The Innovation Architect—Drafting and designing for successful Innovation
A great innovation Architect is a future-oriented strategist who understands the status quo, and prepares teams and the environments in which they are …
A great innovation Architect is a future-oriented strategist who understands the status quo, and prepares teams and the environments in which they are …
For most in the corporate world failure is to be avoided at all costs, but why? What are the reasons failure has become a situation to avoid at all co…
Treat meeting preparation like a surgeon prepares for surgery–strategically, meticulously, and with eyes wide open. These are the important must know…
The best innovation in the world may be left to die on the vine if an organisation is not ready to take the risk required to accept and implement it. I…
You might have heard of the VUCA abbreviation, standing for volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. It is most often used to describe how the worl…
Organisations that are complacent or stuck in the status quo will not have the perspective or desire required to create truly innovative solutions. If …
How can intrapreneurs leverage decision making, agenda setting, and management of meaning to get their ideas funded? Using some pointers from the lite…
In the ever-changing world of IT, it is challenging to create and maintain innovation activities. With more than ten years of experience working in thr…
Business ethics are coming to the forefront when it comes to customer purchasing decisions. But measuring something intangible like ethics is more di…
Is innovation harder during a Pandemic? No not really…and that’s a good thing because delivering innovation is just as hard without a global pandemic g…
The first global survey by The Centre for Optimism has that it is not business or the economy that is keeping us happy and fulfilled. It has alot more …
The traits found within high-performing teams must be recruited for, developed, and nurtured. Even then, a team must follow a predictable path to move …
Scouting start-ups might sound like a glamorous job, but it is not always the case. There is a lot to consider on both sides and doing this successfull…
The archetype of the Observer conjures up imagery of a smart, quiet, reserved employee seated in the corner of a room and speaking only when spoken t…
In 1996 Michael Porter described strategy as leveraging the resources of an institution to maintain a “unique competency”. Corporations have inte…
Innovation workshops are a good way to get the creative juices flowing in an organisation. It is however not a one size fit all solution and some serio…
Every large enterprise has some form of innovation programme, but all grapple with the same fundamental contradiction: how do you create a culture that…
At a time when CEO churn is reaching record levels, it is becoming imperative that new thinking needs to be applied to company culture. Creative climat…
I appointed one of my most innovative employees as product owner of a very promising new idea. He had to oversee prototyping and testing prior to launc…
Companies don’t need Digital Strategies. Instead, they need to update their Business Strategies for the digital age and answer critical questions about…