Category: Management
Category Innovation is an equal mix of risk and opportunity. Although stemming from successful Transformational Innovations like the light bulb, the Internet, or mobile payments, the application or the customer segment addressed by Category Innovation is new. Continue reading
Innovation is the result of constant knowledge exchanges between technology, the markets, an innovation team, as well as other departments of the firm. As the bigger you are, the more difficult it is to share active knowledge. How can we set-up a so-called “knowledge creating company” and speed up knowledge exchanges within big companies? Continue reading
In many ways, the consulting industry specializing in innovation is its own worst enemy. They are resolutely staying very internally driven, self promoting, still trying to convey the story of mastery when clearly this is lacking and failing the client, who is increasingly requiring more organic or holistic solutions not a piecemeal of innovation offerings. These often don’t dovetail into one complete innovation system because they are supplied by a variety of different service providers all having their own ‘pet’ approaches. Continue reading
We can’t predict the future. But “pre-thinking” about it will put us in a much better position to respond appropriately when unexpected changes come our way. Continue reading
Andy Warhol, The Factory and The Velvet Underground were synonymous with a groundbreaking synaesthesia in music and art in the 1960’s. Their influence has been pervasive over nearly 50 years on people such as … 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
