This blog post offers a nice description of Tata's awards for intelligent failure. Under the rubric "Dare To Try" the company encourages people to be willing to take intelligent risks. It's one of many company practices… Read more »
Innovation
Strategic Innovation Does Not Equal Dollars Spent
My colleague Gray Hammond sent along this interesting coverage of innovative companies, and I thought it might be of interest to my readers as well. Booz & Company’s latest annual study of global innovation, The… Read more »
An Internet Kissing Machine? Oh brother, what’s next. Wait, Maybe I Don’t Want to Know…
Believe it or not, reports have surfaced that a group of Japanese researchers are hard at work on an Internet Kissing Machine. Yes, apparently, two people equipped with the devices can exchange more than just… Read more »
An Internet Kissing Machine? Oh brother, what’s next. Wait, Maybe I Don’t Want to Know…
Believe it or not, reports have surfaced that a group of Japanese researchers are hard at work on an Internet Kissing Machine. Yes, apparently, two people equipped with the devices can exchange more than just… Read more »
Say It Ain’t So: The Shortening Half Life of the Business School Case Study
We in business school just love to use examples. It’s examples, stories and personal insights that make what we teach accessible, inspiring and sometimes game-changing. Along the way, many of these great stories get written… Read more »
Free Webinar On Business Model Challenges and Innovation
Business Model Erosion and Innovation to combat this phenomenon is very much a topic of concern for strategists and innovators. In this free half-hour webinar sponsored by Columbia Business School Executive Education, I reflect on… Read more »
Intelligent Failure Noted in The Economist
In an article published in the April 16 Economist, the positive side of failure, as featured in a recent special issue of the Harvard Business Review is discussed. Interesting reading for those of us who… Read more »
Questions from my webinar on Intelligent Failure
I just wrapped up a webinar on the topic of failing by design, which is the subject of a recent artilce in the Harvard Business Review. There were some quite interesting questions asked during the… Read more »
New Product Flops - Dear to My Heart, as always
Over at the HBR blog, there is a terrific article entitled "Why Most New Product Launches Fail" which offers a fascinating perspective on the predictable, and sometimes avoidable, ills that can befall something new. Among… Read more »
Complimentary webinar on recent HBR article “failing by design” April 19 1pm
Join me in an on-line discussion of the recent HBR article, "Failing By Design." The webinar will help attendees understand the concept of intelligent failure, in which when inevitably, things don't go as you expect, you… Read more »
Prioritization – never an easy thing
Scott Anthony of Innosight wrote a great blog post: 3 ways to prioritize a long list of ideas which provides some good insight into how to start. I'll add to that:: I also try to… Read more »
Upcoming Webinar on Business Model Innovation - Complimentary to readers of my blog
I’m pleased to invite readers of my blog to an interactive webinar with myself and Professor Paul Ingram, faculty director of the Columbia Senior Executive Program, to discuss my recent interview in Harvard Business Review… Read more »