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We Americans need to wake up – now — and stop acting like spoiled, immature children. Elected officials need to put aside partisanship – now – and do what’s in the best interest of our country and speak the truth to the electorate. And we all must do this without fostering and perpetuating certain convenient misconceptions and without coddling us like soft, over-indulgent parents afraid to say “no.” Continue reading
I’m seeing an increasing number of articles about innovation personalities and the like, and I’m a firm believer that it’s not personalities that matter so much when it comes to innovation, it’s the roles that we play in making innovation happen (or not). So, I would like to add my Nine Innovation Roles to the conversation. Continue reading
You might get the impression that innovation is the right management instrument for every market, for every organisation at any moment. Well in my opinion innovation is not. That’s why I have made a list of 21 situations when you should not innovate. Continue reading
Short-sightedness in boardroom decision making can take on many forms, e.g. failure to consider how the decision will be perceived outside the boardroom (optics) or failure to understand how the decision will affect the company over time (precedence). No matter the type of myopia, the impact is consistent: sub-optimal decisions that lead to conflict and public disillusionment. There is an easy-to-implement remedy: a decision sieve that helps boards review a series of questions to make sure they are consistently evaluating their decisions against the organization’s vision, mission, values and strategies and against the perceptions of stakeholders (e.g. employees, shareholders, vendors, community). Continue reading
So my wife’s favorite aunt has arrived for a visit. This sounds like the set up for a vaudeville punch line but actually leads to some great stuff. We sat at dinner last night and she turned to me and asked “So what does your firm with the funny name (OVO) do, anyway?” I love slash hate this question, especially from people who aren’t quite sure what “the Google” is, anyway. Continue reading
Innovation is about change. Companies that successfully innovate in a repeatable fashion have one thing in common – they are good at managing change. Now, change comes from many sources, but when it comes to innovation, the main sources are incremental innovation and disruptive innovation. Continue reading
