In this podcast, I discuss issues regarding business models, with examples ranging from firms such as Kodak, CEMEX and Bose. Have a listen! Feedback always welcome.
Innovation
The Bose VideoWave knocks my socks off!
I was recently privileged to have a demonstration of the Bose Video Wave System and was completely bowled over. We have been struggling for years and spent a lot more money than I care to even… Read more »
Discovery Driven Planning Makes an Impression on CFO’s
A few months ago, I had the pleasure to give the keynote speech at the annual CFO "Core Concerns" conference published by CFO Magazine. The topic – how can you invest in growth, while containing… Read more »
Sagantia Innovation Boot Camp - Kick Starting Innovation
Sagantia is a UK based technology and product development company that I've been studying as part of the research for a new project. Among the many interesting things they do is run an innovation boot… Read more »
Discovery Driven Growth - Mistakes Companies Make
CIO Magazine's recent blog post features a summary of some of the principles of Discovery Driven Growth, and links the idea to concepts of IT agility. Wouldn't it be great if CIO's and CFO's could… Read more »
Brilliant reflections on skunkworks
Ah, skunkworks. Those small, agile units beloved of large organizations looking for the Next New Idea. I've written about them in the past – and outlined some of the pitfalls of setting them up and… Read more »
Eroding advantage at Motorola
My colleague Alex van Putten was kind enough to forward along this interesting image from a report written by the Silicon Alley Insider. It visually depicts the fast erosion of Motorola's competitiveness in the phone… Read more »
Uncertainty and risk in discovery driven planning
I was recently fortunate enough to be teaching in a very interesting program for strategy consultants at IBM. One of their senior leaders, an ex-BCG guy, pointed out to me that I really could use… Read more »
Idea generation is seldom the problem
So, you've decided that its time to get out from under that black cloud your business has been in for the last two years and start thinking about growth again. If you're a senior leader… Read more »
While we’re on the subject of wrong ends of competitive waves…
It must be my week for seeing bad news in many places. I just love reading Scott Anthony's blog over at the HBR web site, where I also am a regular blogger. Scott is part… Read more »
20 Often-Fatal Assumptions
I am often asked by corporations to give some illustrations of assumptions that have caused more trouble than they had any right to in the development of new business plans. Here, for your edification and… Read more »
Paying attention to unconventional “links” in a customers’ consumption chain
I've often encouraged executives to pay attention to the customers' complete consumption chain rather than focusing just on what they do, sell or make. One of my colleagues forwarded me a fascinating article from the New… Read more »