FOCUS - INNOVATION
What is the value and role of innovation in the enterprise? How and where is it harnessed?
The Future of Work
One of the most transformative discussions I’ve recently taken part in during a meeting of innovation leaders in New York was around what will work look like in the future. Like the industries themselves, work within those industries is undergoing radical disruption as well. Most of it is driven by the capabilities of Third
Hallelujah, Leadership and the Client Advisor
Fable has it that during the inaugural performance of George Handel’s Messiah choral masterpiece, attended by the royalty and elites of England, King George suddenly stood up just as the final, and probably most re-callable of the parts – the Hallelujah Chorus, was about to be performed. As royal protocol would dictate, everyone in the cathedral
The Orchid and the Bee
Once there was an orchid and a bee. The orchid was a beautiful flower, tall, strong and fragrant and she was admired by all other orchids in the meadow for her beauty and aroma. And all of the bees which swarmed around her wanted to enjoy her scent and taste her pollen. But there was
From Data to Insights to … Intelligence
As big data permeates an increasing number of facets of both business and personal life, is its value being optimally realized? Traditionally the science of big data has been bifurcated into distinct data and insights components. Big data scientists have become masters of finding the “needle in the haystack” across voluminous data sets and
Great City
of wonton intent inspired by hatred and pity the misguided had thrown a hollow darkness upon a Great City and drew all those of kind heartto be of one mind, resolved to defy the wicked avenge those taken by darkness and made a nation of men resolve to unite to remember the fallen to harden
Innovation Leaders Think and Act Differently
If you think you’ve got your Chief Innovation Officer client contact understood, take a step back and think again. Chances are you are misreading his intentions, misunderstanding his vocabulary and completely missing the drivers that he considers important, including the impact criteria that he is being measured on by his organization. The Chief Innovation Officer
What Got You Here Won’t Get You There, by Marshall Goldsmith
What Got You Here Won’t Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith I really like this book. Not because its full of facts and figures, or a recipe of “how-to’s” and “to-do’s” to improve your management skills, but because it captures so well the behavioral nuances which hold back leaders from reaching their peak of
On Competition, by Michael Porter
On Competition by Michael Porter Michael Porter is often regarded as the godfather of strategy and his cornerstone work “On Competition” is considered one of his most important contributions to the theory and practice of modern strategy. Among key concepts, here Porter defines and describes the key forces that drive industry competition. Among these –
Bridging the Innovation Alignment Gap
Bridging the Innovation Alignment Gap Creating Innovation Alignment between a Company and its Service Provider In the years of building and managing an innovation practice, the one thing that I’ve concluded is that innovation means different things to different companies. And while most companies insist that their vendors and service providers be innovative, seldom does
The Soft Edge, by Rich Karlgaard
The Soft Edge by Rich Karlgaard With a forward by Tom Peters (author of “In Search of Excellence”) and an afterword by Clayton Christensen (“The Innovator’s Dilemma”), Rich Karlgaard writes a book that rivals these authors in depth of perception as relates to determining factors for success in the enterprise. He does so by adding,