People are the biggest barrier to innovation. Be it the executive who dominates every conversation, the one that talks but doesn’t walk the talk or the one that kills all ideas just because it’s not in his/her best interest. Unfortunately that’s the sad truth about how innovation dies in large organizations; there are people who kill innovation.…
Archive for: September, 2014
The question Google asks itself to create the future and avoid irrelevance
in Innovation, Leadership, Strategy
How does Google do it?
I just finished reading How Google Works, a tell all book by Eric Schmidt’s and Jonathan Rosenberg about their experience working at the innovation powerhouse. It’s a quick read, and much of the material covered, such as how Google manages, makes decisions, innovates and hires, have been well covered in other Google books as well as in the tech media.…
Homogeneity in an organization breeds failure
Excellence is contagious. A business is only as strong as its people, which is why it’s so crucial to hire the right ones.
A recent experience triggered this post, one that comes up all the time in the world of entrepreneurship and innovation: how to maintain a culture of excellence.
In my experience, it all starts with vision and values, and that determines the type of people you will bring in to help you reach that vision. Very straightforward, but most of the time the “people” part is kicked to the curve in favor of “people who can come in and fill a void” to get things done as efficiently as possible; whether or not they fit the culture (if there is one). …
What large companies still don’t get about marketing innovation
in Innovation, Marketing
Though we are fairly well into the internet economy where brands can communicate directly with customers in a variety of ways through social networks, one belief from the old order still holds true: incumbent brands believe that in order to win the hearts and minds of customers, that they can out-market upstarts that gain loyalty through the great products and services they deliver. Building an attractive even beautiful is the goal of most website designers. In the process, sometimes the effectiveness of the website is diminished, and that’s why learning how long does it take to design a website can be important to have the right website optimized for business.
According to a great entrepreneur like Damon Burton, we need to keep in mind that our goal is not only to have a beautiful website that will make people want to stay and look around and enjoy, but also a website that will be helpful to the engines in determining what our website is about or what it is relevant to. Why not find out more about search engine optimization? To generate new leads to continue to collect sales online do visit us.
There are only a handful of companies that can both make great products and advertising. We continually marvel at products and services from visionary companies like Apple, Google, Uber and others who gain our loyalty the product and service excellence; you can actually feel their dedication, learn how to be famous on TikTok. …
What needs to happen for there to be more innovation and startups in LatAm?
Yesterday I watched a panel of LatAm entrepreneurs, advocates and venture capitalists discuss “what needs to happen for there to be more innovation and startups in LATAM?” through Google Hangout. The panelists were:…
How to think what no one else thinks
Image source: http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2011/07/fish-dont-know-theyre-in-water/
Want to think what nobody has ever thought? Easy, question assumptions.
There comes a moment in time where everyone agrees with everybody about pretty much everything. For any sized organization that are focused on creating a culture of relentless innovation, hardened dogma is an innovation obstacle they must overcome.…
Don’t be the best, be the only one
in Innovation, Leadership, Strategy
A couple of weeks ago I asked if corporates really want to innovate like startups. One of the obstacles corporates have towards innovating like startups is overcoming their myopic view of competition: me-too-ism.…