Any business model that hasn’t been disrupted by the internet yet will be. Why? Where before corporations “told” us what we need to use without our opinion, the internet has empowered us to create and become platforms. In essence, the internet has unleashed the democratization of ideas; bottom-up innovation.…
Tag Archives: Innovation
What the leader of the future looks like
The leader of the future is very different than the one we are used to talking about. How so? Consider three things:
- The digitization of the enterprise;
- Women are leaving the workforce in droves to start their own businesses;
- Millennials have replaced boomers as the largest segment of the workforce.
A world without human drivers?
in Innovation
Bold visions of the future! Unfortunately, it isn’t business-as-usual. Still, there are some bold innovators who set out to change the world in radical and uncompromising ways.
Imagine not having to get a driver’s license…ever. That might be possible if Google gets its way……
Tony Fadell: Stay a beginner to drive change
What’s the most powerful technique available to innovators? Observation.
Tony Fadell, the creator of the iPod and Nest thermostat, shared his mantra for innovation at a recent TED conference:
“It’s seeing the invisible problem, not just the obvious problem, that’s important,” Fadell said onstage. “There are invisible problems all around us. First we need to see them. To feel them. Then we can solve them.”
To create a successful business, you sometimes have to break rules. But which ones?
Which rules should we break, but won’t bring our business down if we do? This is a question that not too many businesses ask themselves but should. The simplest answer is to kill some stupid rules, the ones that no one has questioned because “that’s just the way we do things here”; break those and you’ll spark some innovative ideas. …
Remember to be bold
What’s the boldest thing you’ve done in the last month? How about last week? I’m assuming your answer is “I don’t know what you mean by bold”.
You are not alone.
We live in a world where it’s easy to sit on the sidelines and criticize others for trying brave and untried that probably won’t achieve their desired result. This is what most analysts do, and it’s also what most business leaders do; they’re not bold.…
The new leadership challenge: create a context in which others can innovate
in Innovation, Leadership
Conventional leadership won’t get you innovation. How so?
A myth that is commonly associated with innovators like Steve Jobs is that their respective companies achieved extraordinary success because of them. Wrong. Steve Jobs didn’t do everything himself, he’s even said so publicly that “ideas trump hierarchy” at Apple.…