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Archives for 2023

June 1, 2023

Thought Sparks Wrap Up – May 2023

Uncertainty has a way of messing with people, and we sure saw much of that in May.  With layoffs, trimmed budgets, and lumbering threats like the US approaching the debt ceiling, our innovation colleagues are… Read more »

Filed Under: Articles, Business Start Ups / Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy, Innovation, Insights and ideas, Leadership, Thought Sparks

May 30, 2023

Are you boring your Investors? Here’s how to tell.

This article was co-authored with Alex Van Putten of Cameron & Associates It isn’t hunger for short-term results. It’s not about meeting every number. It’s not about never being surprised. What investors really want is to… Read more »

Filed Under: Articles, Business Start Ups / Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy, Innovation, Insights and ideas, Leadership, Thought Sparks

May 23, 2023

Blast from the past – how companies behaved in 2008 is how a lot of them are behaving now

In October of 2008, I wrote about a company that had a reputation as a paragon of good management that was its own worst enemy when it came to sustainable efforts to innovate and transform…. Read more »

Filed Under: Articles, Business Start Ups / Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy, Innovation, Insights and ideas, Leadership, Thought Sparks

May 17, 2023

Assumptions are treacherous – just ask Lululemon about Mirror

In high uncertainty situations, one can obviously make decisions that turn out not to be so great. But seriously, do you want to be the CEO featured in a headline “How A Ballerina Outmaneuvered you”?… Read more »

Filed Under: Articles, Business Start Ups / Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy, Innovation, Insights and ideas, Leadership, Thought Sparks

May 10, 2023

Thought Sparks Wrap Up – April 2023

Reflecting this month on a spate of bad news, and how CEOs and other humans tend to react.  The good news is that bad news mobilizes us.  The bad news is that we can get… Read more »

Filed Under: Articles, Business Start Ups / Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy, Innovation, Insights and ideas, Leadership, Thought Sparks

May 9, 2023

How a Threatening Situation can turn Leaders into A**holes (and what to do about it)

During times of change, especially when the change is threatening, the right response for leaders is to double-down on flexibility and problem-solving. Unfortunately, as researchers have discovered, CEO’s often fall victim to the “threat rigidity”… Read more »

Filed Under: Discovery Driven Planning, Thought Sparks, Valize

May 2, 2023

CEO Symbolic fallout, 2023 Edition

My friend and colleague Bob Sutton and I continue to be amazed (and a little depressed) at the ongoing popularity of his landmark book “The No Asshole Rule.” It seems that, as Ron Boire is… Read more »

Filed Under: Discovery Driven Planning, Thought Sparks, Valize

April 25, 2023

Taking it to the streets – Uber CEO finds out what it’s really like to be an Uber driver

CEO’s make a lot more money, have a lot more autonomy and enjoy a lot more control, than the people working for them. The danger is that they can develop incredible blind spots, lose the… Read more »

Filed Under: Discovery Driven Planning, Thought Sparks, Valize

April 18, 2023

Why uncertainty is your friend if you’re looking for big returns

It’s tempting to invest in areas that promise certain returns for a given investment. Unfortunately, by the time an opportunity has become so well understood that anyone could pursue it, it is well on the… Read more »

Filed Under: Discovery Driven Planning, Thought Sparks, Valize

April 13, 2023

Thought Sparks Wrap Up – March 2023

Yes, we are well into 2023 and if we’re going to make an impact, now is the time to get started.  Considering that it takes 3-6 months to get anything accomplished, you should be starting… Read more »

Filed Under: Articles, Business Start Ups / Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy, Innovation, Insights and ideas, Leadership, Thought Sparks

April 11, 2023

Stop requiring innovation heroism!

Rewarding Innovation heroes. Launching accelerators with great fanfare, then not following through. Making big claims about organizational transformation that never amount to anything. It’s all innovation theater and it won’t drive long-term benefits for organizations…. Read more »

Filed Under: Discovery Driven Planning, Thought Sparks, Valize

April 4, 2023

Episodic Innovation

Raise the curtain on Innovation Theater yet again! We know that to create meaningful innovations that can move the needle for the companies that sponsor them, attention, resources and commitment needs to be sustained. But… Read more »

Filed Under: Discovery Driven Planning, Thought Sparks, Valize

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