In search of novelty – The use of deliberate metaphors
“The difficulty [in creating novel ideas] lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones.” -John Maynard Keynes Now, more than…
Strategy
Road to Digital Transformation
The story of the Facit company is the classic story of how a global leader is phased out of the market when new technology (digitalisation) and innovat…
Answering cold calls with confidence
I remember getting a cold call from Dropbox one day. They had done an analysis of accounts that used our corporate email address as a primary login for…
Is sustainability part of your innovation strategy?
Talk about Innovation and we think of new, bright, shiny. We immediately want or ‘need’ the latest version of our phone, laptop or other device; we imm…
The Benefit of Doing
He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin! – Horace. This quote has resonated with me for some time since reading it back in university. B…
5 ways global brands can survive in a world of hyper-localism
What kind of strategy should brands follow in the age of Trump and Brexit? Should they take note and subtly imitate emerging nationalisms in most world…
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…
A new competitive edge
Strategy is probably one of the most mystical and mystified words in the corporate vocabulary. There's many facts (and myths) contributing to this imag…
How to Think Like a Disruptive Innovator
How to Think Like a Disruptive Innovator: Surviving the Exercise in Masochism So here is the dirty little secret about being a disruptive innovator: i…
Getting rid of pointless strategy formulation meetings
Often times creating a corporate strategy is viewed as a tedious and actionless process sucking up hundreds of men-hours. And the bad rep is for a good…
The Wazoku Story – Scaling for Success
I wrote the first part of the Wazoku story in a post for this site in June 2017 and it was well received so I have wanted for some time to sit down and…
Using a feedback loop to kick-off corporate strategy
Although it looked revolutionary when it first came out in 2011, the Lean Startup 'build-measure-learn' feedback loop wasn't all that new. For decades …
It takes a visionary
I meet and talk to visionary innovation leaders all the time. I’m not going to lie, selling the concept of managing ideas to drive innovation throughou…
5 Mistakes Companies Make When It Comes To Innovation
In today's fast market, it's those companies that can innovate, that are going to be the most successful, that will be able to adapt rapidly to new opp…
Bring to life your virtual workforce… extreme automation and the Arsenal
A key aspect of my role is to work with clients to understand the impact of emerging technologies, to demystify the challenge and to identify ways for …
The Customer Tells Us Who to Hire: Thoughts on The War for Talent in 2017
As someone who has spent more than a couple of decades in Human Resources, I can say that most of us have a favorite practice within our ranks. Some le…
Big Data: The Innovative Solution for a Bigger, Brighter HR Future
The days are winding down on 2016, and with it passes another year for the human resources practice. This has certainly been a rocky year for the world…
Managing in a Politically Uncertain World
As the various political events of the past six months have unfolded, a number of economic indicators have jumped around, whether the stock markets or …