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The Reality of What Makes Silicon Valley Tick
Creativity Digital ArticleThe secret sauce is “socialstructing.” -
Visualizing Hip-Hop Lyrics as Cultural Indicator
Design thinking Digital ArticleGraphics aren’t just an alternative to representation in words. -
AI Is Going to Change the 80/20 Rule
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Solve America’s Employment Crisis With a Netflix Prize
Innovation Digital ArticleAn entire generation’s prosperity vanishing, food stamp use exploding. Welcome to the jobless future. This month’s jobs numbers drive home the point. The unemployment rate fell at the fastest rate for years — great news, right? Wrong. The lion’s share of the gains came from (wait for it) “temporary help services.” See what just happened? […] -
The Risky Business of Diversification
Innovation Magazine ArticleOn the basis of a sample from the top 200 of the Fortune “500” and data from the PIMS (Profit Impact of Market Strategies) project, this author gives some guidelines for established companies on what to expect from new ventures. He points out that it takes an average of 10 to 12 years before the […] -
Don't Let Financial Metrics Prematurely Stifle Innovation
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleHow to measure progress in a product that's still getting off the ground. -
A Leap Year Lesson on Correcting Leadership Drift
Managing yourself Digital ArticleWe all know why leap years exist, right? Our calendars get out of synch with the solar system so we must periodically get our human calendars back on track with the celestial ones. In other words, February 29th is all about correcting drift. Without those corrections, things become more and more out of synch. Not […] -
Supply and the Brand
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleSocially responsible supply-chain management should be more than a PR gesture. Starbucks has made its social compliance programs part of its strategy... -
Polycentric Innovation: The New Global Innovation Agenda for MNCs
International business Digital ArticleRecently I delivered a talk a the Council on Foreign Relations titled “Managing the New Trajectory of Global Innovation” explaining why and how multinationals must revamp their Western-centric innovation strategy in order to effectively leverage global ideas, talent, and markets. In our increasingly multi-polar world characterized by the inexorable rise of emerging markets like Brazil, […] -
Jump-Start Your Company Goals
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleWith resolutions still fresh in mind, seize the opportunity to make change happen. -
The Science of What We Do (and Don’t) Know About Data Visualization
Design thinking Digital ArticleThere are still open questions, but the research can provide some answers about what works. -
Afraid to Innovate? Create an Airlock
Innovation Digital ArticleI gave a talk at the Canadian Marketing Association in Toronto last week. Leaving the hall, I fell into step with a young marketer. She seemed stressed. “How are you doing?” I asked. “I liked your talk,” she said, “but it’s hard. Everyone wants to be innovative but no one wants to make a mistake.” […] -
Learning to Learn
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Innovation Lessons from Amazon
Innovation Digital ArticleWhen I started using my new Amazon Kindle, it became clear to me that CEO Jeff Bezos is trying to dominate the entire value chain in content, from author to consumption. At a svelte 10.3 ounces, my Kindle, through its free Whispernet connection, can download from 115,000 books, 327 blogs, 18 newspapers, and 15 magazines. […] -
Ten Ways to Diversify an Inbred Network
Collaboration and teams Digital ArticleNetworks are essential for collaboration, innovation, and career development. But too many executives have networks that, while they may be large, don’t have enough diversity to be effective. For the past fifteen years, I have asked the executives I teach to list the people with whom they have discussed important work matters over the past […] -
Why Companies Are Creating Their Own Coworking Spaces
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To Find Creative Solutions, Look Outside Your Industry
Innovation Digital ArticleWhy gamble on untested strategies when you could quickly apply an approach that’s already been proven elsewhere? -
You Can’t Collaborate Unless You Agree on the Problem
Collaboration and teams Digital ArticleA process for choosing the right issue to tackle. -
How Xerox Innovates with Emerging Markets’ Brainpower
Innovation Digital ArticleWe recently attended the launch of Xerox’s Innovation Hub in Chennai (a major South Indian city), their first such venture outside the developed world. The initial mission of the Xerox India Innovation Hub is to develop document management solutions that are relevant to emerging market countries and, at the same time, that help innovate solutions […] -
5 Questions to Build Your Company's Capacity for Innovation
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleIt's a discipline that must be learned and repeated, like any other core business competency.
