in Leadership, Strategy
To be honest, I LOVE to strategize. But, planning by itself is boring. In the last few weeks, I’ve been asked to look at a few business ideas and projects. The central question being: Does the plan look like it is in order?
Me: Nope.
Them: What’s missing?
Me: Why are you doing this? What’s your purpose? Why is this cool? Are you waking up everyday to follow a script?
Them: Dunno.…
in Creativity, Innovation
Those of us in the innovation space know that to be creative, you need to be very diverse in your education and life experiences. Not only as a person, but also as an organization.
Put simply, diversity breeds breakthroughs.…
in Innovation
Why is creating value so difficult? Is it a problem with measurement? Perception? It all began in a lively discussion a few Sunday’s ago on Twitter. It all started, with a one tweet by Max McKeown:…
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in Innovation, Questions, Strategy
Most of the Innovation Consultants I know, advice businesses on doing trend-spotting as part of the innovation process. I also insist on doing the same because like creative thinking, I believe trendspotting isn’t a one time activity.
It is not a “communicate and forget it” activity. It is an ongoing activity.…
“It’s not enough that we win; all others must lose.” – Larry Ellison
Heard this one yesterday. I’m all in for competition, but business isn’t about war (at some point I used to think like Genghis Khan too). It isn’t about beating competitors just for the heck of it. I find this focus on competing to beat competitors ridiculous.
The focus SHOULD be on the customer winning. …
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