jorge barba

Hello my friend, welcome to the Game-Changer! A blog about innovation, new ideas and how the world is changing. I’m your host Jorge Barba, an Innovation Insurgent. You’re here because you’re interested in being or becoming a Game-Changer in everything you do. Let’s do it!

I’m CEO of Netek and I’m also the President of the Baja California Innovation Cluster.

I also work with startups and corporations. Need help reinventing your innovation capability, developing new growth platforms and revenue streams?

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The Psychology of Speed: Why Most People Fear Moving Fast

“This will take us about three months.” I look across the table. “What would it take to ship something in two weeks?” Silence. Then nervous laughter. Then, every single time, someone says: “Well, if we just…” That moment. That’s where everything changes.

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Creativity, entrepreneurship, Innovation, Leadership, Strategy

The Competitor That Will Kill You Already Exists—And It’s You

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I was listening to a podcast interview with Michael Dell, founder of Dell Technologies, when this landed: “I stood up and told the company that 5 years from now we will have a new competitor and that new competitor is going to be in every business that we are in and they’re going to be faster, more efficient, and more capable. And they’re going to put us out of business, and the only way that…
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Creativity, entrepreneurship, Innovation, Leadership

How Leaders Kill Innovation (And Don’t Even Know It)

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Leadership is just another code word for innovation. Every business I’ve ever dealt with that sought help with innovation had leadership challenges. I’ve always said that if you want innovation, you have to eliminate what stands in its way. And what stands in its way? Old mindsets, outdated ideas, hubris, unquestioned processes and practices.