Talk – Action = 0
We are what we do
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If we make thinking and acting two separate things, we are much more likely to fail. We have to figure out how to do both simultaneously. Here are some thoughts on how to do this.
Category Archives: leadership
A Model for Dual Corporate Innovation Management
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As reiterated by Tim Kastelle in the previous post, it’s imperative to distinguish discovery from execution when it comes to startup and innovation activities – bearing in mind that both purposes are complementary and equally important. This suggests following a dual approach for balanced corporate innovation management. The main objective of dual approaches is to sufficiently separate exploration-/discovery-oriented initiatives from exploitation-/execution-oriented ones […]
The Case for Dual Innovation
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The first time I was advocating the idea of a dual innovation approach, here also referred to as organizational ambidexterity, is now more than 5 years ago. At this time it became pretty obvious to me that this concept – academically worn-out but deficiently or not at all put into practice in most organizations – would be of increasing importance […]
Key Issues in Innovation Management – Revisited – Part 2
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The second part of Ralph Ohr’s guest post on the current big issues in innovation management, with comments from Tim.
Key Issues in Innovation Management – Revisited – Part 1
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Ralph Ohr revisits the key issues today in innovation management.
If You Look At Rocks, You Hit Rocks
What we focus on determines our performance
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According to my friend Ben, mountain bikers say “if you see rocks, you hit rocks.” This idea has important implications for innovation and business performance.
Zappos Just Pulled Off the Boldest Change Management Move Ever
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Zappos is undertaking a fascinating experiment in change management. It’s important to evaluate this separately from the experiment with the management structure Holacracy that they are trying at the same time.
Innovation and Organizational Culture
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Recently, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has published key findings of their latest “Most Innovative Companies 2014” survey. Beside the annual ranking, headed by the top three companies Apple, Google and Samsung, some insightful outcomes with regard to organizational and cultural requirements have striked my eye. According to BCG’s research, successfully innovating companies approach innovation as a system. The system is rooted in experimentation, […]
Living With Fear
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Five Questions that Will Help You Build an Innovation Culture
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How do we innovate in a risk-averse culture? By realising that a culture is something that we create ourselves, through our interactions with people daily. When we change the way we act, we start to change out culture.
Innovators: Our Job is to Invent the Future
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The ideas that move us forward often seems nuts. But if we’re trying to make a mark on the world, those are the only ideas that will do the job.
Innovation Lessons from Amazon’s Shareholder Letters
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Jeff Bezos’ annual letters to shareholders provide some interesting insights into how Amazon has managed to continue to innovate, even as they’ve grown to become enormous.
