The Brexit Breakthrough: How to Apply Relentless Reinvention in Uncertain Times
While the very mention of Brexit sends tempers flaring and many stomachs churning with absolute chaos, one thing is certain: change is coming to the UK…
Business Model
Business Model Innovation: Creating Pathways to Relevance
The innovation conversation is happening every day , no matter your industry, function or location. It is an omnipresent scenario. Unfortunately, the d…
Four questions you need to ask about your business model – And how to answer them.
Despite all that has been said and written on business models, there is still much confusion around this poorly understood concept - up to a point wher…
Corporate Vision: How To Translate Strategy Into Meaningful Execution
Setting The Scene I can remember it like yesterday. It was the most important day of my life. I of course did not know this then… I sat nervously i…
Real Artists Ship
"Real artists ship" was an Apple battle cry from the earliest days. Steve Jobs used it to drive his teams to understand that the best inventions needed…
Ten Ways To Evaluate If Your Organization Has An Innovation Mentality
“If you can dream it, you can do it.” If there were a top ten quotes that capture the essence of what innovation is about – the human spirit pushing b…
Delivering the next generation
Many of our readers will be aware that The Future Shapers is currently crowdfunding with Crowdcube. As part of the process we support investors and po…
Network Operating Model: How To Design, Build & Embed An Agile Operating Platform Geared For Mounting Complexity & Rapid Change…
Setting The Scene Perched in Starbucks, I was humming away reading a John Kotter book called XLR8. The thrust of the book focused on the creation of a…
Long live the pioneers, rebels and mutineers, go forth and have no fear.
What is the link between singer-songwriter David Bowie, and Marillion the neo-progressive rock band of the 1980s? How does this relate to The Future Sh…
How To Generate Big, Bold Breakthrough Ideas… That Actually Lead To Follow-through Action
"So what do you think about Catalytic Questioning?" This was the question I was asked by Helen during a strategy visualization workshop last week. Hel…
From the Rock Market to the Stock Market
Those from a certain generation will know the backstory to the title. ‘From the rock market to the stock market’ was the ad slogan of a famous televisi…
Next-Generation Hi-Level TOM Design
Try as I may, I'll never be able to recreate my wife’s secret sauce. It turns even the plainest dish into a masterpiece. It's a science - a tried and t…