I ran across the following mind-blowing numbers – and came to the conclusion that there are vast sums of money out there if one is creative enough to capitalize on what people are willing to… Read more »
Archives for 2007
Failing to invest in innovation when times are good
Yet another great company (in this case, Dell) has fallen victim to a failure to engage in business model innovation when times are good. We see this all the time – hugely successful corporations get… Read more »
Astonishing errors
As I do every year, I’m in the midst of reviewing papers for the upcoming Academy of Management in August. The quality of the writing has always bugged me, but I particularly notice it when… Read more »
Organizing Innovation Projects
A perennial question that comes up with respect to organizing innovation is whether ventures should be set up far apart from core business or within it? Unfortunately, both approaches to organization are problematic. While so-called… Read more »
Ten “worst practices” for gaining benefits from Innovation
Watch-out for these tell-tale signs of an innovation process that may be headed for big trouble 1. The plan for an innovation is all-or-nothing and looks only at the project as originally conceived; not at… Read more »
Ten “worst practices” for gaining benefits from Innovation
Watch-out for these tell-tale signs of an innovation process that may be headed for big trouble 1. The plan for an innovation is all-or-nothing and looks only at the project as originally conceived; not at… Read more »
Discovery Driven Planning principles cited in “As Yahoo Falters, Executive’s Memo Calls for Overhaul
Kellogg’s blog Driving Organic Growth related to Yahoo! dated January 8, 2007 cites Entrepreneurial Mindset, co-authored by Rita McGrath and Ian MacMillan. For the entire article, click here.