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July 18, 2009

This disruption thing is harder than it looks

In a recent Wall Street Journal article, writer Kimberly Chou reviewed the fates of several contenders to be disruptive technologies in the industries in which they were introduced. . Among these are the flip videorecorder,… Read more »

Filed Under: Growth Options / Real Options, Innovation, Strategy Execution

May 16, 2009

A fast growing tech company from an unlikely place

This week, I gave a keynote speech at the first innovation summit sponsored by TechColumbus, a membership and funding organization for entrepreneurs in the central Ohio area.  It was a great event – two keynotes… Read more »

Filed Under: Innovation

May 2, 2009

Strategy + Innovation features Rita on learning from failure

Renee Callahan, editor of Strategy & Innovation, a newsletter published by the consulting firm Innosight has featured an interview with me in their current edition.  . 

Filed Under: Innovation, Profitable Organic Growth

March 19, 2009

Coinstar tops $1B in revenue for 2009

We have long used Coinstar as a great example of a company that created real customer experience innovation by figuring out great ways to get rid of loose change.  It features prominently in our “MarketBusting”… Read more »

Filed Under: Innovation

February 2, 2009

More on Total Recall Technologies

I’ve been getting a lot of interested reactions from the World Economic Forum / Harvard Business Review “Ideaslab” session I did at Davos.  You can find the YouTube version here and it is also published… Read more »

Filed Under: Innovation, Insights and ideas

January 31, 2009

Session at Davos:  Growth Through Innovation

This had to be one of the more fun sessions I attended at Davos, on a topic near and dear to my heart.  Here’s the WEF summary: Growth through Innovation The financial crisis will be… Read more »

Filed Under: Innovation, Insights and ideas, News Archives

October 8, 2008

Discovery Driven Planning: Good new book on Innovation

It’s always a welcome moment when a new perspective on innovation is offered from the folks over at Clayton Christensen’s Innosight consulting firm.  They’ve just recently published a new book, The Innovator’s Guide to Growth… Read more »

Filed Under: Discovery Driven Planning, Innovation, Strategy Execution

August 26, 2008

Even law firms can use new business models - Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges

An article in Fast Company’s September issue features a Los Angeles law firm that is making big bucks with a business model that is foreign to traditional firms.  For some years, I’ve worked with the… Read more »

Filed Under: Innovation

April 27, 2008

Turning the insurance business model on its head:  FM Global

Fast Company, a magazine that often uncovers little gems, reports on a unique business model being pursued by insurance giant FM Global.  Instead of deploying armies of actuaries to predict the risk of certain types… Read more »

Filed Under: Innovation

April 21, 2008

Jigsaw – creating a market for contact information

Anne Ferguson, my assistant, drew this one to my attention.  The company in question, Jigsaw, is trying to create a market for contact information, using a variant of the ‘free labor’ theme I’ve written about… Read more »

Filed Under: Innovation, Opportunities

April 21, 2008

Michelin PAX Run-Flat: A stillborn revolution

This weekend’s New York Times carried the sad headline, “Michelin Giving Up on PAX Run-Flat Tire.”.  So much for an innovation that was supposed to revolutionize the tire industry, in much the same way that… Read more »

Filed Under: Innovation

April 16, 2008

Yikes! Putting your core business in discovery mode: BlockBuster and Circuit City

The unsolicited attempt by video rental chain Blockbuster to take over electronics retailer Circuit City looks like a pretty desperate move.  In short, a company that prospered with the rise of the whole rent-it-out couch… Read more »

Filed Under: Discovery Driven Planning, Growth Options / Real Options, Innovation

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