Author Archives: Seth Kahan
To succeed in a turbulent environment you need a robust psychology. This is where many fall short. They clutch when they could reach. When faced with calamity they set their sights on survival rather than leadership. Continue reading
In ordinary parlance, a dojo is a place where martial artists convene to work out, train, and hold contests. But, literally translated it is Japanese for the location of the way. The way is more than the way of the martial artist, more than the way of judo, karate, tai kwan do, or whatever system of combat. Continue reading
Just as it takes a village to raise a child, it takes an ecology to cultivate value. Every participant including partners, suppliers, allies, beneficiaries, and others is a player in value generation.
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Innovation done well is exploitation. It makes full use of breakthroughs, deriving benefits that include enhanced productivity, improved efficiencies, greater profits, increased market share, and above all exceptional growth in value… and it happens on purpose.
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Business innovation is about creating new methods of operation, products, and services that win in the marketplace. Innovation is a lot like life itself. Circumstances are always changing. We have to shift and correct our strategy to adjust to new developments. When we are successful the effort we put in results in improving our situation. Continue reading
When we think of innovation, most of us think of something like a skunk works, an experimental laboratory where new ideas are cooked up to take to market. We have been told by many innovation gurus that we can all be innovators if we become curious, adopt a playful attitude, give ourselves permission to fail, and experiment with out-of-the-box ideas. Continue reading
