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April 29, 2011

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 »

Filed Under: Executive Education, Innovation, Videos

April 25, 2011

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 »

Filed Under: Innovation, Profitable Organic Growth

April 19, 2011

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 »

Filed Under: Innovation, Innovation Flops, Profitable Organic Growth

April 15, 2011

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 »

Filed Under: Innovation, Innovation Flops

April 12, 2011

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 »

Filed Under: Executive Education, Innovation

April 5, 2011

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 »

Filed Under: Innovation, Opportunities, Strategy Execution

February 10, 2011

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 »

Filed Under: Event Announcements, Innovation

February 10, 2011

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 »

Filed Under: Event Announcements, Innovation

February 5, 2011

Loved Scott Anthony’s Analysis of On the Brink Disrupters

Scott Anthony is one of the principles of consulting firm Innosight, a very innovative consulting company founded to capitalize on the insights into industry disruption pioneered by Clayton Christensen.  Like myself, he maintains a blog… Read more »

Filed Under: Innovation

January 31, 2011

Fantastic story about learning from failure at Best Buy

My friends over at Strategy + Innovation published a remarkable – and very honest – story from Brad Anderson, the former CEO of Best Buy.  In the article, he describes the misbegotten acquisition by Best… Read more »

Filed Under: Innovation, Innovation Flops, Strategy Execution

January 7, 2011

Profit from the Core – A growth theory is put to something of an empirical test and OUCH!

One of the more popular books on growth in recent years has been Profit From the Core, a book that suggests firms should focus their efforts on core and adjacent markets to find growth opportunities. … Read more »

Filed Under: Business Strategy, Innovation, Profitable Organic Growth

January 7, 2011

Profit from the Core - A growth theory is put to something of an empirical test and OUCH!

One of the more popular books on growth in recent years has been Profit From the Core, a book that suggests firms should focus their efforts on core and adjacent markets to find growth opportunities. … Read more »

Filed Under: Business Strategy, Innovation, Profitable Organic Growth

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