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3 Steps to Cultivate an Innovator’s Mindset
Managing yourself Digital ArticleEmbracing curiosity, engaging in continuous learning, and fostering collaboration can help fast-track your career. -
Why Entrepreneurs Should Think Like Scientists
Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleFounders of start-ups who question and test their theories are more successful than their overly confident peers. -
Firms Led by CEOs from Former U.S. Frontier Areas Are Awarded More Patents
Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleThe qualities that were needed to succeed on the frontier are the same ones needed to drive corporate innovation. -
The Middle Path to Innovation
Innovation Magazine ArticleForget disruption and incrementalism. Here’s how to develop high-growth products in slow-growth companies. -
Why Cross-Functional Collaboration Stalls, and How to Fix It
Collaboration and teams Digital ArticleResearch shows that 78% of leaders report “collaboration drag” — too many meetings, too much peer feedback, and too much time spent getting buy-in from stakeholders. - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM NVIDIA
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Make Decisions with a VC Mindset
Organizational decision making Magazine ArticleThe key is to embrace risk, disagreement, and agility. -
Should Your Brand Hire a Virtual Influencer?
Marketing SpotlightRelying on AI-generated personalities can be a low-risk, high-engagement strategy. -
Winning at Influencer Marketing
Management Digital ArticleOver the past 20 years the social media influencer industry has completely rearranged the way information and culture are conceived, produced, marketed,... -
Your Teams Should Drive AI Adoption — Not Senior Leadership
Innovation Digital ArticleMany companies appoint a designated senior leader to find ways to integrate new tech — and that’s a mistake. -
The 3-Stage Process That Makes Universities Prime Innovators
Business and society Digital ArticleHow these institutions carefully curate connections and relationships to take ideas from the drawing board into the marketplace. -
Corporate Learning Is Boring — But It Doesn’t Have to Be
Creativity Digital ArticleFour lessons from Disney on infusing creativity into employee training. -
A Growth Strategy that Creates and Protects Value
Innovation Digital ArticleFour steps to build a continuous value creation cycle. -
Why Playing It Safe Is the Riskiest Strategic Choice
Strategy Digital Article“Timid transformation” doomed certain retailers. There’s a better approach. -
The Challenges of Becoming a Less Hierarchical Company
Organizational change Digital ArticleLessons from one company on how to navigate the ups and downs of going flat. -
Why Has the EV Market Stalled?
Marketing Digital ArticleIf automakers want to boost sales, they must cater to a different set of interests and concerns. -
GenAI Could Make Online Conversations More Civil
Internal communication Digital ArticleNew research examines whether LLMs can teach people conflict-mediation techniques at scale. -
Overcoming Common Challenges to Disruptive Innovation
Disruptive innovation Digital ArticleHow companies can improve their prospects for growth.
