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The outpouring of commentary post-Jobs’ resignation has been daunting. You could feel the business world shudder, pause and reflect. Like a shot going off in an echo-chamber. One of the best of the best pieces to my taste is Umair Haque’s last HBR post “Steve’s Seven Insights for 21st Century Capitalists” because, well, he not only crisply summarizes Jobs’ impact like so many choice morsels, through his own words, but he inspired one interesting debate — 33 comments worth reading — that gets at the paradox that is Jobs’ leadership. “Steve took on the challenge of proving that the art of enterprise didn’t have to culminate in a stagnant pond of unenlightenment — and won. In doing so, he might just have built something approximating the modern world’s most dangerously enlightened company.” vs. (one of the commenter’s — who worked for Apple! — responses:) “I think we make … Continue reading
One of the members of our Innovation Excellence group on LinkedIn is looking to fill a few innovation roles in the Middle East, and as a special service to the readers of this blog, I would like to pass the details on to you: MOBILE OPERATOR SETTING UP AN INNOVATION CENTRE Leading mobile operator in the Middle East is setting up an Innovation Centre to aid growth and continue their dominance in the introduction of new services and innovation packages to the region. They have expanded quickly since inception and now have over a 40% market share of subscribers and in addition to this they have also invested in an ISP, a data service provider and a national fibre network. The Innovation Centre will be responsible for identifying focus areas and develop the strategy and pipeline based on prioritisation of trends. The intention is to scout the market for solutions … Continue reading
Do you have a favorite innovation video? TODAY is the last day to suggest a video for the Top 10 Innovation Videos of 2011. Suggest a video and you’ll have a chance to win some of the $3,650 worth of prizes up for grabs. So, please tell us what your favorite innovation video is and share with the world some of the cool stuff that people are producing out there about how business innovation takes place (please no tech or gadget videos – we’re interested in showing people how to innovate not to invent). While you’re at it, you might want to check out some of the innovation interviews I’ve done with people like Dean Kamen, Seth Godin, Dan Pink, Roger Martin, John Hagel III, and more – on our YouTube channel. For contest details click here, otherwise… You can submit a nomination any of these THREE ways: Commenting on … Continue reading
Do you have a favorite innovation video? Blogging Innovation is looking for the Top 10 Innovation Videos of 2011, and we have up to $3,650 worth of prizes up for grabs. The prizes are for the people who nominate the videos, not those who made them, so don’t despair if you haven’t made an insightful video unlocking the secrets of innovation. But if you’ve watched one, then share it with the world and we’ll help bring increased visibility to the person who did – well the top ten people. So, please tell us what your favorite innovation video is and share with the world some of the cool stuff that people are producing out there about how business innovation takes place (please no tech or gadget videos – we’re interested in showing people how to innovate not to invent). While you’re at it, you might want to check out some … Continue reading
We’ve already run a contest for the Top 10 Innovation Slideshares of 2011 – many of which we’ve added to Innovation Excellence on Slideshare. Now, Blogging Innovation is looking for the Top 10 Innovation Videos of 2011, and we have up to $3,650 worth of prizes up for grabs. What are your favorite innovation videos on YouTube? Nominate an innovation video on YouTube to be included on the Top 10 list and be entered into the prize drawing for some great prizes worth up to $3,650: 1 All-Access Pass to the Back End of Innovation (October 17-19, 2011 in San Diego, CA) – $3,590 value 2 signed copies of Stoking Your Innovation Bonfire by Braden Kelley – priceless Unlimited – Free Sample Chapter – A Guide to Open Innovation and Crowdsourcing You can submit a nomination any of these THREE ways: Commenting on this blog post with the URL of … Continue reading
In my book Stoking Your Innovation Bonfire, one of the last tools I ended up adding has turned out to be one of the most intriguing parts of the book for people – especially in helping to build successful innovation teams. That tool is the Nine Innovation Roles, which I have written about before on this blog. Now, after my latest innovation speech at the Farm Credit Services of America in Omaha, Nebraska and some conversations I had with the leadership there, it has become clear that people would like to have some additional tools to use to help identify which roles people tend towards on their teams so that they can use these tendencies as talking points and possibly to help organize effective innovation teams. One of the things that was discussed as a possibility was having team members fill out a simple spreadsheet to identify what roles they … Continue reading
