The Thunberg Effect
On the face of it we are dealing with a very straightforward issue. A majority of citizens, in most countries, want unified, consistent, urgent action …
Innovation Leadership
Nakedness of the Emperors
Today, to all intents and purposes, genuine leadership has become irrelevant: at best justified as the surrogate for advanced forms of management. Mean…
Exploring Hybrid Work Connection
The return to work is the start of another transition in the workplace. The integration of hybrid work will require new systems and processes that focu…
How to develop agile leaders in the New Age
Speed is essential to business success. More than just a “blink of an eye” experience, today’s era demands accelerating change. These changes i…
Killers of Innovation Part 4 – The Environment
Rapid market shifts, crises, or regulations always affect innovation. While they can create various opportunities, there is a lot of evidence of a stro…
The dark side of innovation – Innovation killers: The Organisation
The Killers of Innovation are responsible for the fact that about 90% of innovation projects fail. Our current challenges expose the shortcomings and t…
Killers of Innovation Part 1 – The Failure
Statistically, about 90% of all innovation projects fail. Humans despise failure! They prefer to bury it deep. This makes beginning more intelligently …
Inventor Bonus Programs – How they can make or break your patent pipeline
Inventor bonus programs incentivise employees to innovate and to engage in the patenting process. Companies can modify their incentive programs to driv…
The Innovation Leader: Utilizing Team Roles to Build High-Performance Teams
The high-performance team is rarely an accident. There is often a leader who doesn’t step foot on the field of play, who has created the environment fo…
Policy Management is no longer just a back office function
The world of RegTech is full of key areas that most organisations consider the most important; AML/KYC, Communication Surveillance, Risk Management. Bu…
Curious clues for the future
We all wish we could see over the horizon at trends that are emerging, and a proper foresights process invites us to explore faint signals of the futur…
Digital transformation is not really about technology
Successful digital transformation goes beyond applying technology. It requires: A clear and compelling strategy; Tech-savvy leaders and talent; A …
What makes up a winning innovation ecosystem of design?
There are four connecting themes that are shifting our ways to operate and innovate that provide a far greater set of dynamics by ’embracing’ an ecosys…
The drivers of innovation value
The importance of innovation to business longevity and the potential it holds for economic growth has never been disputed. Collaboration and connectedn…
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 pathway towards building your dynamic innovation capabilities
Building innovation capabilities take time; they are complex, highly structured, and multi-dimensional. Any structured approach to tackling innovation …
The price of ambiguity
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…
Why the fast not the big dominate the future
I spent three months meeting 78 Fortune 500 innovation teams. They came from dozens of industries, yet they all revealed one shared concern. “How do …
Is investing in innovation worth it?
Is investing in innovation worth it? As an innovator I suspect you are a little biased...What if we ask the academic experts, what will research show u…
Strategy is about creating corporate memories of the future
Long term thinking is a lost art. It is necessary for leaders to align their thinking and experience to plan best they could for the future. Complex ch…