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Telefonica: A Lean Elephant
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details This case shows Telefonica, a large and sophisticated technology company in Spain, try to transform its innovation process. To do so, it is employing... -
HCL Technologies (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details When Vineet Nayar became president of HCL Technologies, a global IT services business, in April 2005, he knew the company needed drastic change. Since... -
Blue Ocean Strategy + Beyond Disruption Collection (2 Books)
Management Book55.00View Details The two landmark books, "Blue Ocean Strategy" and "Beyond Disruption," that together challenge everything you thought you knew about winning the future.... -
ATH Technologies: Making the Numbers
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details An exercise that takes students through five stages of growth in an entrepreneurial start-up in the medical devices industry: 1) founding, 2) growth,... -
On the Frontlines of a Pandemic: Texas Responds to 2009 Novel H1N1 Influenza A
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In the spring of 2009, cases of a previously unidentified strain of influenza began appearing in Mexico and the southwestern U.S. Within just a few months,... -
Commerce Bank
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Commerce Bank has become one of the fastest growing banks in the country, despite having defied conventional wisdom about how to grow deposits. Banks... -
Career Karma: Growth in a Time of Global Uncertainty (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Career Karma is a startup focused on helping individuals looking to transition careers into computer engineering roles or similar fields by preparing... -
Concorde 2.0: Reinventing Supersonic Technology
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The Concorde, a British-French supersonic jet, captured the hearts and minds of aviators, business professionals, and celebrities around the world through... -
Biomimicry: Using Nature's Models as Sustainability Design Inspiration for Company Strategy and Products
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details This brief background note provides an explanation and examples of biomimicry as an approach that provides insights into the innovative design of products... -
Unilever's Butter-Beater: Innovation for Global Diversity
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Unilever, one of the world's largest food product manufacturers, has achieved impressive growth in Europe, primarily by acquiring local food companies.... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Platforms and Ecosystems (Paperback + Ebook)
Strategy & Execution Special Offer34.95View Details Help your company adapt to the new rules of competition. If you read nothing else on creating value with business platforms and ecosystems, read these... -
BYKlyn: Pivoting during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In early June 2020, the owner of BYKlyn, an exercise bike fitness studio in New York, was considering her response to the business disruption that the... -
TopCoder (A): Developing Software through Crowdsourcing
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details TopCoder's crowdsourcing-based business model, in which software is developed through online tournaments, is presented. The case highlights how TopCoder... -
Capitec Bank - Redefining Retail Banking: Innovation Through Elimination
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The consumer banking industry is notoriously hard to enter. Customers rarely switch banks (switching costs are high) and there are considerable barriers... -
Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani at avatarin (A) (Abridged)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In 2016, Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani, aeronautical engineers at All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd., began to wonder why, in a world of accelerating globalization... -
Trome: News for the Base of the Pyramid
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details In June 2001, Empresa Editora El Comercio (EEEC) had launched a new popular newspaper, Trome, for low-income families. Although several studies had preceded... -
Sustainable Development at Shell (C)
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The Reality of What Makes Silicon Valley Tick
Creativity Digital ArticleThe secret sauce is “socialstructing.” -
Visualizing Hip-Hop Lyrics as Cultural Indicator
Design thinking Digital ArticleGraphics aren’t just an alternative to representation in words. -
AI Is Going to Change the 80/20 Rule
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleThree reasons why. -
Solve America’s Employment Crisis With a Netflix Prize
Innovation Digital ArticleAn entire generation’s prosperity vanishing, food stamp use exploding. Welcome to the jobless future. This month’s jobs numbers drive home the point. The unemployment rate fell at the fastest rate for years — great news, right? Wrong. The lion’s share of the gains came from (wait for it) “temporary help services.” See what just happened? […] -
The Risky Business of Diversification
Innovation Magazine ArticleOn the basis of a sample from the top 200 of the Fortune “500” and data from the PIMS (Profit Impact of Market Strategies) project, this author gives some guidelines for established companies on what to expect from new ventures. He points out that it takes an average of 10 to 12 years before the […] -
Don't Let Financial Metrics Prematurely Stifle Innovation
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleHow to measure progress in a product that's still getting off the ground. -
A Leap Year Lesson on Correcting Leadership Drift
Managing yourself Digital ArticleWe all know why leap years exist, right? Our calendars get out of synch with the solar system so we must periodically get our human calendars back on track with the celestial ones. In other words, February 29th is all about correcting drift. Without those corrections, things become more and more out of synch. Not […] -
Supply and the Brand
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleSocially responsible supply-chain management should be more than a PR gesture. Starbucks has made its social compliance programs part of its strategy... -
Polycentric Innovation: The New Global Innovation Agenda for MNCs
International business Digital ArticleRecently I delivered a talk a the Council on Foreign Relations titled “Managing the New Trajectory of Global Innovation” explaining why and how multinationals must revamp their Western-centric innovation strategy in order to effectively leverage global ideas, talent, and markets. In our increasingly multi-polar world characterized by the inexorable rise of emerging markets like Brazil, […]