Category: Book Review
A review of Responsible Innovation: Managing the Responsible Emergence of Science and Innovation in Society by Owen et al. Continue reading
The parable How Stella Saved the Farm addresses the most challenges that organizations face as they struggle to make innovation happen. Many of the scenes in the book are instantly recognizable to anyone who has been involved in an innovation effort. We call these “Stella Moments.” This one revolves around the role of the leader. Look forward to your thoughts! Continue reading
The GNU Public License (GPL) is a software license that guarantees those using the software under the license to utilize it, customize it, share it and contribute changes to it. The GPL enables anyone to access GPL software and brings millions of software developers together to build software collaboratively. Continue reading
Innovation requires learning, unlearning, integrating and building. This all seems necessary if we are to become more innovative at a time that requires us to enter into a world with new dynamics and a certain level of uncertainty. Continue reading
Most leaders of companies want to do more than survive over the long term. They want to perform, and to perform they need to grow. Nowadays, development and growth is about the accumulation of very large set of capabilities that go into making a very large set of possible products. Continue reading
The First 90 Days written by Michael Watkins offers some excellent tips on how to start in a new role and how to analyze the challenge ahead for any leader taking over an organization. I have been able to apply them quickly at every company I worked for as most of them needed an “innovation turn-around” to “wake up” the organization, to remove all organizational roadblocks, and to face tough economic market Continue reading
Every once in a while, you are privileged to witness the embodiment of what has become a buzzword, Servant Leadership – someone who is innately wired as a servant leader – authentic, genuine and sincere. Continue reading
