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Food, Connection & Innovation

By on 7 May 2013 in business models, connect

The startup Thumbtack hired a full-time chef a few years ago, and it transformed their business. It’s a great story of unintended business model innovation that we can learn from.

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Here is Why You Need Business Model Innovation

By on 3 May 2013 in business models, experiments

Business model innovation is relatively easy to do when you’re a startup. But it’s also a really important skill for established firms to build. In this post I discuss why, and how to approach it effectively.

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Do You Really Know What Business You’re In?

By on 17 April 2013 in business models, evolving economic entities

In 1993 you needed a phone, a laptop, a camcorder, a palm pilot, a watch, a walkman and a pager to do most of what you can do today with your smartphone. That’s amazing, and there are some important innovation lessons that follow from this.

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A Brief Introduction to Uncertainty in Business

By on 26 March 2013 in book riffs, complex systems, experiments

Risk and uncertainty are two different things. Mixing them up causes problems. Here are some ideas for dealing with uncertainty in particular.

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Here’s One Good Way to Kill Innovation

By on 13 March 2013 in book riffs, Management

If all new ideas get killed as soon as the first see the light of day, you will never be able to build an effective innovation culture. Here are some thoughts on how to work around this problem.

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Three Obstacles to Innovation Diffusion

By on 12 February 2013 in experiments, innovation strategy

People often think that having a great idea is the hard part of innovating. Most of the time, this isn’t the problem. Getting the new idea to spread is.

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Innovation Matrix 4.0 – Now With More @Nilofer

By on 12 December 2012 in The Innovation Matrix

The Innovation Matrix is back, and now I’m collaborating on it with Nilofer Merchant! Here is a sneak peek at some of the work that we’re doing.

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A Seven Step Program for Innovating RIGHT NOW!

By on 9 December 2012 in experiments

Innovation is a powerful tool, and it’s in your hands. Here are some ideas for using it now.

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Innovation for Growth

By on 29 November 2012 in evolving economic entities, innovation strategy

Why all this talk about innovation?  I get that question a lot. The reason that I think innovation is important is that it is the driver for growth.  Consequently, we’re changing the name of the blog to Innovation for Growth. Here are some of the reasons that I think it’s important to link innovation with [...]

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In Which We Discover the Secret to Social Success

By on 18 November 2012 in book riffs, connect

What tools do you need to use to be successful in the social era? The fact is that the tools don’t matter. The two keys to success are: do awesome work, and connect with people.

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Actually, People Love Change

By on 8 November 2012 in leadership, Management

Do people really hate change? Not if they think it will make their lives better.

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Innovation Big & Small

By on 12 October 2012 in innovation strategy

Can big organisations innovate? Of course they can. This is actually an uninteresting question. It’s more valuable to figure out how to best innovate given your circumstances – whether you’re big or small.

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