tend to think of traditional economic moats such as a low-cost structure, economie…
When we think of a business having a competitive advantage, we still tend to think of traditional economic moats such as a low-cost structure, economie…
How to create products & services for your target audience If there’s a secret sauce to successful product development, it’s human-centered design…
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endl…
When it comes to innovation, there are countless ways things might go wrong. However, one of the most prevalent ones is incorrect timing. If you manag…
Your company decided to inaugurate a brand-new Innovation Lab. For those not familiar with the concept, ordinarily, this is a part of a business tasked…
Measuring innovation at product team level is not enough to have an innovation accounting system. Innovation has become an important activity for the s…
AI already plays a significant role in the technology that we all use. This goes for sports, telecoms, mobile technology and so on. During a period whe…
There are certain ideas about which, once they have taken hold, is very hard to imagine a time when we might have thought any other way. Not many peop…
IDEO.org’s definition of human-centered design is elegant and concise: “Human-centered design sits at the intersection of empathy and creativity.” But,…
The corporate sector is experiencing an age of extraordinary disruption. The pace of change is relentless and yet, whilst organisations are launching a…
In a previous article I wrote about the recent loss of many well-known brands and who were not able to survive in this era of mass disruption. I gave s…
Can anyone doubt that we are in an era of mass disruption? In recent months we have seen the demise of several famous brands in the UK. These include…
In our line of work, we get to talk with hundreds of leaders around the globe, and from virtually every industry. Most of them seem to intuitively und…
In 1976, Austrian philosopher and psychologist, Paul Watzlawick, published a book named “How real is real?"¹ and with examples and analogies he led us …
The Personal Computer and the Internet have, without a doubt, revolutionised business in the last 25 years. For most of us, it’s now impossible to thi…
I have a particular interest in intrapreneurship. It seems to make a lot of sense. Everything a startup needs, such as money, clients, talent, channels…
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…
By now, there is no question that innovation is a growth source for companies independent of size and industry. Some executives are going as far as see…
Some innovative projects will become viable businesses. Most innovative projects won’t. There is no miraculous recipe. This being the case, Many peopl…
Fifty years ago today, on July 20th 1969 the first two humans, Neil Armstrong and Edward Eugene 'Buzz' Aldrin, landed on the Moon. All while the third …