Innovation by necessity
Mary kicks the blanket off, flopping to her side on the bed. She peels her eyes open to see the alarm clock smugly looking back at her with 2:00 AM written on its face. Feeling like she is lying in the middle of a desert, she makes her way down the seemingly miles-long hallway to […]
Train your brain to innovate – part 1
Did you know there is an ISO standard for innovation? ISO 56000, Innovation management is the standard for innovation management. The standard defines innovation as “a new or changed entity creating or redistributing value”. However, in a simpler way innovation means doing something in a new, different way. We often think of innovation as being […]
Modeling and embracing our strategy
Let us think for a moment: Is the strategy we had 6 or 12 months ago still valid? Will it take us where we want? Will our “go-to-market strategies” help us to expand our business, gain more customers or generate new revenues? Are customers’ expectations, requirements, or needs still the same? Are our customers satisfied […]
Agility rhymes with stability
Organizations often struggle to become more dynamic, but it is not impossible. To have an agile organization begins by understanding what agility means and how organizations can evolve to thrive in an environment that demands constant change. Agility is the ability of an organization to renew itself, adapt, change quickly, and succeed in a rapidly […]
Leading strategically is key to thrive.
The path to success is not linear, leading it strategically is key to thrive. The journey begins by setting the groundwork for better decision-making and execution, creating a roadmap for change that is guided by organizational needs and responsive to competitive forces. It includes how to get buy-in and stakeholders’ trust to follow your lead […]
Agility begins with our personal inner
Disruptive times call for transformational leaders with a knack for addressing complex problems. To navigate effectively, we must learn to let go and become more complex ourselves. We live in an age of accelerating disruption. Every company is facing up to the profound changes wrought by digitization. Industry boundaries have become permeable. Data, algorithms, and […]
To innovate, you need a different behavior and mindset
To innovate your way out of any downturn, you need to change behaviors and mindsets—starting at the very top. Crises are adrenaline for innovation. You must make decisions quickly under extremely uncertain conditions, and you never have enough time or information to fully weigh difficult choices that may affect both employee livelihoods and the survival […]
